The prevalence of Hepatitis C is higher in British South Asian communities (1.1%) vs the wider UK population (0.2). So, this World Hepatitis Day (28th...
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17th Aug 2022 | Updated at 04:30pm 17th Aug 2022
Celebrating the South Asian heritage
As South Asian Heritage Month celebrates its 3rd year, the theme for 2022 is ‘Journeys of Empire’. The theme reflects on major anniversaries taking place this year: 75th anniversary of the independence of India, Partition, the creation of...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan receives Sitara-i-Pakistan award
The High Commissioner of Pakistan to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan, conferred the civil award on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan on behalf of the President of Pakistan. Felicitating the Mayor, the High Commissioner underlined that conferment of...
'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign generates business of £50 mn
As India celebrated its 75th year of independence on August 15, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for "Har Ghar Tiranga" was widely adopted by the countrymen. Sale of more than 300 million national flags this year generated about £50...
Freedom fighters’ kin share untold stories of struggle
Revolutionary leader Kanailal Dutta of the Jugantar group was hanged on November 10, 1908, for the assassination of British approver Naren Goswami in the Alipore Central Jail’s hospital. A day before the hanging, his brother, Ashutosh, had requested...
Rushdie off ventilator, able to talk
- 17 Aug 2022
New York: Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was hospitalised last week with serious injuries after being repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, is off a ventilator and his condition is improving, his agent, Andrew...
Lanka allows entry for Chinese ship despite India's concerns
- 17 Aug 2022
Colombo: Sri Lanka's government granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite neighbouring India's concerns that it could spy on New Delhi's military installations, officials said.
The prevalence of Hepatitis C is higher in British South Asian communities (1.1%) vs the wider UK population (0.2). So, this World Hepatitis Day (28th...
Bengal reported 1,113 new Covid-19 infections, 2,410 recoveries and seven deaths. Currently, there are 16, 699 active cases in the state, including 16,229 in home isolation and 430 in hospitals, according to the state bulletin.
Kolkata: Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee was dropped from the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, suspended from Trinamool Congress and stripped of all...
An Aam Aadmi Party municipal councillor was shot dead inside a gym in Punjab's Malerkotla district, police said. Mohammad Akbar was shot from a close range.
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned her cabinet colleagues against “disrespecting the party in any manner” before making a public announcement that there would be a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday. A few minutes before the...
Chandigarh: Union home minister Amit Shah said the Centre stands shoulder to shoulder with Punjab in its fight against drugs as being a border state the...
Chandigarh: Punjab Police on Monday arrested five members belonging to the gang of Lawrence Bishnoi, the alleged mastermind behind singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder.
The Supreme Court asked the Madras High Court to decide afresh O Paneerselvam's (OPS) challenge to the General Council meeting of the AIADMK within 3 weeks.
A Tamil Nadu woman is all set to marry an American national of Indian origin through virtual mode, thanks to the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, which has given the go-ahead for the online wedding.
