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...

Chinese based publishing company Hurun have released their list of the world's billionaires. India has moved up to second in the list with 97 and is only out performed by China and the USA. The UK is fifth with a total of 80.

The government is facing pressure from campaigners who say the frozen pension policy is discriminating against retirees who are planning to relocate abroad. Under the scheme British Asian pensioners face the prospect of losing any future increase...

After more than seventy years on the high street Co-operative Pharmacy are set to be rebranded and renamed as 'Well' following a £620 million buyout by the Bestway Group.

On January the 31st the Sikh Federation UK launched the Sikh Manifesto for the 2015 election campaign. The ten point proposition included requests and demands that the organisation feels are of central importance to the Sikh community in the...

On January the 31st the Sikh Federation UK launched the Sikh Manifesto for the 2015 election campaign. The ten point proposition included requests and demands that the organisation feels are of central importance to the Sikh community in the...

Shuchita Sonalika has recently taken over as Director of UK operations at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). She is responsible for managing initiatives that promote India-UK economic relations by way of business conferences and programs,...



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