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News: Cameron 'honoured' by Sikh award

Prime Minister David Cameron said it was a "tremendous honour" to be given the Special Recognition Award at The Sikh Awards last night.

News: World Renowned Kirtani Bhai Amrik Singh Zakhmi Passes Away

World renowned Kirtani, Bhai Amrik Singh Zakhmi passed away yesterday evening. Bhai Sahib, known for singing classical kirtan renditions, was celebrated across the world for keeping traditional kirtan alive.

News: U.N. Relief Official to Help Coordinate Aid Efforts

The top United Nations relief official flew to the Philippines on Monday to help lead the global response to the powerful typhoon that killed thousands and upended the lives of nearly 10 million people in the country’s midsection.

News: AP Sikhs to celebrate 544th birthday celebrations of first Sikh Guru, on a mammoth scale from Nov. 13 to 17, 2013.

The most important and major festival of the Sikh Community across the world "SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS'',... is going to be celebrated on a grand and mammoth scale in Andhra Pradesh from November 13 to November 17, 2013.

News: Grand 34th Annual Sikh Parade Held in Yuba City

Thousands of spectators flocked the streets of Yuba City during the 34th Annual Sikh Parade Nov. 3, which marked the end of a thee-day religious celebration to commemorate the day of installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

News: Typhoon Haiyan: we cannot afford to procrastinate on climate action [OP-ED]

Anyone who continues to deny the reality that is climate change, I dare them pay a visit to the Philippines right now

News: Rising Despair as Officials Struggle to Get Aid to Philippine Victims

An American aircraft carrier headed to the Philippines on Tuesday on an emergency mission to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan as the situation on the islands became increasingly desperate, with food and water supplies running low and bodies lying uncollected in the streets of at least one devastated city.