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Thriller featuring British Asians set to release soon

 Image courtesy: Screen Innovation A new independent movie depicting the lives of British Asians is set to hit the screen. The director and writer of the film revealed that she worked on the project with the intention to address and dismiss familiar stereotypes about the Asian community. Titled \’Tell Me About It\’, the thriller was […]

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ArcelorMittal invests $25 million nuclear power innovator TerraPower

Image by ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal announced on 3 November that it has invested $25 million in nuclear innovation company TerraPower through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The investment is part of an $830 million equity raise TerraPower has concluded, which is the largest private raise among advanced nuclear companies. TerraPower, which was founded by Bill Gates in

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King Charles III  celebrates 50th anniversary of arrival of British-Asians from Uganda to the UK

 Image by British Asian Trust His Majesty King Charles III joined 450 guests at Buckingham Palace to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of British-Asians from Uganda to the United Kingdom at an event at Buckingham Palace recently. The event included notable attendees Jonathan Dimbleby, Jon Snow, Alan Critchley, Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE, The Rt.

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Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi likely to be deported to India from the UK

Nirav Modi is wanted by Indian agencies for corruption, money laundering, fraud and embezzlement Indian diamond businessman and financial fraudster Nirav Modi has come one step closer to being extradited from the UK back to India. Modi, 51, who has been accused of allegedly cheating government-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) by stealing over ₹11,000 crore,

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JalTarang’s cultural event Sangam sees performances by noteworthy artists and raises autism awareness

JalTarang, an organisation that curates events across India, the US and the UK, organised Sangam, a spectacular evening exhibiting an incredibly diversified Indian cultural show, with several phenomenal performances and supported autism awareness on 5 November. Living legend Kathak Exponent, Padmashree awardee and MBE Pandit Pratap Pawar, who has mesmerised the audiences over fifty five

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Indian actor Ali Fazal set to star in an upcoming Hollywood film

Ali Fazal in Death on the Nile (Image by telegraphindia.com) Bollywood actor Ali Fazal is set to make a comeback in the Hollywood film industry after bagging a role in the upcoming project titled Afghan Dreamers. The actor has admitted that he is excited to be a part of such an “exciting story”, PTI reports. The

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends COP27 in Egypt cementing UK’s commitment to climate support

Image by Sky News  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has cemented the UK’s COP legacy with a series of announcements on energy transition, climate financing and forest and nature preservation, as he hands over the baton to Egypt at COP27 on Monday, 7th November. The UK continues deliver on its key funding commitments, spending £11.6 billion

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 SCEBE lecturer gives powerful climate talk at ‘Rebuilding Pakistan’ fundraiser

Image by Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Management Lecturer Dr Charlie Russell gave a powerful climate change talk to over 350 people at a ‘Rebuilding Pakistan’ fundraiser. He was joined by two other speakers Scottish Labour Party Leader Anas Sarwar and President of the Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan

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University of Glasgow graduate establishes startup to offer affordable software engineering services

Image by University of Glasgow A new tech focused startup from the University of Glasgow is setting out to offer affordable software engineering services to social enterprises, SMEs and other startups across Scotland. The startup, called Loopsio, builds on principles established by computing science and software engineering courses taught at the University, and research conducted

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