The last two years were very challenging for the travel and tourism industry. Now the industry has finally started to get back on its feet and travellers are ready to fly. As a part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Gujarat Samachar, Asian...
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20th May 2022 | Updated at 06:08am 20th May 2022
SBI’s centenary celebration explores benefits of the UK-India FTA
The State Bank of India (SBI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) organised an economic conclave on Thursday 10 March 2022 with a reference to the roadmap 2030, agreed between the UK and India to double bilateral trades in...
50th anniversary of Bangladesh-India friendship celebrated in London
Maitri Diwas (Friendship Day) was celebrated on 6 December 2021 marking 50 Years of India-Bangladesh Diplomatic ties. The occasion was observed in London by the High Commission of India and Bangladesh High Commission by jointly organising a...
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
'Sustainable' fashion refers to garments that have been made in a way that is mindful of the many environmental issues the fashion industry touches upon. Sustainable fashion brands create fashion in a way which is most considerate of humanity...
Harleen Kaur from Bradford and Yasmin Hussain from London have both been chosen to be Batonbearers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. They were both recently was invited to an exclusive early look at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham,...
On the Queen's 96th birthday, two salutes were fired, the first, at noon, of 41 guns by The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, in Hyde Park, close to Buckingham Palace. An hour later, the Honourable Artillery Company, the City of London's...
A hundred-strong group of women asylum seekers from every continent, many of whom have fled horrendous violence and persecution, went to parliament on Tuesday 25 April, to urge the House of Lords to stand firm in their opposition to the Nationality...
An article in The Mail on Sunday reported that Labour leader Angela Rayner “crosses and uncrosses her leg to distract Prime Minister Boris Johnson”.
Elections are taking place across the UK on 5 May. There are about 4,360 seats up for grabs on about 146 councils, plus a handful of mayoral elections and seats on 1,000 parish councils.
Post COP26, as the world observed its first Earth Day, debating the threats, challenges and consequences of the climate crisis, Asian Voice in association...
As India celebrates 75 years of Independence from the British Colonial rule this August 15, it also implies 75 years of eventually letting go of the trauma...
In the year that marks the 60th year of Uganda’s independence, as well as the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians, Lord Dolar Popat – the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Uganda travelled to Kampala to meet with President Museveni...
