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Last night, British Tamil Dr Lalitha Iyer received “Woman of the Year” at the 21st annual Asian Achievers Awards, where leading South Asians from across the UK were honoured for their contribution to British society. Dr Iyer is the Chief Medical Officer for NHS Frimley, as well as a Queen’s Award winner for inspirational voluntary […]

Chairsyde, a revolutionary dental consultation platform, founded by British Tamil dentist and tech innovator Dr Loven Ganeshwaran and Kirk Sivanandan, after an inspiring aid mission to the North & East of Sri Lanka, has been featured in a new book to commemorate 75 years of the National Health Service. The book presents the people and […]

Singapore Tamil, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a 66-year-old former senior minister has been voted in as the ninth president of Singapore earning a landslide victory with 70.4 per cent of the votes. Once Singapore’s finance minister and deputy prime minister, the former economist has also held top positions at global institutions such as the United Nations and […]

63-year-old retired electrician, Katiravan Subarayan, has embarked on a solo world bike tour, which started from his hometown in Malaysia. Katiravan, a Malaysian Tamil, will visit a total of 106 countries on his BMW R1200RS, a sport-touring motorcycle which he has named Parameswara – the last king of Singapura (present day Singapore) and the founder […]

Vimal Yoganathan, a 17-year-old footballer based in the north of England, made his professional debut for Barnsley FC last week. He is the first Tamil footballer to play for a professional UK club. The tall, six foot three, first year scholar from Chester joined Barnsley at under 16s level after being in Liverpool’s academy. He […]