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  • AL WEEKEND – Oct 30 – Nov 1 – Why we may be stuck with Trump

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    Why we may be stuck with Trump; Pakistan Admits Its Role in Pulwama Attack UK; Europe Tightens Covid Measures – Asian Lite Daily Digital WEEKEND – Oct 30-Nov 1, 2020 – please click here to Read the full edition – https://bit.ly/31Xbfjv

  • Covid-19 reinfections ‘to be expected’: UK scientists

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    It was unclear how soon people who had recovered from Covid-19 could become vulnerable to reinfection, but emerging reports showed the timeframe was “relatively short”…Reports Asian Lite News UK scientists have warned that Covid-19 reinfections were “to be expected” amid a recent surge in the number of fresh cases, according to a media report. The…

  • New three-tier restrictions imposed in UK

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    The new system sees every area of England classed as being on medium, high or very high alert…Reports Asian Lite News England has enforced new three-tier system of Covid-19 restrictions. Most of the country is in the lowest tier – medium – but millions of people in the North and the Midlands face extra curbs…

  • Asian Lite Daily Digital – Boris Unveils 3-Tier Covid Restrictions

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    Boris Unveils 3-Tier Covid Restrictions; Sadiq Seeks Govt Action To Protect Rough Sleepers; Pandemic Disrupted Critical Mental Health Services; Asia-Pacific Group Retains Pakistan on ‘Enhanced Follow-Up’ list; Taiwan Sends Strong Message Against Chinese Expansionism – all in Asian Lite Daily Digital – please click here to read.

  • Protests in Pakistan over China-backed Sindh projects

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    Several political parties, mainly the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STTP), launched protests across the country against the Imran Khan government’s plan to develop the twin islands of Dingi and Bhundar. There are allegations that China might undertake construction activities in these islands. The port city of Karachi was rocked by the protest.  A group of…

  • Zaiwalla Urges Indian President to intervene in book ban row

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    London-based well-known Indian-origin solicitor Sarosh Zaiwalla complains to Indian President Ramnath Kovind, Chief Justice of India, Sharad Bobde and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, about misconduct of Patiala Court Judge Sanjeev Jain and Congress party MP regarding the order to restrict the sale and distribution of his memoirs titled Honour Bound – Adventures of an…

  • KOLKATA DIARY – The Effect of Cyclone in Sandarbans by Mohammed Reza Amirinia

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    With a significant population, India has already been facing a great task in dealing with the damages caused by the impacts of the virus and maintaining social distancing. To make matters worse, another natural disaster hit West Bengal on 20th May as the coastal areas of the states of Odisha and the West Bengal suffered…

  • KOLKATA DIARY: Corona Cripples City of Light By Mohammed Reza Amirinia

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    It was in October of 2019 when I was in Kolkata, India, to be a competition judge among 13 members of a jury. The International Jury Award took place during the Durga Puja festival to help review 300 hundred pandals created by local artists and artisans. The city was colourful and vibrant in the celebration…

  • Bhumi Searches For Extraordinary Stories

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    Actress Bhumi Pednekar is proud of her work. She says she searches for extraordinary stories, and will constantly pick projects that hit home for her. “I search for extraordinary stories of extraordinary women! I think that really guides my film choices. Right from my debut, I have tried to bring to life stories of powerful,…

  • Shweta Asks Artists To Explore

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    Actress Shweta Tripathi feels waiting around for things to open up could be futile and thus artistes across all mediums should be open to exploring new adventures in professional life. She says for actors, the thrill does not come from the medium but from the process. “We knew Covid would have a far-reaching impact on…

  • 4 Years Of MSD Film Recalls Sushant Memories

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    The 2016 blockbuster, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, was released four years ago on this day. The film starring the late Sushant Singh Rajput was a huge hit upon release, and on Wednesday fans took to social media to recall how beautifully the late actor had portrayed the role of the former Indian cricket captain…

  • TCS to buyback shares

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    Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will be considering a buyback of shares of the company at a board meeting to be held on October 7. TCS said in a filing that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the company is scheduled on October 7 and the Board of Directors will consider a proposal for…

  • Adah Needs Important Role In Plot

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    Actress Adah Sharma wants her characters to be of importance in a script, even if she plays a demure girl running around the trees. “I would love to be running around trees and I love to play the demure girl, which I have played in a few of my south films. My point was even…

  • Sonakshi-Dad Combo In New Music Video

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    Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha and his daughter, actress Sonakshi Sinha, appear together on screen for the first time, in new music video…reports Asian Lite News. Titled “Zaroorat”, the song also has personalities such as Kiran Bedi, Sonal Mansingh, Laxmi Agarwal, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and Ani Choying Drolma featuring in the video. “The song gives expression…

  • Airtel picks stake in cloud analytics startup Waybeo

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    Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has picked up a strategic stake in cloud analytics startup startup Waybeo under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Programme. Thiruvananthapuram-headquartered Waybeo, focused on deep Artificial Intelligence-based analytics for Cloud telephony, is the fifth startup to join the fast-growing Airtel Startup Accelerator Program, which helps promising startups unlock their…

