- Sunday, February 23, 2025
INCREASED demand for certain goods during the pandemic has placed additional pressure on supply chains in south-east Asia, according to a report in The Guardian. Countries in the region that managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic last year are facing new waves of Covid-19, fuelled by more contagious variants.…
THE first digital edition of the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival (KSLF), which reflects his passions and ideals, will take place in London June 26 and 27. With the theme 'No Man is an Island', the festival, believes in and encourages diversity, a statement has said. It is a platform for women…
A leading charity has joined efforts in combating the Covid-19 pandemic and alleviating the suffering in India during the second wave. BAPS Charities, through its global network and partner hospitals, has so far supported the treatment of over 3,800 victims to full recovery from Covid-19 in the country, a statement…
INDIAN villagers have erected a shrine to "goddess corona" and are offering her prayers in the hope that divine intervention can banish the deadly virus. Devotees in Shuklapur village, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, have been offering prayers, holy water, and flowers at the bright yellow shrine where…
By Pramod Thomas INDIA on Monday (14) reported 70,421 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest since March 31, data from the health ministry showed. The South Asian country's total Covid-19 case load now stands at 29.51 million, while total fatalities are at 374,305, the data showed.…
THE new Home Office figures have revealed that 13 per cent of those arrested in the year to March this year under terrorism laws were aged under 18, up from five per cent in the previous year. One in eight terrorism suspects are children, and there had seen a fall in…
PROMINENT British Indian healthcare experts involved in Covid-19 vaccine trials and community support have found a place on Queen's Birthday Honours List released on Friday (11). Kolkata-born Divya Chadha Manek, director of business development and marketing at the British government's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has been honoured with an…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has relaunched an investigation into Amazon’s selling practices in the country after an Indian court dismissed pleas by Amazon and the Walmart-owned Flipkart to quash the investigation. Originally announced in January 2020, it will also examine the company’s £1 billion-a-year joint venture with UK chancellor…
By LAUREN CODLING EDUCATION leader Hamid Patel, charity boss Javed Khan and period poverty campaigner Amika George are among prominent British Asians named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List unveiled this evening (11). Patel, chief executive officer of Star Academics in Blackburn, a multi-academy trust which operates 28 free schools…
A NEW trial using 'manipulated mosquitoes', which spread the Dengue fever, has resulted in a 77 per cent fall in total cases. scientists used mosquitoes infected with "miraculous" bacteria that reduce the insect's ability to spread dengue in a trial took place in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia, reported the BBC. The trial used mosquitoes infected…
