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Indian foreign secretary, Harsh V Shringla said in a press conference on Tuesday that United Kingdom’s stand on the non-recognising Covidshield Covid-19 vaccine is a “discriminating policy” and “impacts our citizens travelling to the UK.” The foreign secretary also said that India could take “reciprocal actions against the UK” for recognising AstraZeneca but not Covidshield. […]
In another attack on Swindon’s Hindu Temple, the collection boxes are stolen and vandalised the temple situated in Wiltshire for the fifth time since May. The violation of the temple was discovered on the morning of September 4. The main altar of the temple was also vandalised where the deities are seated. Thousands of pounds […]
Way before India’s own LGBT community organized itself, there were organizations created by the South Asian diaspora. Trikone in the USA, Khush in Canada, Shakti in the UK: these organisations set the pace in the 80s and 90s and helped provide the LGBT community in India with much-needed support in the form of an international […]
Sunjeev Sahota, 40 is an Indian-origin British author longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize which includes a prize of 50,000 Pounds (Rs 37,21,752) for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’. He is among the 13 contenders, including Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers and Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. After the judges evaluated more than 150 […]
Peter Cook, British Deputy High Commissioner of Gujarat and Rajasthan is more Indian than most of the foreign returned Indians and is hooked on chai and yogic breathing. From the beginning of his tenure, he has tried to foster India-UK relations in a very special, interactive, engaging manner involving local stakeholders like never before. In […]
Abhay K sees the world in a constant rhythm, and when he pens down this experience what you get is a book that opens the borders of time and place. India’s 21st Ambassador to Madagascar is a Bihari who didn’t confine himself to geographical boundaries. Poets can find magic in mundane and his published work—The Seduction of […]
‘I’m more Gujarati than Gujaratis’ he said and his dense Kathiawadi accent would make you believe it. Parle Patel—a content creator who is featured on BBC Asian Network—is born in the UK and keeps alive the essence of Gujarat wherever he is. Inclination towards bargaining, entrepreneurial skills, love for Khakhra, and pickle…he has imbibed everything. Parle’s […]
On June 18, India was among36 countries to abstain from a vote on a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution seeking to prevent the flow of arms into Myanmar, calling on the military junta to release Aung San Suu Kyii and respect the results of the November 8, 2020, general elections.It was joined by China […]
