Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T12:00:55+00:00June 22nd, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
South Asians are at greater risk of dying from Covid-19 once hospitalised and pre-existing diabetes seems to be a significant factor behind this higher death rate, a major new study has revealed.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T12:02:33+00:00June 19th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
Indian diaspora groups have come together to launch a fightback against attempts to try and remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from the Golden Mile in Leicester.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T12:03:28+00:00June 18th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
Lord Karan Bilimoria, a well-known Global Indian entrepreneur as the founder of Cobra Beer, has been elected the new President of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) – the UK’s premier non-profit membership organisation which represents over 190,000 businesses across Britain.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T09:14:05+00:00June 16th, 2020|iCommunity, iGLOBAL|
West London’s Ealing Council has confirmed plans to launch a statutory consultation to rename Havelock Road in the predominantly Global Indian...
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T12:11:05+00:00June 5th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
As Alok Sharma, the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), confirmed his negative test for coronavirus after taking ill in the House of Commons, the government was forced into an important U-turn on its rigid stance over compulsory physical attendance for all MPs despite the coronavirus infection rate still a stark reality in Britain.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T10:13:19+00:00May 22nd, 2020|iEntertainment, iGLOBAL|
At a time when the traditional form of theatrical releases is something everyone is feeling deprived of due to the coronavirus lockdown, Zee5 Global is set to release a new comedy-drama called ‘Ghoomketu’ as the biggest direct to digital release – skipping cinemas altogether. The platform is designed to premiere original content during the lockdown for Bollywood audiences, with a presence in over 190 countries. Starring popular actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the lead protagonist and co-starring his friend and award-winning filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, as well [...]
Nadia Hatink2020-09-07T14:01:52+00:00May 18th, 2020|iCommunity, iGLOBAL|
It has been a long time coming but some of the lesser-known sacrifices of Indians during the two World Wars is finally being documented and digitised for posterity. The remarkable story of an airman who overcame prejudice to become one of only a handful of Indian fighter pilots in the First World War is among the many war-time stories to be documented in a new digital archive recently released by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Lieutenant Shri Krishna Chanda Welinkar is [...]
