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Issue 299, Friday 18th February 2011
Muslim girls develop 'apps' for smart phones
 Three
teams of Muslim girls from the Central Foundation Girls School in
Tower Hamlets, London presented their ideas for mobile 'apps' development
to a panel of judges in a "Dragon's Den" style event organised
by 'Apps for Good' on 16th February 2011 in London. The judges determined
which ones would be scaled-up for commercial 'apps' development,
a prize worth between £3,000 - £5,000.
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more
UK Government saves ayurvedic and herbal medicines
 The
UK Government has announced that British herbal medicine practitioners
are to be statutorily regulated under the existing Health Professions
Council, a move that sidesteps an impending EU directive that looked
to set to ban traditional herbal and ayurvedic medicines from 30th
April 2011. read
more
Sewa Day announced for Sunday 25th September 2011
 Organisers
of Sewa Day announced that this year's event will take place on
Sunday 25th September 2011. This was among a raft of changes that
included the adoption of technology ensuring that most form-filling
will be done online and the ambition to reach 15,000 people, three
times more than the target achieved in 2010. read
more
Government opens up contracts
to small business
 Measures
to open up the way that Government does business and to make sure
that small companies, charities and voluntary organisations can
compete for billions of pounds worth of contracts has been outlined
by the Prime Minister recently. 'The aspiration is that 25% of government
contracts should be awarded to small and medium-sized businesses.'
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more
Big Society Bank raids dormant
accounts for funds
 The
Big Society Bank will attract more investment from wealthy individuals,
charitable foundations and savers in social ISAs and pension funds.
It will ultimately be financed by and estimated £400million
from dormant bank accounts, accessing up to £100million in
its first year. read
more
Entertainment News
Bollywood
Baraat: 21st May 2011
Alchemy:
15 - 25 April 2011
Asia
House Festival of Asian Literature, 10th - 26th May
IAAC
NY Indian Film Festival 2011: May 4th - 8th
'Tongues
on Fire' Asian Film Festival 2011, 18 - 27 March
Slackistan
by Hammad Khan, UK Release 9 March 2011
The
Usual Auntijies, 5 - 26 March 2011
Eastern
Electronic Festival, 28 February - 5 March 2011
'West
is West', UK Release 25th February 2011
Great
Expectations by Tanika Gupta: 17 Feb - 12 Mar
Raghu
Rai's 'Invocation to India', 29 January - 30 April 2011
'Light,
Passion & Darkness' 11 Dec 2010 - 5 March 2011
Routes
to Revolution exhibition: 23 Oct - 6 Mar 2011
Anish
Kapoor in Kensington: 28 Sep - 13 Mar 2011
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