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Tata Steel, UK govt sign pact for 1.25bn pounds lifeline to Port Talbot plant
Mumbai: Tata Steel and the UK government on Friday announced a joint agreement on a proposal to invest 1.25 billion pounds in state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking at the Port Talbot site…
- World
UK PM Sunak to make whole-life sentences mandatory for heinous murderers
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans for tough new laws which would mean those convicted of heinous murders will face life behind bars for the rest of their lives,…
- World
Rishi Sunak unveils tech partnership to crack down on illegal migration
London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled a voluntary partnership between social media companies and the UK government to accelerate action to tackle people smuggling content online, such as criminals sharing information…
- World
Indian-origin medics, professionals on King Charles III’s first Birthday Honours List
London: Over 40 Indian-origin medics, business leaders and community champions are among those on King Charles III’s first Birthday Honours List as the British monarch released by the UK government. Dr Parvinder…
- World
UK ‘donates’ long-range cruise missiles to support Ukraine in Russian conflict
London: The UK government on Thursday confirmed that it is supplying long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine in support of its counter-offensive in the conflict with Russia. The Storm Shadow missiles being “donated”…
- World
UK introduces new bill to crack down on Big Tech abusing market power
London: The UK government on Tuesday introduced a new legislation to tame Big Tech from abusing market power and ensure businesses and consumers are protected from rip-offs and can reap the full…
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UK watchdog fines TikTok millions for misuse of children’s data
London: The UK on Tuesday imposed a 12.7-million pound fine on Chinese video app TikTok for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.…
- India
UK govt failed miserably in its basic responsibility: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: As the Punjab government cracks down on self-styled radical preacher Amritpal Singh, the tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission in London was grabbed at by a group of protesters…
- World
UK officials vow to take security of Indian mission ‘seriously’ after vandalism
London: The UK government will take the security of the Indian High Commission here “seriously”, top British officials have said as they condemned as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” the vandalism at the…
- World
UK government ‘closely monitoring’ as BBC tax ‘enquiries’ continue in India
London: The UK government is “closely monitoring” the situation as the BBC said some of its staff have been asked to remain at their Delhi and Mumbai offices to cooperate with the…
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Rishi Sunak promises to support next UK government
London: Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that if he loses the Conservative Party leadership race, his job would be to support the next government, giving the first hint at what’s in store…
- World
UK scraps quarantine for vaccinated EU, US travellers
London: Fully vaccinated people from the United States and European Union will be allowed to travel to England without having to quarantine on arrival, the UK government said. “We’re helping reunite people…
- World
Swaths of internet down, outage at cloud company Fastly
London: Numerous websites went offline Tuesday after an apparent widespread outage at the cloud service company Fastly. Dozens of high-traffic websites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch, Reddit, and the U.K.…
- Sports
Premier League looking to allow fans inside stadiums from May 17
London: The Premier League on Wednesday confirmed that the final two match weeks of the 2020-21 season will be limited to home fans, subject to the UK Government easing lockdown restrictions. Supporters…
- World
Nirav Modi files appeal in UK High Court to challenge his extradition to India
London: Fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi has filed an appeal in the United Kingdom High Court seeking permission to challenge the decision against the extradition order made by the lower court and…