  • Emmy’s 2020: Schitt’s Creek Sets Record

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    Canadian family comedy, Schitt’s Creek, made history at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards as it took home the majority of awards at the ceremony, which was held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic. Brian Cox’s “Succession” and the superhero series “Watchmen” also emerged big winners. “Schitt’s Creek” won nine awards, going on to break the…

  • Ericsson takes over Cradlepoint in a $1.1 bn deal

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    Swedish telecommunication giant Ericsson has acquired Cradlepoint, the US-based market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions, for $1.1 billion. The combined offering will create valuable new revenue streams for customers by supporting full 5G-enabled services for enterprise, and boost returns on investments in the network. The investment is key to Ericsson’s…

  • French Open cuts down spectator count

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    The organisers of the Roland Garros 2020 have now been forced to reduce the number of spectators from 11,500 spectators per day to 5,000 per day due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. “The evolving hygiene situation in the Paris area has prompted the Paris police department to limit the number…

  • Online smartphone sales surge globally

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    Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the share of online channel sales in total global smartphone sales is expected to reach 23 percent this year, a 3 percent increase from last year, according to a new report. India continues to lead in online sales, with 40 percent of all smartphones being sold online during Q1 this…

  • World Bank halts publishing ‘Doing Business’ report

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    The World Bank has announced to halt the publication of the ‘Doing Business’ report as irregularities have been reported in the changes to the data published in October 2017 and 2019. In a statement, World Bank Group said it has asked its independent Internal Audit function to perform an audit of the processes for data…

  • COVID-19: LG partly shuts Seoul HQ

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    South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, LG Group, said Thursday it has partially closed its headquarters building in Seoul over virus infections. The East Building of LG Twin Towers in Yeouido, western Seoul, has been shuttered partially after a child at the group’s in-house daycare center tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to LG, South Korean…

  • ‘Remember The Sacrifices’

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    Members of the Indian diaspora in all parts of the United Kingdom, I offer you my warm greetings. As our people in India and all our brothers and sisters across the globe celebrate our 74th Independence Day, there is equal enthusiasm – if not more – among us all here in the UK. In Indian…

  • Handloom Carnival For Artisans

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    India has over 10 million weavers and artisans who are severely impacted by the lockdown that caused the shutdown of sales and production activities, resulting in a loss of livelihoods. The second edition of ‘Go Swadeshi Online’, an online exhibition of handloom clothes and artefacts by weavers and artisans from across the country, aims at…

  • Man parades ISIS flag in London

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    A man, who paraded in London with an Islamic State (IS) flag wrapped around him, was found not guilty of breaking any law, police said. Some images were posted on a Korean forum after a tourist spotted a man walking outside Parliament Square on Saturday with an IS flag draped around him. The man carried…

  • Britain’s economy runs on fast track

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    Offical ONS figures reveal that economic growth also revised up for the first quarter of 2015 but separate figures show disposable income is still lower than in 2008…reports Asian Lite. ONS statistics reveal that Britain’s economy is growing even faster than previously thought, In the first three months of the year, the economy grew 0.4…

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  • Five Britons killed in Tunisia attack

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    At least five Britons were killed in an attack in Tunisia , British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said…reports Asian Lite News. Dozens of people, including foreign tourists, were killed after gunmen opened fire in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to Tunisia’s interior ministry. While 37 people have been confirmed dead in the attack,…

  • House prices in London racing ahead

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    House prices in London increased up to 32 per cent last year – leaving the rest of the country far behind in its wake. Every area of the country where property prices increased by over 20 per cent were in the capital, while areas in the north saw homes fall by almost a quarter in value. The figures,…

  • Young traders pitch up in King street

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    Young people from all over the UK are pitching up in King Street, Manchester, on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27 to trade on the country’s only National Youth Market …reports Asian Lite . The National Youth Market opens for business in King Street, Manchester June 26 from 11am to 5pm and on Saturday,…

  • New medical school for Birmingham

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    Aston University plans for a new medical school in the heart of Birmingham…reports Asian Lite   The curriculum and school have been officially endorsed and guaranteed by Leicester Medical School, which will allow Aston to approach the General Medical Council for its final approval. The Aston Medical School would open its doors autumn 2017, when…

  • Manchester raises the flag for Armed Forces Day

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    The Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Paul Murphy OBE, marked and started of Manchester’s official celebration for Armed Forces Day with the raising of the armed forces flag at Manchester Town Hall…reports Asian Lite.   The Lord Mayor was accompanied by Edith Conn OBE, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Lieutenant Colonel Lindsey Forbes, and Regimental…

  • Vaz re-elected as Home Affairs Select Committee chairman

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    Keith Vaz has been re-elected to the influential role of chairman of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee…reports Asian Lite. Labour colleague and former Home Office minister Fiona McTaggert challenged the Leicester East MP but Vaz was re-elected by Parliamentary colleagues. In his application Vaz had said: “I am a genuine and passionate believer in…

  • Asian Business’ Bag Laurels

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    England’s leading Asian businesses were honoured at the fourth annual English Asian Business Awards at Mercure in Manchester….reports Asian Lite News. The classy black tie event acknowledged and celebrated the accomplishments, determination and hard work of professionals and organisations from the Asian business community across England The 2015 English Asian Business Awards presented by Lloyds Banking Group…

