- Monday, March 10, 2025
On 15th August 2022, the Guildhall – headquarters of the City of London Corporation spanning more than 800 years was illuminated with India’s Tricolour to celebrate the country’s 75th Independence Day. The lighting also celebrates the strong trade links between the UK and India – the total annual trade in…
Opting for a healthy breakfast that provides the best and adequate nutrition for you, can sometimes prove to be a challenge. We all know that fried and sugary foods are bad for our health. But what we don’t know is how good or bad these foods are and the roles…
An Islamic kindergarten teacher has won nearly £25,000 in her pregnancy discrimination case after a panel ruled her dismissal was unlawful, according to reports. Zahra Faqi, a former Assunnah Primary School employee in Tottenham, was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum – a condition that results in excessive nausea and vomiting during…
The Independence Day of Pakistan was marked by a flag-hoisting ceremony at the Pakistan High Commission London on Sunday (14) as the South Asian nation turned 75. Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, was also felicitated at the event. Moazzam Ahmad Khan, Pakistani High commissioner to the UK, hoisted the…
The Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh cancelled comedian Jerry Sadowitz’s show as the content was ‘extreme in its racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny’. Sadowitz hit back saying that he was ‘cheapened and simplified’ by the decision, media reports said. Many authors and comedians including JK Rowling have slammed the decision to…
A council in Scotland has been accused of ‘mansplaining’ after appointing a man as ‘period dignity officer’. Many on social media termed the move ‘peak gender idiocy’, according to a media report. Mansplaining is a pejorative term meaning “to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending,…
Londoners are being invited to apply for one of the most exciting volunteer roles possible, as London Ambulance Service (LAS) aims to triple its number of emergency responders – specially trained volunteers who help save lives across the capital. The Service has launched a recruitment campaign for volunteers and is particularly seeking…
NIMISHA MADHVANI, whose appointment as Uganda’s high commissioner in London was reported in Eastern Eye last December, took up her post last week. She does so at an important phase in Uganda-UK relations. First, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Idi Amin’s expulsion of 90,000 Uganda Asians, nearly 30,000 of whom arrived…
More than seven per cent of India’s population owns digital currency, according to the UN, which said the use of cryptocurrency rose globally at an unprecedented rate during the Covid-19 pandemic. The UN trade and development body UNCTAD said that in 2021, developing countries accounted for 15 of the top…
An English court on Monday heard that Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy, on trial for rape and sexual assault, was a “predator” who callously pursued vulnerable women. Mendy, 28, is on trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England, facing eight counts of rape, one count of sexual…
