LONDON, 10th May 2017. The Institute of Jainology (IoJ), the international Jain organisation promoting Jainism in government and inter-religious affairs, today launched the first Jain general election manifesto in the UK for the forthcoming election in June. The manifesto, under the umbrella of OneJAIN – which represents all UK Jain organisations, was launched at the[…]
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OneJAIN is launching its election manifesto on Wednesday 10th May 2017 to create an awareness of the needs of the Jain community in the UK. This will be the first time that the Jain community has had a manifesto and we are delighted that members of the last parliament from all three major political parties,[…]
Animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change and environmental degradation, which is why a German ministry says it’s taking a stand for vegetarianism in a new and controversial ban. Barbara Hendricks, Germany’s environment minister, announced that her ministry would no longer be serving meat, fish or meat-derived products at official functions. Hendricks said her[…]
OneJAIN under the aegis of Jain All-Party Parliamentary Group (JAPPG) and the Institute of Jainology celebrated Mahavir Jayanti (Bhagwan Mahavir’s birth anniversary) as the first JAPPG event of 2017 at the House of Commons in London on Tuesday 7th March. The theme for the evening was ‘Effective Strategies to meet the Environmental Challenge’. Committee Rom[…]
On 22nd February, Nemu Chandaria OBE , Chairman of the Institute along with the Deputy Chair, Dr Harshad Sanghrajka led a delegation of OneJAIN UK representatives to the Indian High Commission London to meet the new High Commissioner of India H E Shree Y K Sinha and to introduce the UK’s Jain Community to him.[…]
Kumarpal Desai, Managing Trustee of the Institute of Jainology, India, and Director of Gujarati Vishwakosh, has been awarded the prestigious Ranjitram Gold Medal. The award was founded by Gujarat Sahitya Sabha and is considered the highest literary award in Gujarati literature. The award is named after renowned Gujarati writer Ranjitram Mehta. The award was presented on the[…]
Vinod Kapasi, leader of Mahavir Foundation in the UK, and author of many books on Jainism, together with Chandrakant Mehta from the USA participated in a series of talks held by the Institute of Jainology in India. Both explained the increasing awareness of Jainism in both countries, from academic study of scriptures, teaching of Jainism[…]