South Asian communities urged to be aware of symptoms of lung cancer, lung disease and heart disease - all leading causes of death in England

• Public Health England launches its first national campaign to raise awareness of symptoms of lung cancer, lung disease and heart disease
• Coronary heart disease (CHD) is more common in South Asian people, as is the risk of dying early from CHD
• The main lifestyle risk factor for both lung cancer and some other diseases is smoking. There is a higher prevalence of smoking amongst Bangladeshi and Pakistani men compared with the general population
• A new film aimed at South Asians has been released. The film encourages anyone with a persistent cough, or who gets out of breath doing things that they used to be able to do, to visit their GP as it could be a sign of one of these conditions http://po.st/FTSYVt
• Finding these conditions early makes them more treatable, so early diagnosis is crucial

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Diljit Dosanjh brings Tung Tung Baje for the new movie Singh Is Bliing

The presence of Punjabi culture is heavily increasing in the Bollywood Cinema as Akshay Kumar's next film titled SINGH IS BLIING, is scheduled for an October 2nd release worldwide. The upcoming action comedy film is directed by Prabhudeva, being produced under Akshay Kumar's production house Grazing Goat Pictures. The line up sure does raises eyebrows with the odd pairing of Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson; the film also has Lara Dutta and Kay Kay Menon being given roles.

Akshay Kumar is back with his avatar that he had in his previous film titled SINGH IS KINNG. But that does not stop the Bollywood film from having anymore Punjabi related influences; the soundtrack has released and the title track has been sung by the most talked, most viewed Punjabi cinema actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh. The title song is 'Tung Tung Baje', it has a real vibrant and uplifting energetic feel to it and the video stars Akshay Kumar with his full turbaned look. This song is sure to be a significant number at parties and weddings when the dance floor is occupied, just like how the title number from Singh Is Kinng movie titled 'Jee Karda' took over at wedding events.

Tung Tung Baje

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Malkit Singh MBE visited the City of Coventry on the invitation of Panjab Radio

Following on from the announcement last week of the historic twinning of Coventry and Jalandhar (Panjab, India), the worldwide renowned music artist - Malkit Singh MBE visited the City of Coventry on the invitation of Panjab Radio, to lend his support to the twinning initiative.

The Lord Mayor of Coventry Councillor Tim Sawdon, the Leader of The City Council John Mutton and other Cabinet Members and Councillors officially welcomed Malkit Singh to the City by hosting a small civic reception at the Lord Mayor’s Parlour, Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, CV1 5RR, on Thursday 4th April 2013 at 2pm, where media and Coventry’s Community/Faith and Business leaders were present.

Surjit Singh Ghuman MBE, Managing Director of Panjab Radio said “Malkit Singh is an iconic, leading celebrity and ambassador of the Panjabi community and is known as the “King of Panjab”. We are delighted that Malkit has accepted Panjab Radio’s invitation to support the Coventry City Council’s twinning of Coventry and Jalandhar.”

Hailed the ‘King of Bhangra’, Malkit Singh is one of the few Panjabi icons around in today’s Bhangra industry. Malkit Singh has a special affinity with the City of Jalandhar as he was born and spent his early life growing up in Jalandhar. Malkit Singh became the first Panjabi singer to be honoured by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London with the award of Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to the Panjabi music industry.

Jalandhar is the oldest and largest developed city in the north-western Indian state of Panjab, which in recent years has seen rapid urbanisation and developed into a highly industrialised centre of commercial activity. It is the central city of Panjab and provides goods like glass and furniture to the neighbouring cities and is also a hub of sports goods manufacture. Over the years, the sports goods industry has grown at an impressive rate and of late Indian sports goods are also exported to different countries including the United Kingdom. The Indian sports goods industry is a highly labour intensive industry which provides employment to the weaker sections of society and also employs a large number of women. The sports goods industry in India has witnessed a phenomenal growth over the past five decades and now occupies a place of prominence in the Indian economy in view of its massive potential for employment, growth and export.

The twinning with Jalandhar is Coventry City Council’s first twinning link for 30 years. Up to 20,000 Coventry residents have connections in the region and the twinning with Jalandhar had been sought because of Coventry’s deep connections with it. Historically there are two purposes for Coventry to develop twinning links - to promote international peace and reconciliation, and to develop trade links. The City hopes the twinning will help foster economic links and promote business for Coventry, following on from Prime Minister David Cameron’s UK Trade Delegation to India which has encouraged businesses to get more involved with India as a growing economy.

Surjit Singh Ghuman concluded that “Malkit Singh is in Coventry to support Panjab Radio’s application for a coveted FM radio licence to broadcast in the Coventry area and we thought it would be an excellent opportunity for him to promote the Jalandhar and Coventry twinning at the same time”.