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Celebrating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi NON-VIOLENCE & PEACE
Adhering to its approach of offering distinctive- both traditional and modern Programs, Confluence Foundation a cultural organization registered under the Indian Trust Act 1882, are bringing some gifted artisans from India to London, called Confluence presenting...2019-07-09 2251 0 -
France Returns Stolen Ancient Relics to Pakistan
Four hundred and fifty artefacts from 4,000 BC were seized by French customs over a decade ago. On Tuesday 3rd July, France handed over nearly 450 ancient relics back to Pakistan.  At Paris’ Charles de Gaulle...2019-07-09 1840 0 -
UK-India Week: UK development sector backs India as the global home for impact investing
 Leading figures in UK development sector back India as the best place in the world for impact investing, at the UK-India Week Social Impact Forum hosted by the British Asian Trust. Vice Chair of the...2019-07-09 1557 0 -
Death Toll Rises as India Heat Wave Continues
Weeks of scorching heat have tallied up to form the largest period of high-rise temperatures the country has ever seen. With the heat rising up to 50 degrees Celsius in some areas, Asia’s third-biggest country has...2019-07-08 2182 0 -
Nature’s Fury: The Heaviest Rainfall in Decades Leaves Many Dead in Mumbai
Death toll rises as many are crushed or drown in horrific weather conditions The death toll in Mumbai stays increasing as many are feared to be stuck under debris, or to have unknowingly drowned. In Malad...2019-07-03 1677 0 -
Bangladesh brings in New Prison Breakfast after 200 Years
After two centuries, Bangladesh has changed its breakfast menu for prisons up and down the country. The former regime was first enforced during the colonial era and has not been altered up until now. In the...2019-07-03 2146 0 -
Nine-year old Hampton boy raises more than £5000 for Yemen crisis
A nine-year-old schoolboy from Hampton has raised £5,315 for the crisis in Yemen through designing, creating and selling Eid cards that have been delivered as far as San Francisco and Dubai. Omer Olcer said he sold...2019-07-01 1395 0 -
Sudan Crisis: Country’s Sever State Continues
The African country of Sudan is currently in a state of political turmoil and heavy unrest as human rights violations and mass shootings continue to rise. The region first came into a period of civil distress...2019-06-28 2541 0 -
Is Bangladesh Not A Safe Haven For LGBT Advocates?
Two Bangladeshi LGBT advocates were murdered in 2016 and eight members of an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group have been charged with the killing. Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tonoy, aged thirty-five died in April 2016 after an...2019-06-27 1565 0 -
India uses trade to force Foreign Office to abandon tortured Scot held in Indian jail for 600 days
Today marks 600 days in an Indian jail of Jagtar Singh Johal, the 32-year old Scot from Dumbarton who has been tortured and threatened to be burnt alive by police and is being detained without a proper trial....2019-06-26 1377 0
