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UK based firm to construct the tallest skyscraper in Mumbai

Image by Mumbai Live Mumbai’s skyline will soon feature the tallest tower the financial capital of India has ever seen. The tower, which will be a multi-use building of 110 floors, will be built by UK-based firm SRAM & MRAM Group in the Parel-Sewri area. In a statement, the company said, “The first-of-the-kind skyscraper will […]

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Tata Steel UK’s blast furnace improvement programme to enable 160,000 tonnes of CO2 savings

Image by Tata Steel UK A programme of improvements at Tata Steel UK’s blast furnaces will reduce the site’s carbon footprint by about 160,000 tonnes of CO2 a year. That’s equivalent to the annual emissions from nearly 100,000 cars or those from the energy used by around 50,000 households (a town the size of Cheltenham).

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Achievements of Glasgow Scots-Indian Entrepreneur in improving maths education for children recognised at LOANI Awards

Glasgow-based entrepreneur Dr Rashmi Mantri and her commitment to making a positive change in children’s life through education has been recognised at a Global awards ceremony in London recently. Honouring those doing extraordinary work in their respective areas to make a change in people\’s lives, the fifth annual Ladies of All Nations International (LOANI) Charity Gala Dinner and Superheroes

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Winners are revealed for the 15th Scottish Asian & Business Awards 2022

Image by Oceanic Consulting Some of the top professionals and businesses from the Scottish Asian community were awarded for their ingenuity and achievements. The event took place on Monday, December 19, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow where more than 350 of the most remarkable Scottish Asians were gathered together to celebrate their success. The

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Glasgow company bosses banned after making false claims to get Bounce Back Loans

Representational Image by Getty Shahzad Arshad, 43, and Alexander Stewart Cooper, 70, from Glasgow, have been disqualified as company directors following separate investigations which found they had both made false claims in order to receive Bounce Back Loans for their businesses. Arshad was the director of two companies – Town Discount Ltd and Naz Accessories

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BT and the British Asian Trust extend partnership to empower young girls with digital and life skills

 Image by British Asian Trust BT and the British Asian Trust recently announced that they will work together for a further three years to empower 200,000 adolescent girls with digital and life skills at an event yesterday hosted by the British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, at his residence in New Delhi. In addition,

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Rail Delivery Group selects TCS to help create the UK Government’s Rail Data Marketplace

Image by Alstom Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, has announced that it has been selected by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to design, develop, implement, and operate the UK’s Rail Data Marketplace (RDM). The contract between TCS and RDG is for a term of six years including an

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Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Presents Regal Foods with Queen’s Award

Image by Regal Foods On Monday 28 November, the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire visited Regal House, the home of Regal Food Products Group Plc, to present the company with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Younis Chaudhry, CEO of Regal Foods, greeted the Lord Lieutenant at Regal’s head office in Bradford before

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Chief executive of Barclays CS Venkatakrishnan set to begin cancer treatment in New York

Image by Barclays Chief executive of British bank Barclays, Coimbatore Sundararajan Venkatakrishnan, has been diagnosed with cancer, the bank has said. Known as Venkat within the bank, the boss will undergo an intensive treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in New York. Non-hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer that develops in the lymphatic system, a network

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Vedanta launches drive to feed 2 million children in India

 Image by Vedanta Resources Ltd. On Children’s Day this year, Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited founded by London-based British billionaire Anil Agarwal, launched its feeding drive to serve 2 million meals to children across Nand Ghars, a flagship social impact project under Anil Agarwal Foundation. This drive is a part of the

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