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Arts
Council's shoddy treatment of Watermans
Following
on from Mr Justice Langstaff's ruling, Watermans
came a step closer to having its judicial review
of Arts Council England's decision to cut its
funding enforced, but further evidence has come
to light regarding the Arts Council's cavalier
treatment of the West London arts centre.
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Women
should have half share of top arts board posts
says Hodge
A
publicity campaign aimed at women from all walks
of life to get them to apply for positions on
the boards of arts and sports bodies was launched
today by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge. At present,
only one in three of those filling the 600 or
so governing posts on DCMS arts and sporting bodies
are women, and Margaret Hodge has set a firm target
to raise this proportion to fifty per cent.
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Advertisers
can now target nearly 1 million British Asians online
Advertisers
can now target nearly 1 million British Asians online
through Indoor Media, the UK's first online sales specialists
targeting the British Asian community. The company celebrated
its first anniversary on July 7th 2008, notching a number
of achievements including tripling the number of unique
users it reaches, signing up over 125 websites & over
30 publishers, including Redhotcurry.com.
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'Curries
more fattening than Chinese food and pizzas'
Having
an Indian meal may be Britain's favourite dish, but
researchers say curries are more fattening than either
Chinese food or pizza takeaways. A single meal of Indian
curry has been found to have more fat than what is recommended
for the entire day.
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Reliance-MTN
talks' continue despite Ambani feud
South
African mobile giant MTN is still maintaining a
firm silence on a possible deal with Reliance Communications.
There were concerns that the talks may have been
delayed by an intervention from Mukesh Ambani of
Reliance Industries, the older sibling of Anil Ambani.
Mukesh had contacted MTN to indicate that he had
first right of refusal for any sale of a stake in
Reliance Communications.
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Anil
Ambani opens shop in Britain looking for European
investors
Britain
has approved the proposal of Indian tycoon Anil
Ambani to open a London office of his fund managing
company, Reliance Assets Management (RAM), to attract
European investors for the first time. RAM will
be represented in Britain by its offshore fund,
Emergent India. The minimum investment in the Emergent
India fund is $100,000.
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Tata
Steel debuts on Fortune 500 list, ranks 315
Due
to its acquisition of the Corus, Tata Steel has
entered the Fortune 500 list at rank 315, while
India's Reliance Industries jumped 63 places to
reach 206. Tata Steel had an annual revenue of $25,707
million, Reliance posted $35,915 million. Reliance
and Tata Steel are the only two Indian companies
in the private sector on the list.
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Indian
Company Allied Digital acquires US firm for $30mn
Allied
Digital Services Ltd (ADSL), which provides information
technology infrastructure management services, has
acquired a majority interest in the Los Angeles-headquartered
En Pointe Global Services (EPGS) for $30 million,
the company announced Thursday. ADSL's market cap
is currently valued at approx. $335 million, as
quoted on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
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Diamonds
make up more than a third of Indo-British trade
Ruia
Group acquires British auto component firm
India's
acquisition appetite intact despite credit crunch
Ban
on multi-brand foreign retailers likely to stay
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Mallika
Sherawat asked to return Rs.2.5mn to Studio 18
Bollywood star Mallika Sherawat, currently riding
on a crest of glory, has been delivered bad news
by the industry's oldest body of producers, the
Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association which
has asked her to return Rs2.5m.
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Virgin
Media launches 'Bollywood on Demand' Service
Virgin Media has launched its Bollywood On Demand
Service in the UK by commissioning chef Vivek
Singh to cook-up 'The Bollywood Burner', the world's
hottest curry.
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Shaanti's
Club Tent at the Big Chill Festival 2008, 1 - 3
August
2008
Shaanti will host The Big Chill’s Club Tent
on Sunday 3rd August featuring Nitin Sawhney (DJ
Set), electronica band Asian Dub Foundation Soundsystem,
rapper UK Apache and The Kalyan feat. Gubsy (on
Dhol and electric Tabla) and Steve (Guitar) and
Anila (Samplers & Mix) live. They’ll be
also joined by Shaanti’s front man Manga and
resident DJ MSC.
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Sonu
Niigaam presents A Tribute to Mohd.Rafi in 'Rafi
Resurrected'
Bollywood singer Sonu Niigaam is to perform Mohd.
Rafi's greatest hits with the City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra in Birmingham, Manchester &
London between 15 - 20 July 2008. The late Mohammed.
Rafi was one of India's most famous singers.
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London
Mix: Looking through the eyes of young London: 14
July - 28 September 2008
As part of the UK 2012 Cultural Programme, Watermans
and motiroti have joined forces to develop London
Mix, a new participatory public art project for
the Cultural Olympiad, to enable young people in
West London to reflect on London's role as the Olympic
host city in 2012. The project runs from 14 July
until 28 September 2008.
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'Mela'
by Tajinder Singh Hayer, 17 - 18 July 2008
Diaspora
London presents 'Music Village', 12 - 13 July
2008
Big
Dance Week at Watermans, 8 - 13 July 2008
Sabri
Ensemble perform to 'Shiraz'
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