| 'The Z Factor' Exhibition
celebrates Zoroastrians |
 'The
Z Factor' exhibition, celebrating the contribution
made by Zoroastrians to India and the UK,
was launched at The Women's Library, London
Metropolitan University on 23rd May 2012.
The exhibition, curated by Zerbanoo Gifford,
author, human rights campaigner and founder
of the Asha Centre, was opened by the guest
of honour, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon. 
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| Indhu Rubasingham
wins at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards
2012 |
 Indhu
Rubasingham, the new Artistic Director at
The Tricycle Theatre, London, was recognised
for her "astounding achievements"
in theatre at the Asian Women of Achievement
Awards 2012 held at the Hilton Hotel, Park
Lane, London on Wednesday 16th May 2012. Among
the ten pioneering women honoured was luxury
retailer Sung-Joo Kim.
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more |
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| Avina Shah
performs at the Asian Women of Achievement
Awards 2012 |
 The
accomplishments of ten pioneering Asian women
were celebrated at the Asian Women of Achievement
(AWA) Awards 2012 ceremony in London's Park
Lane last night (16th May) attended by the
Home Secretary The Rt Hon. Theresa May; wife
of Deputy Prime Minister, Miriam Clegg and
awards patrons Cherie Blair and HRH Princess
Badiya bint El Hassan.
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| Farah Pandith
wins the Global Empowerment Award 2012 |
 Farah
Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim
Communities, US Department of State was recognised
with the Global Empowerment Award 2012 at
the annual Asian Women of Achievement Awards
held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London
on Wednesday 16th May 2012. Earlier in the
day, Ms Pandith spoke at the Women of the
Future Summit about the Women in Public Service
Project launched in the USA in 2011.
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more |
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| Dell hosts
a roundtable on education & technology |
 Dell
hosted a roundtable in conjunction with Apps
for Good, the brainchild of non-profit organisation
Center for Digital Inclusion (CDI) Europe,
on Tuesday 15th May 2012 at The Hoxton Apprentice
in London. The Apps for Good initiative develops
talented and employable young people by running
courses on creating mobile and Facebook applications
(apps).
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more |
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| Lakshmi
Mittal tops Britain's Rich List 2012 |
 Lakshmi
Mittal has once again topped The Sunday Times
Rich List published on 29th April 2012 despite
seeing a 29% decline in his steel-making fortune
estimated to be £12.7 billion. Asian
newcomers onto the Rich List include 34-year
old Rajesh Agrawal (pictured left),
Founder of foreign exchange company Rational
FX who is estimated to be worth £90
million.
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more |
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| Inspirational
Women's Network 2012 launches at J P Morgan |
 India
Gary-Martin, COO of Banking Technology &
Operations at J P Morgan hosted the first
Inspirational Women's Network event of 2012,
entitled 'Entrepreneurs Stories', at their
City Offices in London on Wednesday 25th April
2012. Among the speakers were Perween Warsi
CBE, Founder & CEO of S&A Foods; jeweller
Theo Fennell and Michelle Clothier of social
enterprise Livity Ltd.
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| Prime Minister
launches Conservative Friends of India group |
 UK
Prime Minister David Cameron launched the
Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) group
on 24th April 2012 at the Royal Horticultural
Halls in London to an assembled gathering
of 1,200 British Indian guests. The Prime
Minister, who was introduced by Lord Dolar
Popat Chairman of CFIN, ended his speech by
urging party supporters and guests to vote
for the Conservative candidate Boris Johnson
in the upcoming Mayoral elections on 3rd May
2012.
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| India Philanthropy
Report 2012 published |
 Bain's
India Philanthropy Report 2012 reveals some
exciting new themes in Indian philanthropy.
The survey of nearly 400 wealthy Indians found
that they contributed more of their income
in 2011 and many of them plan to give even
more in the future. Young philanthropists
(30 and younger) also are giving more and
playing a greater role in shaping the philanthropic
ecosystem.
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more |
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| Social Return
on Investment: Sewa Day adds £400K to
UK claim economists |
 An
independent report produced by economic analysts
Pratik Dattani and Sam Juthani shows that
Sewa Day, a national day which encourages
social action, good deeds and public service,
returned £4.40 of economic and social
benefit for every £1 expended on it
resulting in a £400,000 monetised gross
benefit of to the British economy in 2011.
