British Pakistanis and British Bangladeshis continued to vote overwhelmingly in favour of the Labour party in the 7 May general election. A substantial number of British Indians persisted in doing so, as well. Therefore, in a situation in which...
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23rd Dec 2024 | Updated at 02:39am 23rd Dec 2024
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
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.
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...
In a speech delivered by Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, last year he said his father was from India and his mother from Pakistan. This makes him a person of Indo-Pak origin rather than one of wholly Indian...
The freshly elected government of Prime Minister David Cameron intends to abolish the Human Rights Act and substitute it with a British Bill of Rights.
For the first time in 18 years, there is a government in Britain drawn exclusively from the Conservative party as a result of David Cameron securing an overall majority in the House of Commons in the 7 May general election. The appointments...
Among the various permutations and combinations that were being calculated prior to the 7 May general election, a potentially pro-India government appears to have emerged following the verdict of the British people.
Successful South Asian candidates in the General Election
The general election on 7 May re-elected Sajid Javid, elevated to the post of Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills - whose father is Indian and mother Pakistani - to the House of Commons from Bromsgrove.
The UK’s General Election has resulted in a Parliament without any elected representatives from the Sikh community for the first time since 1992, the country’s largest Sikh body has claimed.
This year marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, one of the most important documents in Medieval England, which was signed between King John and the...
A 19 year old drunk man who brought terror to a Birmingham-bound flight with his abusive and aggressive behaviour is facing jail. A court was told that...
