Aditi Khanna2020-09-07T12:06:36+00:00June 12th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
A Global Indian husband-wife doctor couple, who say they would rather be celebrating the arrival of their first baby within weeks, have instead launched judicial review proceedings against the UK government over safety issues around personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Aditi Khanna2020-09-07T09:52:39+00:00May 29th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
Global Indian academic and an expert in the field of climate change, Yadvinder Malhi, has been appointed as the Natural History Museum in London’s newest Trustee by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Malhi is Professor of Ecosystem Science at the University of Oxford, Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Biodiversity and Conservation at Oriel College, Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests and the Oxford University Biodiversity Network. The 52-year-old professor will take on the unpaid advisory role for [...]
Aditi Khanna2020-09-07T12:19:30+00:00May 21st, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
The UK Home Office has extended its offer of indefinite leave to remain (ILR), free of charge, to the families and dependants of National Health Service (NHS) support staff and social care workers who die on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. It marks an important step towards offering some residence certainty to hundreds and is likely to impact many Indian families who have sadly lost loved ones during the crisis. According to a recent Institute of [...]
Aditi Khanna2020-09-07T13:36:00+00:00May 19th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
In March, when India went into lockdown and grounded all international flights to combat the spread of Covid-19, there was a group of young Indian doctors in the UK for a crucial qualification examination who were among the thousands left stranded. Around 23 doctors from different parts of India were in Manchester to appear for the second part of a two-part Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test hosted by the UK’s General Medical Council (GMC). The first part of the [...]
Aditi Khanna2020-09-07T13:53:47+00:00May 18th, 2020|iGLOBAL, iWellness|
Dr Aseem Malhotra, on the National Health Service (NHS) frontline in the fightback against the novel coronavirus, is on a mission: to raise awareness around the link between poor dietary habits and an increased risk of death from the deadly virus, especially within Britain’s Indian community. The cardiologist and Professor of Evidence Based Medicine fears the now well-established disparity in death rates from the deadly virus among the UK’s ethnic minority population is cultural or lifestyle related. He explains: “South Asians have [...]
