FIRST & FOREMOST ASIAN WEEKLY IN EUROPE Things to remember as lockdown rules ease
Gurkha exservicemen may seek legal action over pension-pay discrimination
SEE PAGE - 9
SEE PAGE - 15
Covid-19 has pushed the succession discussion up the family business agenda
R
SEE PAGE - 11
SEE PAGE - 21
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side
BRITAIN
10 - 16 APRIL 2021 - VOL 49 ISSUE 48
inside:
IN DENIAL Ethnic minorities dismiss Downing Street’s claims, insist institutional racism exists in the UK
Priyanka Mehta
Ethnic minorities in Britain are angry and disappointed with the Tory government as they condemn the landmark report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. Doctors, politicians, lawyers and human rights activists were baffled when Dr. Tony Sewell, the commission’s chairman insisted that there was no evidence “of actual institutional racism”. On the contrary, Downing Street noted that the UK should be seen as an international exemplar of racial equality, and has played down the impact of structural factors in ethnic disparities. Continued on page 6
Biden invites Modi to climate summit, Kerry plans visit to India
Vaccines: Your questions answered SEE PAGE - 16-17
Impressive turnout in Assembly polls across 5 states
The voting for Assembly elections across five states, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal, concluded on Tuesday with an impressive turnout, between 65 per cent to over 82 per cent. While it was a busy polling day, all eyes were fixed at the tough battle in Tamil Nadu where the Congress along with its allies like the DMK locked in a keen contest to regain turf in South India. Sporadic violence was also reported from parts of West Bengal which is going to polls in eight phases. Polling was held in 475 seats across the four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry, and the remaining phases will cover only West Bengal, before the counting of votes on May 2. Continued on page 25