Sewa Day, which started in 2010, aims to promote
selfless services attracted over 15,000 volunteers
last year.
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more |
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| The British
& Foreign School Society & Educate
Girls promote learning in India |
 Up
to 35,000 children living in areas with the
lowest literacy and school enrolment rates
in Rajasthan will be reached through a new
partnership between The British & Foreign
School Society (BFSS), The British Asian Trust
and local charity Educate Girls. 300 schools
and 300 teachers will benefit through programmes
funded by BFSS that will see 2,000 girls returning
to school or being enroled for the first time.
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more |
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| Boxer Amir
Khan and Oxfam help build schools in Pakistan |
 Thanks
to the fundraising efforts of boxer Amir Khan,
five schools have now been built in flood
affected areas in Pakistan. Amir visited Sindh,
Pakistan, in 2010 after the country was hit
by devastating floods that affected up to
20 million people. He went on to hold a fundraising
event in Bolton in February 2011 that raised
£102,139.
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more |
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| Amnesty
International launches Amnesty India |
 Salil
Shetty, Secretary General of human rights
group Amnesty International and Rt Hon Dawn
Primarolo MP hosted a reception to welcome
the first Director of Amnesty India, Ananthapadmanabhan
('Anantha') Guruswamy, at The Speaker's House,
House of Commons, London on Wednesday 21st
March 2012. The reception was attended by
Stephen Pound MP, TV presenter Peter Snow,
patrons of Amnesty International and over
100 guests.
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more |
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| Convergence
India network launched in London |
 Creative
catalyst Neishaa Gharat, media entrepreneur
Lopa Patel and lawyer Manoj Ladwa spoke at
the launch of Convergence India on Tuesday
22nd March 2012 in London. Part of the 2000-strong
Convergence Network, Convergence India - working
with Chalo India and Karma Ventures - will
connect people with an interest in India to
those on the ground, by sparking new dialogues
and debate around the subject of corporate
and social responsibility (CSR) and creating
shared learning.
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more |
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| Sonna Rélé
helps to raise £60K for the British
Asian Trust |
 Singer
songwriter Sonna Rélé helped
the British Asian Trust raise more than £60,000
for five high-impact South Asian Charities
at a special 'Dragon's Den' style fundraiser
hosted by Coutts Bank, in association with
The Funding Network, at its headquarters in
London. Sonna sang a special number written
for 'Educate Girls', one of the participating
charities, for whom she raised £18k.
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| Pakistan
wins first Oscar for documentary film 'Saving
Face' |
 'Saving
Face', a documentary featuring British/Pakistani
plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad was awarded
the Oscar for 'Documentary Short Subject'
at the 84th Academy Awards ® on 26th February
2012. Directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen
Obaid-Chinoy, the documentary chronicles the
work of of the pioneering plastic surgeon
as he travels to Pakistan to treat survivors
of radically disfiguring acid attacks.
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| William
Hague MP inaugurates King's India Institute,
London |
 The
Rt Hon William Hague MP, UK Secretary of State
for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, inaugurated
the King's India Institute on Indian Republic
Day (26th January 2012) with a keynote speech
in which he emphasized the growing importance
of UK-India bilateral relations; and congratulated
King's College, London in launching the new
institute.
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| Sewa Day
2012 selected as a Queen's Diamond Jubilee
event |
 Sewa
Day, to be held on 7th October 2012, has been
selected as a Queen's Diamond Jubilee event
through an initiative called "A Year
of Service". Every month this year, each
of the major faith communities will in turn
host a day of volunteering in communities.
Each day will have a theme, such as visiting
the elderly, feeding the hungry or planting
trees. The Sewa Day theme will be "Helping
the Homeless".
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more |
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| The woman
behind hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire' |
 Tessa
Ross, Controller of Film and Drama at Channel
4, yesterday (18th January 2012) explained
how the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' came to
be made to members of her alma mater Somerville
College's Media Network. The 2008 film which
cost $15 million to make grossed in excess
of $377 million in sales, won 8 Oscars and
made stars of Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto.
