• Monday, February 24, 2025

CHD Living, Surrey care group commends exceptional care with ‘Superhero…

CHD Living, a luxury care group with residences throughout Surrey recently hosted its annual ‘Superhero Awards,’ an event recognising the exceptional efforts of its staff across various care facilities. Creating Happiness Daily (CHD) Living, a family-owned entity offering care homes, rehabilitation, and home care services in Surrey and South London,…

India’s love of homegrown single malts shakes up Pernod, Diageo

OAK casks, once used to store bourbon and wine, are stacking up in a distillery near New Delhi, filled with ageing whisky as workers churn out almost 10,000 bottles a day of Indian single malt Indri, recently named the world’s best whisky. Sugarcane and mustard fields, not peat bogs, ring…

‘Healthy Goals’ initiative enhances lifestyles in Leicester’s South Asian communities

An educational physical activity initiative, Healthy Goals, designed to combat rising type 2 diabetes rates within the South Asian community, has demonstrated enduring positive effects on participants’ health. Notably, 100% of those who participated adopted healthier dietary habits after completing the programme, reflecting significant lifestyle changes, a press release by…

For first time, Pakistan uses artificial rain to combat smog

The provincial government of Lahore on Saturday (16), announced the use of artificial rain for the first time in Pakistan as a measure to tackle the perilous smog levels in the megacity. In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment…

Vivek Ramaswamy participates in over 40 campaign stops, surpasses all…

Indian-American Republican aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy participated in more than 40 campaign stops last week, surpassing all other 2024 White House candidates, expressing his reliance on the magic of “w-o-r-k”. During one of the many events held last week in Iowa, Ramaswamy tried to convince voters why he should be the…

Biswa Kalyan Rath: ‘There is a thin line between honesty…

INDIAN comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath has been unstoppable ever since he came to prominence with the hit YouTube series, Pretentious Movie Reviews. Although he has appeared on various streaming site shows in India, the talented stand-up comedian has perhaps been at his best when performing in front of a live…

Why Zephaniah was a prophet of Britishness

I FELL in love with Benjamin Zephaniah and performance poetry both at the same time. It was as a young teenager that I first saw and heard him on the 1990’s British Asian television programme Network East. In his Jamaican-inflected Brummie accent, this dreadlocked Rastafarian took viewers on a tour…

FT prize for Amy Edmondson’s book on how to deal…

THE Financial Times business book of the year for 2023 has gone to Right Kind of Wrong: Why Learning to Fail Can Teach Us to Thrive by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard professor who has been called “the world’s most influential organisational psychologist”. The prize, worth £30,000, was announced last Tuesday (4) at a dinner at…

Top 50 Asian stars of 2023

A GROUND-BREAKING year in entertainment saw glass ceilings shattered, greater heights conquered, creative horizons expanded, and new paths carved globally. There was also ground-breaking work, international crossovers, and exciting new talent announcing their arrival. Top south Asian talent from diverse fields were at the forefront of the marvellous moves being…

Pannun case: Indian court instructs accused Gupta to approach Czech…

INDIA’s top court has directed the family of the man accused of plotting to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to seek relief in a Czech court regarding allegations of religious and human rights violations. Nikhil Gupta, 52, was arrested in Prague in June and is currently in Czech custody,…