19 consulting industry figures have named role models for ethnic minorities.

Inspirational ethnic minority role models awards took place in Birmingham.  The Ethnic Minority Executives category recognises 100 senior role models who are helping to make the workplace a more welcoming place for ethnic minority employees.

One in eight of the working population is from an ethnic minority background, however only 1 in 10 are in the workplace, while an even sparser one in every 16 top management positions are held by an ethnic minority person.

Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, authorities said this morning.

The Brahmaputra river, which flows from the Himalayas down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks, swamping more than 1,500 villages in India’s Assam state in the past week.

The weather isn’t set to improve any time soon.

No security breaches ahead of the Pakistani elections next month

The National Database and Registration Authority of Pakistan has given its reassurances this morning.

Claiming that its data is foolproof and its security has not been breached  ahead of the general elections scheduled for July 25.

The claims come after The PTI chairman accused officials of trying to influence the elections by sharing voters’ details with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz .

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led an estimated 50, 000 volunteers to mark the fourth anniversary of International Yoga Day.

Addressing a gathering at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Modi said in today’s fast changing time, Yoga binds together a persons body, brain and soul.

Commenting on International Yoga day, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, said that he wants the event to become a people’s movement because it is not something political or religious.