Nadia Hatink2020-09-20T10:09:00+00:00September 20th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
India is being nudged towards adopting a cycle-friendly strategy similar to the UK’s as a means of combating obesity, which has been linked with an increased risk of complication from Covid-19.
Aditi Khanna2020-09-22T12:32:28+00:00September 18th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
British Indian surgeon Ajith George, working with a colleague, has created an innovative new Covid-safe face mask to protect fellow ear, nose and throat (ENT) medics from coronavirus infections in the line of duty.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-17T10:30:04+00:00September 17th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has unveiled a £1-million government investment to be divided up between seven companies to help tackle dangerous debris in space, which pose the threat of colliding with satellites vital to our everyday lives.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-18T04:37:07+00:00September 16th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
A set of three idols of Lord Rama, his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, stolen from a temple in India many years ago, have been restored to India after a collector in the UK voluntarily offered to hand it back on discovering their true history.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-15T12:25:51+00:00September 15th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
Indian grandmothers and their love for their grandchildren are among 100 snapshots from a Covid-19 lockdown photographic journey curated by the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, and backed by Queen Elizabeth II.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-13T00:32:49+00:00September 13th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
The UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) has started offering free soup and shake weight-loss diets to thousands with Type 2 diabetes across England from this month as part of a new health drive, after the very-low-calorie plans have been shown to improve patients’ life chances.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-11T11:41:48+00:00September 11th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
To mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month this September, UK’s Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma used a digital “Day of Action” this week to celebrate the number of potential life-saving stem cell donors in Ealing Southall area of west London on the Anthony Nolan register and raise awareness of the urgent need for more donors in light of the challenges to donor recruitment presented by the pandemic.
Nadia Hatink2020-09-09T14:09:20+00:00September 9th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
A Global Indian professor’s Oxford-based company revealed that its Indian partner, the Serum Institute of India (SIIPL), has begun trials of a novel virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine targeting Covid-19 which has the potential to offer a groundbreaking new approach to fighting the pandemic.
India Global Business Staff2020-09-08T12:23:36+00:00September 8th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has paid back the refurbishment cost to the UK taxpayer of £2.4 million for a cottage on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth II’s Windsor estate, the family home he shares with wife Meghan Markle.
Aditi Khanna2020-09-11T11:23:52+00:00September 8th, 2020|iGLOBAL, News & Views|
A collection of never-before-seen modern Indian art, including unpublished artworks by artists V.S. Gaitonde and Ram Kumar, will be offered for auction for the first time in London by Sotheby’s auction house later this month. Assembled by the Danish couple Gunnar Hansen and his wife Inger almost half a century ago, the history of the collection is closely tied to that of one of India’s leading infrastructure businesses of the 20th century, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), for whom Gunnar worked for [...]
