According to experts, people from a South Asian background are around twice as likely to have high enough antibodies for their donations to be used in life-saving treatment trials, compared to white people. The UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) on Friday issued an urgent call for people of Indian and South Asian heritage who…
UK: The anti-China sentiment is gaining ground not just in India, but across several countries around the globe. Surprisingly, many Pakistanis are also now standing in solidarity with Indians and have come forward to raise their voices against China’s expansionism. One such case of solidarity was seen in the UK on July 12, where many Pakistanis…
When are flights to and from India resuming? See here Air India Evac Schedule Air India Evacuation Schedule – Ex India (in local time) (Please visit http://www.airindia.in to book your flights) Date Flt No Origin Dep Time Destination Arr Time Subfleet 1st/ Biz/ Eco DAY 1 07-May-20 AI 380 DELHI 23:15 SINGAPORE 7:30 B 787…
Google was incorporated on Sept 4, 1998, in a friend’s garage in California The search engine has gone on to become one of the world’s biggest companies It is valued at around $800 billion and owns the $75 billion giant YouTube Twenty years ago, two Stanford students, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin filed Google, Inc. for incorporation…
The UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was marked at the House of Lords during which diplomats from South Asian missions of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and India in the UK have spoken….reports Asian Lite News. Hosted by Baroness Sandip Verma and organized by Sanskruti Centre for Cultural…
May picks chief whip for defence role following exit of Fallon over harassment claims, a choice MPs attack as ‘ludicrous’ Theresa May has promoted Gavin Williamson, her chief whip, to the job of defence secretary to fill the role vacated after Sir Michael Fallon resigned on Wednesday over allegations of sexual harassment. But some Conservative…
Liberal Stephen Parry to resign over dual British citizenship The president of the Senate, Liberal Stephen Parry, has announced he will resign from parliament after being told by UK authorities that he holds British citizenship. Parry announced on Tuesday that he believed his father’s British birth may have put him in the same position as…
Akshay Ruparelia,19, has become one of Britain’s youngest millionaires after his online estate agency business got valued at £12 million in just over a year London: An Indian-origin teenager has become one of Britain’s youngest millionaires after his online estate agency business got valued at £12 million in just over a year. Akshay Ruparelia, at…
The Met Office has warned of “potential danger to life” as Hurricane Ophelia makes its way towards the British Isles. It has issued an amber warning in Northern Ireland, where all schools are to be closed on Monday. The Republic of Ireland’s counterpart office, Met Eireann, issued a red wind warning across the country. The…
Oxford’s “Zero Emission Zone” will ban emitting vehicles from entering part of the city centre from 2020. The university city of Oxford has unveiled plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre as part of the most radical set of proposals so far in Britain to curb pollution. Whilst London is rolling out…
