Image courtesy EasternEye Renowned Indian classical sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash were recently seen mesmerising their audience with melodious tunes in London. The brothers, who are the sons of the legendary Indian sarod player Amjad Ali Khan, performed at Taj Buckingham Palace, Suites and Residences on Wednesday, 11 January where the […]
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to accelerate the UK’s diplomatic and military support to Ukraine in the weeks ahead in a bid to push Russia further back and secure a lasting peace. A flurry of UK diplomatic activity is taking place take place across the globe this week after the Prime Minister directed senior
Image by Twitter @MEAIndia Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra and Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, met in New Delhi on 16 January for the annual UK-India Strategic Dialogue. They reviewed strong progress made on the 2030 Roadmap in the last year and looked ahead to the next phase of
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Image 2 A – Image by Dave Benett English financier Ben Goldsmith and his sister Jemima Khan recently hosted a special fundraising dinner to help make contributions towards Pakistan flood relief efforts. The dinner, which was hosted at the Michelin-starred Benares Mayfair, saw more than 100 guests including prominent public figures like the Mayor of
image by GOV.UK The United Kingdom is contributing an additional £500,000 (BDT 60.6 million) in humanitarian support to respond to last year’s flooding in the Sylhet region, in which 7.2 million people were affected. Delivered by BRAC, this funding will provide water, shelter, livelihoods opportunities, and improved nutrition for people affected in Sunamganj, Sylhet. This new
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Image by Bloomberg/Getty Images/The Guardian Four of the largest international aid groups working in Afghanistan warned last month that the lives of women and children were at risk if the de facto authorities did not immediately reverse a ban on female NGO workers in the country. Save the Children, World Vision International, CARE International and
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Image by Finance Uncovered A British man of Indian origin is set to be extradited from Dubai to Denmark for money laundering and committing tax fraud of $1.7 billion. 52-year-old hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah has been accused of being the primary conspirator of a scam which ran for three years since 2012. It has
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Image by Tata Consultancy Services IT services, consulting and business solutions organization Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Barclays in India have expanded their partnership to help more children with neuro-muscular disabilities become self-reliant by bringing the TCS Virtual Habilitation (VHAB) solution to Bal Kalyan Sanstha in Pune, Maharashtra. As part of the collaboration, TCS is deploying
Image by Getty/ECB England Men are scheduled to play three ODIs and three IT20s against Bangladesh in March 2023 after the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed the tour dates. The tourists will return to Bangladesh for the first time since 2016 and will play internationals in Dhaka and Chattogram. The tour will start with three ODIs,
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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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