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| Asians recognised
in the Queen's New Year's Honours List 2012 |
 The
Queen's New Year's Honours List is published
today, recognising the achievements of extraordinary
people across the UK. Among Asians honoured
are Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan who receives
a knighthood for the study of the translation
of DNA information into protein by ribosomes;
with CBEs for Professor Dinesh Kumar Makhan
Lai Bhugra, Dr Tahir Ahmed Mahmood and Ruby
McGregor-Smith, CEO of Mitie plc.
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| UK NEWS
2012 |
|
Women
Empowered network launched (05/12)
'The Z
Factor' Exhibition celebrates Zoroastrians
(05/12)
Indhu
Rubasingham wins at the Asian Women of Achievement
Awards 2012 (05/12)
Avina Shah
performs at the Asian Women of Achievement
Awards 2012 (05/12)
Farah
Pandith wins the Global Empowerment Award
2012 (05/12)
Dell
hosts a roundtable on education & technology
(05/12)
David
Cameron meets Prime Minister Gilani of Pakistan
(05/12)
'Golden
Palace to Buckingham Palace': Charity Rickshaw
& Bike Ride 2012 (06/12)
Young
British Asian 'Rickshawalas' make it to
Manali (05/12)
Lakshmi
Mittal tops Britain's Rich List 2012
(04/12)
Indian
socialite to launch 'Women Empowered' networking
group (04/12)
Inspirational
Women's Network 2012 launches at J P Morgan
(04/12)
Prime
Minister launches Conservative Friends of
India group (04/12)
PETA
Advert: Hard Kaur gives harsh 'rap' to circuses
that still use animals (04/12)
Dr.
Swati Piramal receives prestigious Padma
Shri award for the year 2012 (04/12)
India
Philanthropy Report 2012 published
(04/12)
Prime
Minister unveils Big Society Capital
(04/12)
New
survey to understand the success story of
British theatre (04/12)
Social
Return on Investment: Sewa Day adds £400K
to UK claim economists (04/12)
'Rickshawalas'
to drive 1800km to the Himalayas for charity
(03/12)
The
British & Foreign School Society &
Educate Girls promote learning in India
(03/12)
Boxer
Amir Khan and Oxfam help build schools in
Pakistan (03/12)
India adopts
International Standards to protect children
from sex trafficking (03/12)
London
2012’s Lord Coe pressed over Adidas
sweatshops (03/12)
Amnesty
International launches Amnesty India
(03/12)
Convergence
India network launched in London (03/12)
Asian
Women of Achievement Awards 2012: Shortlist
Announced (03/12)
The
Asian Awards expand their horizons for 2012
(03/12)
CINI
UK suported by Jade Jagger and fashion designer
Alice Temperley (03/12)
Yasmin
Alibhai Brown to co-host Migrant and Refugee
Women’s Awards (03/12)
Asian
Women of Achievement reflect on International
Women's Day (03/12)
Sonna
Rélé helps to raise £60K for the British
Asian Trust (03/12)
Launch
of Convergence India, Tuesday 20th March
2012 (03/12)
Spectre
of Gandhi helps Tata raise £100K for cancer
hospital (02/12)
Pakistan
wins first Oscar for documentary film 'Saving
Face' (02/12)
LSE
Student's Union India Week: 20th - 26th
February 2012 (02/12)
New
Hindu School in Harrow Appoints Head Teacher
and Opens Applications (01/12)
NRIs
honoured by Indian Government in New Delhi
(01/12)
Asian
Women of Achievement Awards 2012: Nominations
Open (01/12)
William
Hague MP inaugurates King's India Institute,
London (01/12)
'Innovation
in Education' a key theme at LWF12 (01/12)
Asian
charity donates £10K to Leicester's
Cardiovascular Research Centre (01/12)
Sewa
Day 2012 selected as a Queen's Diamond Jubilee
event (01/12)
The
woman behind hit film 'Slumdog Millionaire'
(01/12)
London
to host premier learning conference &
festival LWF12, 25th - 26th January
(01/12)
New
Statesman survey asks 'Are the Media Racist?'
(01/12)
Asians
recognised in the Queen's New Year's Honours
List 2012 (01/12)
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