- Monday, May 20, 2024
Dr Navina Evans has said that she wants to make Health Education England (HEE) the ‘best place to work’ by embedding a transparent, diverse and inclusive culture to help the NHS deliver the future workforce during this ‘challenging time’. She assumed the role of chief executive at HEE on Thursday(1)…
A pharmacist from south-west London is taking part in the virtual 2020 London Marathon this weekend “to raise the profile of community pharmacy”. Raj Patel from Kingston Upon Thames in Greater London has set himself a challenge to run 26.2 miles in total to raise a minimum of £2,000 for…
A court in India has ordered police to protect the family of a woman allegedly gang-raped and killed by four high-caste men, as her brother said they feared reprisals over the accusations. The 19-year-old woman was attacked in mid-September and died this week, sparking outrage and shining the spotlight again…
ALMOST 30 per cent of black, Asian and minority ethnic hospital workers in Bolton reported abuse from patients or visitors in the past year, a new report has revealed. Bolton Hospital NHS Trust has published a Workforce Race Equality report which showed that of the trust’s 5,611 staff, 12.9 per…
COMMUNITY leaders and British defence personnel joined an official Covid-secure celebration in Cardiff to mark Mahatma Gandhi’s 151st birth anniversary on Friday (2). Led by Indian Honorary Consul in Wales Raj Aggarwal, the event was a low-key one due pandemic restrictions, unlike last year which saw over 400 guests and tricolour…
Siddharth Anand’s directorial War starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff completes one year of its release today. It was the highest-grossing film of 2019. Today, while talking about the movie, Siddharth said, “When we started out, the script of War was being written, I was writing it like an English film. It didn’t have…
A couple of days ago, it was announced that theatres in India will reopen on 15th October 2020 and it will function with 50 percent of occupancy. So, of course, fans of Akshay Kumar were excited to watch his movie Sooryavanshi on the big screen as the makers had earlier announced that the…
BORIS JOHNSON faces mounting unease from his Conservative rank and file over the coronavirus pandemic as the party opens its annual conference on Saturday in a quieter virtual format. Instead of the usual tub-thumping speeches in cavernous halls and crowded drinks gatherings, the party faithful will follow proceedings online, depriving…
OVER 80 Indian diaspora organisations in the UK have called for disbanding a new “fringe” Conservative group on Kashmir. The protest followed the revival of a so-called “Conservative Friends of Kashmir” group, announced on social media last week by seven Tory MPs representing constituencies with a significant Pakistani diaspora population.…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday (2) that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the “recovery process”. “We will get through this TOGETHER,” Trump tweeted. The first lady tweeted that the couple was “quarantining at home” and “feeling good”, reiterating that “we will…