  • INTERVIEW: Rahul Dravid

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    By Sandip Sikdar  Batting legend Rahul Dravid has given a thumbs up to Ravi Shastri and said the current Indian cricket team director has done a terrific job in his role so far. According to latest media reports, Shastri will be announced as the new head coach after the conclusion of the team’s tour of…

  • Erdogan seeks national unity

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    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called on political parties to urgently form a new government within the constitutional process. In his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, Erdogan said in a televised speech that everyone should put their egos aside and that history would judge anyone who endangered Turkey, Xinhua…

  • Carnatic Choir to unite communities

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    The British Carnatic Choir, a unique concept based on classical Indian music, is aimed at uniting diverse communities through music, will be officially launched on Friday (June 12)…reports Asian Lite News The concept is the brainchild of Dr Chithra Ramakrishnan, Artistic Director of Shruthi UK, a not-for-profit Midlands-based arts & culture organisation. The launch event, which will take…

  • Steps to stem corruption in the UK

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     New report reveals the lack of powers available to law enforcement agencies to stop corrupt money being laundered through the UK. Just seven corruption-related suspicious financial transactions acted on by UK last year….reports Asian Lite News Transparency International UK’s latest report,“Empowering the UK to recover corrupt assets” addresses the ongoing problem of corrupt wealth being…

  • MPs back plan for say on Europe

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    MPs have overwhelmingly backed plans for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. The vote, which followed the first debate on the EU Referendum Bill, means the legislation moves to the next stage of its progress through Parliament reports BBC. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said a “generation” had been denied a say on…

  • First Leicester to invest £3.6 mn; wifi soon

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        First Leicester places an order which includes the most eco-friendly buses yet State of the art vehicles which will hit the streets in September and December 2015, reports Asian Lite. A total of 18 new vehicles are to be rolled out across Leicester after local bus operator First Leicester confirmed it is investing…

  • Modi introduces new work culture at PMO

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     Ashok Tandon writes on the new work culture at PMO introduced by Modi for Asian Lite the largest Asian newspaper in UK. Narendra Modi has brought about a transformation in the day-to-day functioning of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the last one year. He has changed the work culture by introducing the practice of…

  • Modi promises to fulfill promises

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the nation to mark his one year in office. The Indian leader said his government had rejuvenated a languishing economy, brought a corruption-free rule and restored trust. Here is the full letter:  My dear fellow citizens! Service, in our Indian ethos is the ultimate duty – Seva Parmo…

  • India looking into universal healthy coverage

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    Investment in universal health coverage, including for the aged population, should be considered a smart investment for the future, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said here. “India is committed to achieve universal health coverage for all age groups. It has charted a path that depends largely on provision of affordable, quality health care through the…

  • B.B. King 1925-2015

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    The King of the Blues’, as he was nicknamed for his notable contribution to the genre, bid adieu to the world at the age of 89. B.B. King’s voice and his dear guitar raised him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to the global stage and the apex of blues. The “Sweet black angel” singer…

  • Class 2015 – The Most Diverse

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    The Class 2015 will be the most diverse ever  in the history of British Parliament…writes Sunder Katwala of British Future A record number of ethnic minority MPs have been elected to the House of Commons – 41 non-white MPs enter the new 2015 parliament compared to 27 at the last General Election, according to British Future’s…

  • Recharged Rahul Fuels Hopes

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    Rahul’s resurgence signals willingness to take on mantle…writes  Trina Joshi for Asian lite, UK’s No 1 newspaper British Asians With a string of salvos fired at the Modi government since his return from a sabbatical, a combative Rahul Gandhi is being seen among his party leaders as a force behind “turning the tide” for a…

  • NEWS N PICS – Cameron Returns to No 10

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  • How US transform image of yoga

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    With over 20 million people in the US practising yoga and spending $10.3 billion a year on yoga classes and products, it has become associated less with spirituality and more with medicine and fitness, says a study. The study by a California-based university argues that the shift in the meanings is due to the changes…

  • London NRIs to build 1200 houses in Nepal

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    Mukesh Kumar Sehgal, managing director of Britain-based SISMO Company and  Prakash Lohia offer to build 1,200 houses in Nepal Two billionaire NRIs have offered to build 1,200 earthquake-resistant houses in quake-affected villages of Nepal immediately, Nepal’s embassy in London has said. Mukesh Kumar Sehgal, managing director of Britain-based SISMO Company that is well known for its…

  • Magna Carta Celebrates Anniversary

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    Magna Carta Celebrates 800 Years of Freedom on June 15 New children’s book, Rupert’s Parchment: Story of MagnaCarta by award winning author and historical preservationist Eileen Cameron, provides an authentic experience for children. Through the eyes of a child who lived during the Middle Ages and played an integral part in the signing of MagnaCarta,…

  • Wendell gets top French award

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    Indian fashion designer Wendell Rodricks was bestowed the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres for incorporating French charm and style in his creations. The Ambassador of France to India, Francois Richier honoured Rodricks  with the medal of the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres) on…