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Rishi Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM with pledge to deliver change
London: Rishi Sunak marked his 100th day in office as the first non-white British Prime Minister on Thursday with a slick new video for social media pledging to deliver change, amidst multiple…
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UK defends BBC freedom, says investing heavily in relations with India
London: The UK government has defended the BBC as a media outlet “independent in its output” in the wake of widespread Indian diaspora protests against the controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra…
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Half a million UK workers strike over pay amid high inflation
London: Up to half a million teachers, university staff, train drivers and civil servants in the UK went on a strike in the largest coordinated action for years amid high inflation and…
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UK business and financial circles describe Indian Budget as very encouraging, stabilising
London: The Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday has been widely welcomed in the UK business and financial circles as “very encouraging” for the bilateral partnership and also…
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Downing Street defends UK economy after dire IMF forecast
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office has been forced to defend the country’s economic performance on Tuesday after a dire International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that the UK is set to…
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Indian-origin man in UK convicted of killing father with champagne bottle in 2021
London: An Indian-origin man was found guilty of killing his 86-year-old father with a bottle of champagne in an inebriated state in north London in 2021. Deekan Paul Singh Vig, 54, was…
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Diaspora groups in UK protest against BBC over controversial documentary
London: Hundreds representing different Indian diaspora organisations gathered outside the BBC headquarters in central London on Sunday to protest against what they branded as “fake news” behind the broadcaster’s controversial series on…
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UK mulls allowing foreign students to work for longer hours
London: International students, including Indians, in the UK, are likely to be allowed to work for longer hours and take up more part-time jobs to plug labor shortages in various sectors across…
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Sky Sports to broadcast ICC tournaments in UK and Ireland till 2031
Dubai: Sky Sports will broadcast all International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments in the UK and Ireland until the end of 2031 after signing a new eight-year deal with cricket’s world governing body.…
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UK passports to become more expensive from Feb
London: For the first time in five years, the UK government is set to introduce new passport fees for all applications starting February 2023. The price changes, which will come into effect…
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OneWeb nearing completion of satellite constellation, deploys 40 satellites
Chennai: The UK-based satellite broadband connectivity company, OneWeb, on Tuesday confirmed the successful deployment of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This launch is OneWeb’s 16th to-date,…
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UK’s Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure after suffering “anomaly”
London: An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an “anomaly” as it neared its goal. “We appear to have…
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Modi speaks to King Charles III, discusses issues of mutual interest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday had a telephonic conversation with the UK’s King Charles III for the first time since he assumed the throne. Modi conveyed his best wishes…
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UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, warns PM Rishi Sunak in New Year message
London: Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British Prime Minister on Saturday as he warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the…
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Indian-origin pharmacist jailed in UK for drug offences
London: An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying ‘under the counter drugs’ leading to the death of a woman in 2020. Dushyant Patel,…
