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Rishi Sunak bows out as UK opposition leader on Diwali
London: Rishi Sunak bowed out as UK Opposition Leader in Parliament on Wednesday, October 30 with a reference to his career’s Diwali milestones, being appointed the country’s first Prime Minister of Indian…
- World
UK PM Keir Starmer paves way for ‘tough decisions’ in Budget
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday paved the way for “tough decisions” on tax rises that are expected in the Labour Party-led government’s first Budget since its landslide general election…
- India
UK’s ex-min claims blocking India FTA over visa demands: Reports
London: Britain’s former business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is the frontrunner to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party chief and Opposition Leader, has claimed that she blocked the India-UK free…
- World
UK announces USD 82 billion investment plan
London: UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled a private investment plan worth 63 billion pounds (US$82.30 billion), which will create nearly 38,000 jobs and double last year’s amount of investment in the country.…
- Pakistan
UK: Pak-origin man gets life term for murder of Indian restaurant manager
London: A 25-year-old man of Pakistani heritage has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian restaurant manager who was killed in a road collision with a car while…
- World
UK chartered plane to fly out British nationals from Lebanon
London: A UK government-chartered flight will on Wednesday fly out of Lebanon those British nationals who want to leave following escalating violence in the region. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement on…
- Andhra Pradesh
Dalit student awaits AP govt’s help to pursue PhD from top UK varsity
Hyderabad: A Dalit student from Andhra Pradesh has secured admission to pursue a PhD in History at Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Joseph Ananda Paul Sandrapati, a resident of Yerragonda Palem village in…
- Middle East
UK imposes new sanctions on Iran over missile transfers to Russia
London: The UK government announced new measures against Iran and Russia, following the Iranian regime’s transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia for use on the battlefield in Ukraine. Sharing a post on…
- India
80% Indians support criminalisation of environmental damage
New Delhi: Nearly four out of five Indians support criminalising actions by government officials or leaders of large businesses that cause serious damage to nature and the climate, according to a new…
- World
Southampton University plans to enroll 5,500 students at new India campus
New Delhi: The UK’s Southampton University plans to offer 30 courses and enrol more than 5,000 students in the next eight years at its offshore campus in India, the first ever in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Court allows former AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to visit UK
Hyderabad: A local court on Tuesday permitted YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to visit the United Kingdom from September 3. The special court for CBI cases allowed the petition…
- World
UK university leads digitisation project for post-Partition documents
London: Coventry University in the UK is leading a new research initiative that will involve around 20,000 images, prints and documents from two decades following India’s Partition in 1947 being digitised. The…