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UK government introduces highest number of fully-funded scholarships for Indian students

The UK government has announced its partnership with leading businesses in India to offer 75 fully funded scholarships for Indian students to study in the UK from September this year. According to the government, this is the highest number of fully funded scholarships given for the one-year master’s programme to date. HSBC, Pearson India, Hindustan […]

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Young East London man takes a unique approach to land an internship

Image by MyLondon Usman Akhtar, 20, attempted to get a summer internship by standing outside Canary Wharf Tube station on Thursday, June 30. The young man is a second-year student at the London Institute of Banking & Finance and recently finished his second year at university with a first-class and scored the second-highest marks in

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Police step up their search for missing Bradford woman

 Image by SWNS After growing concerns over the disappearance of a Bradford woman, the police are reported to have made several arrests relating to the incident. 20-year-old Somaiya Begum was last seen at her home address on Binnie Street in Barkerend but vanished on Saturday afternoon at around 2pm. It has been more than a week

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Edinburgh shopkeeper found guilty of indecency towards a teenage girl

Vinit Kotadiya pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sherrif Court on Tuesday A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday for sending indecent text messages to a minor, supplying her with alcohol and asking her to marry him over a span of six weeks last year. Vinit Kotadiya of Gorgie, Edinburgh, is said to have started a friendship with

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Mumbai Indians players set to go for a UK tour this summer

 Image by IPL Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians is preparing to perform better in the next season of the campaign after an unsuccessful stint this year. Many ‘uncapped’ team members are gearing up for an ‘exposure tour of England’ which is going to kickstart in July. The tour will include training sessions with the

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Issa brothers set plans in motion to create homes in Bradford

British Indian billionaire brothers and businessmen, Zuber and Mohsin Issa have taken up a new project which includes development of 18 homes in Bradford. This report comes as the Blackburn-born brothers, who co-founded Euro Garages (EG) Group and own supermarket chain Asda, continue the expansion of the EG Group and plan to create about 22,700

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Sangam festival returns to Kirklees with exciting events and programs

A celebration of South Asian Heritage will return to Kirklees this summer with an exciting programme of events and special community projects. Sangam festival, which is run by Huddersfield-based social enterprise Communities Together, will run from 18 July – 17 August 2022 and will coincide with South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM). The diverse programme of events

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British Asian community expresses disappointment over Roe v. Wade ruling

The recent US Supreme Court ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade giving individual states the right to put strict restrictions on abortions for women has drawn a lot of criticism from all over the world, with many communities and countries expressing their disappointment. In the UK, many well-known British Asians came forward to speak in

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