- Monday, March 10, 2025
Celebrated photographer Bunshri Chandaria will on Sunday (29) launch Silent Voice, an artist’s book depicting a photographic exploration of dementia at an event hosted by St Alban’s Museum and Gallery. The book-launching event will include ‘an artist in conversation’ talks with publisher Eddie Ephraums and a multi-media installation designed to…
Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed the government’s commitment to increase healthy life expectancy, reduce ill-health and tackle the UK’s dementia crisis as part of its new major conditions strategy, a statement said. The charity said that it wants to see the concept of brain health embedded within the strategy as…
The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has urged fewer than 3.4 million customers to complete self assessment of tax returns as the deadline is on 31 January, a statement said. More than 12 million customers are expected to file a tax return for the 2021 to 2022 tax year and…
Diversity training is offered to Conservative candidates for the next parliamentary election to address ‘white resentment’ and ‘unconscious biases’, a media report said. Workshops are offered on the party’s online training platform where aspiring MPs are also given a list of terminologies and their definitions to study, The Telegraph reported. The training…
The family of law graduate Zara Aleena who was murdered by a violent misogynist last June has accused the government and the probation service of being responsible for the loss of life. “They have blood on their hands,” Aleena’s aunt Farah Naz said after a watchdog revealed the Probation Service…
Pakistan has permitted the import of 2200 luxury vehicles in the first six months of the current fiscal year, despite the country being trapped in strict foreign exchange control even for imports of essential consumer items and industrial goods, Dawn reported. Due to the strict foreign exchange control, the piling…
A top Indian university has warned its students’ union of strict disciplinary action if it goes ahead with a planned screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, saying it might disturb the peace and harmony of the campus. Modi’s government has dismissed the documentary, which…
Banknote printer De La Rue, one of Britain’s oldest listed companies, has said that it had been made aware of an investigation by Indian authorities into a former Indian finance secretary Arvind Mayaram in which the historical activities of De La Rue in India prior to 2016 have been implicated.…
Instead of using the money for subsidizing education or developing Afghanistan, it seems that the Taliban “will use its limited cash” to buy or acquire Blowfish drones from China, 19FortyFive reported. The blowfish drone is a mini helicopter that can fire machine guns, launch mortars and throw grenades. Artificial intelligence…
In the wake of fatalities among children linked to cough syrups and medicines made by manufacturers based in India and Indonesia, the WHO has issued an “urgent call to action” to countries to detect and respond to incidents of falsified medical products and protect children from contaminated medicines. The World…
