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DEC Pakistan Flood Appeal

By Amit | August 5, 2010

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched an emergency appeal to raise aid for victims of the devastating floods disaster in Pakistan. United Nations have said it is the worst flooding in Pakistan for nearly a century, affecting more over 12 million people and taken 1,600 lives amidst the crisis. DEC is an umbrella organisation [...]

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Tagged: Action Aid, aid, appeal, charity, DEC, Disaster Emergency Committee, donation, flood, floods, form, give, help, Islamic Relief, online, Pakistan, Red Cross, telephone, text, UK, zakat
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Racism holds you back at Work

By Sripurna Basu | July 28, 2010

British Asians in the UK excel at school and a high proportion enter university but when it comes to the working world it’s a different story. Black and ethnic minority (BAME) people still face barriers to carrier progression and feel that many of the high paid occupations are closed off to them. Aspirations and Frustrations, [...]

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Tagged: Aspirations and Frustrations, BAME, career, ethnic minorities, jobs, occupation, Race, relations, RfO, survey, work
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BBC Asian Network to close Nationally

By Jas Sembhi | July 5, 2010

Despite the support for the BBC Asian Network, the BBC Trust has accepted plans to close the radio station as a national DAB service. The BBC Trust received over 3,000 replies for the BBC Asian Network during the consultation phase. However, it was not enough to keep the station going in its current status, in [...]

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Tagged: BBC, bbc asian network, british asian, close, closure, DAB, national, radio, regional, station, UK
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Temporary limit on UK Immigrant workers

By Amit | June 28, 2010

The new British coalition government will be imposing a temporary limit on the the number of non-EU migrant workers coming into the country, from June 2010 now to April 2011. The temporary immigration cap will allow only 24,100 workers from outside the EU. This cap was revised further to a revolt in the cabinet, which [...]

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Tagged: amit kapadia, cap, coalition, government, home secretary, HSMP, immigration, India, indian, IT, law, limit, LSC, migrant, mp, non-EU, RMJ, theresa may, UK, UK Border Agency, workers
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English test for UK Immigrant marriages

By Amit | June 10, 2010

Non-Europeans planning to come to the UK for marriage or to live with their partner will have to take an English language test before their receive a visa. The requirement originally to be introduced in 2011 by the previous Labour government has been brought forward by the current Conservative led government. From Autumn 2010, anyone [...]

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Tagged: arranged, Brtiain, english, EU, government, immigration, indian, language, law, marriage, marriages, new, NRI, oxford, partner, polish, rule, scam, sham, spouse, test, UK, UK Border Agency, visa
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PureJewels at London Jewellery Week 2010

By Nazhat | June 3, 2010

Early this year, PureJewels, a prominent retailer in the Green Street jewellery quarter in East London, selected six talented British designers to create a bespoke Platinum Heritage Collection reflecting the wealthy heritage of the brand, for launch during London Jewellery Week 2010. The collection has broken new ground as it is the first time that [...]

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Tagged: Bhanji Gokaldas, british asian, Fashion, Green Street, Jayant Raniga, jewellery, London, london jewellery week, Platinum Heritage Collection, pure jewels, Shakti, Shaun Leane, silver, Stephen Webster, UK
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Karma Nirvana forced marriages roadshow

By Nazhat | May 25, 2010

The problem of forced marriages in the UK still exists and is prevalent amongst the South Asian communities residing in the UK. An initiative by the Karma Nirvana charity based in Derby, wants to expose the dangers of forced marriages and will do this by conducting a roadshow around the UK to increase awareness. Karma [...]

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Tagged: abuse, bangladeshi, domestic, female, forced marriage, Forced Marriage Unit, government, help, honour, indian, Jaswinder Sanghera, Karma Nirvana, male, pakistani, refuge, roadshows, support, UK, violence
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Walking backwards for BBC Asian Network

By Sripurna Basu | May 19, 2010

One man is on a mission to save the BBC Asian Network. Ranvir Singh Verma, frontman of band Universal Taal, is walking backwards from London to Birmingham in a bid to raise awareness of BBC plans to axe the Asian radio channel. He will start his walk at the Asian Network’s Bhangra Flash Mob to [...]

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Tagged: backwards, bbc asian network, Bhangra Flashmob, music, national, radio, Ranvir Verma, save, Universal Taal, walking
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Six Asian Women MPs elected in UK

By Nazhat | May 7, 2010

The 2010 UK general election has produced historical results for Asian women living in the UK. Despite the outcome being a hung parliament, six Asian women MPs were voted for and elected by their constituents. The election has produced the highest number of Asians to be elected into government. A record 22 Asian women are [...]

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Tagged: 2010, asian, asian women, Conservative, elected, election, Labour, Lisa Nandy, mp, parliament, polls, Priti Patel, Rushanara Ali, Shabana Mahmood, six, UK, Valerie Vaz, vote, women, Yasmin Quershi
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The UK Election and the Asian vote

By Sripurna Basu | April 27, 2010

The Asian vote. Do Politicians care? It appears that they do. Both Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown have been interviewed by Nihal of the BBC Asian Network in the weeks leading up to the election. David Cameron’s Conservative party have even released software that will detect and target Asian voters. However, a poll commissioned by [...]

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Tagged: 2010, 6th May, asian, bnp, british asian, Conservative, david cameron, economy, education, election, gordon brown, health, immigration, Labour, Liberal, nick clegg, poll, survey, tories, tory, UK, vote
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