- 21 Dec 2021
Last week’s welcome news of the breakthrough in securing planning permission for a purpose-built Hindu crematorium in Denham, on the border of North West...
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21st Jan 2022 | Updated at 11:47am 21st Jan 2022
Was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose misunderstood?
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff has slammed the controversy over the rejection of West Bengal's Republic Day tableau based on her father and his Indian National Army. The Central government in India has rejected West Bengal's...
Dishoom’s ‘Chai-pe-charcha’ takes it to the list of top 50 best places to work in the UK
Jobs website Glassdoor has released a list of the top 50 places to work in the UK after analysing thousands of anonymous reviews from employees. Among Asian names, Dishoom features at No. 12 with a company rating of 4.5.
India developing strain-specific vax targeting Omicron
India could have its first homegrown variant-specific Covid vaccine against Omicron in the next couple of months. Developed by Pune based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals using the messenger or mRNA-technology platform, the laboratory-generated vaccine...
India records 271,000 new Covid cases
India added 2,71,202 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,71,22,164, including 7,743 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union health ministry data. The country saw1,702 new cases of Omicron variant,...
2 Indians among 3 killed in UAE explosion
- 19 Jan 2022
The Indian embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to get details of the two Indians who were among three killed in an explosion caused by a suspected drone strike near capital Abu Dhabi. Sunjay Sudhir, Indian Envoy to the UAE said...
Hot temperatures make Kuwait an un-liveable country
- 19 Jan 2022
Kuswait: Global warming is smashing temperature records all over the world, but Kuwait - one of the hottest countries on the planet - is fast becoming un-liveable. In 2016, thermometers hit 54 degree Celsius, the highest reading on Earth in...
Cambodia's hero rat Magawa dies at 8
- 19 Jan 2022
On the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh, Saida Muna Tasneem, High Commissioner for Bangladesh to the United Kingdom, Permanent Representative to IMO, extended her wishes on social media saying, “Heartiest felicitations to Bangladeshis living in...
Ahead of International Migrants Day - 18 December, in an Op-Ed for the New Statesman, Mayor Sadiq Khan (London) and Mayor Islam (North Dhaka) wrote about how world leaders must prepare for climate migration challenges. Sadiq Khan is also the...
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that a series of virtual events will take place in the coming weeks as the capital’s health leaders and community representatives join together to ensure that no Londoner is left behind in the vaccine...
Lavina Mehta MBE is a 43-year-old Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach, Speaker and mum of three who was awarded an MBE for services to health and fitness...
Jomon Kuriakose, Chef De Cuisine, Baluchi at The Lalit, London is an optimist, a man we need in such testing times, where it is easy to lose hope within...
The boss of a family-run industry leader in British woodworking has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
Gitanjali Babbar is the Founder and Executive Director of Kat-Katha, a non-profit that has been shaped by experienced, passionate and professional changemakers....
Anoopam Mission UK has received a landmark planning decision to build a state-of-the-art crematorium on its grounds in Denham, Buckinghamshire, adjacent...
Varun Bhanot started Magic when he realised he would become overweight in his mid-twenties like many British Asians. His company has just launched an outlet...
