Week commencing 26/10/18

The Institute of Jainology (IoJ) and the Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) celebrated their annual Ahimsa Day last Wednesday at the House of Commons. 

Pharmacists have been told to check whether young children really need EpiPens, which are routinely doled out by the NHS and used by millions of allergy sufferers. Amid a 'critical' global shortage, the NHS has told chemists to ask parents how...

According to a recent investigation by the Guardian newspaper children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being failed by a system “on the verge of crisis” as demand for specialist support soars and threatens to bankrupt...

A surge in the number of first-class degrees awarded at university has led the government to bring in measures to tackle so-called grade inflation. 

The Labour Party has shifted to a more hard-line policy on schools, saying it would scrap the current academy system.

Survivors and residents living near Grenfell Tower have demanded answers from health bosses over the interim results of a toxicology expert's study suggesting potential soil contamination around the site following the fire.

Superbugs will kill more people than cancer and diabetes combined by 2050 unless something is done to tackle antibiotic resistance, MPs have warned. Despite drives to reduce prescription rates, British doctors are still doling out twice as many...

Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Resources group which has operations from zinc mining to copper smelting has exited from the London Stock Exchange following a hue and cry over its controversial listings.

An Indian man in Saudi Arabia has been fired from his job for allegedly posting "derogatory comments" on women, amid the Sabarimala temple row, a media report said