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Nepal National team to play against one of the world famous club, MCC XI at Lords main ground on 19^th July 2016,the day after the conclusion of the England v Pakistan Test match. It will be played on the same pitch. It will be the first time that Nepal have played at Lord’s, and the first time an MCC team has played Nepal on UK soil. MCC are set to pick a strong team for the match, which will be announced in due course.

Ragasudha Vinjamuri, a British Indian writer, academic, journalist and classical dancer has transcribed 12^th century palm leaf folios in Telugu held in the British Library since 1942 after a three-year effort. It provides a new insight into the life and work of the ancient theologian and philosopher, Acharya Ramanuja.

The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt's announcement about his plans to implement a new contract on junior doctors has received strong opposition from many in the health profession, and left many doctors outraged.

There is still hope for non-EEA national partners of British citizens, refugees and people settled in the UK to get a fair deal in the spouse/partner visa financial cap imposed by the Government as the Supreme Court granted the permission to hear the appeal in the case of 'MM and Others' on February 22-24 after the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court decision that favoured the affected parties.

With the scrapping of post study work visa (that allowed international students to work in the UK for two years after graduation) the number of Indian students has decreased substantially. However according to the government, this slow down in number has been caused by the Home Office clamp down on bogus colleges. To woo Indian students therefore, the British government has promised that it will increase the number of scholarships now.