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- India
Rahul Gandhi sports new look on UK visit
New Delhi: After sporting a flowing salt-and-pepper beard all through the recently concluded Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen in a new look with a trimmed beard. Gandhi landed in…
- India
India received highest number of UK student visas in 2022: Envoy
New Delhi: The UK issued a total of 2,836,490 visas in 2022, out of which 25 per cent went to India, the highest number issued to any country, British High Commissioner to…
- India
India, UK finance ministers agree to make further progress on FTA
London: India and the UK have agreed to make further progress on the ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) and also to swiftly organise the next bilateral Economic and Financial…
- Middle East
British couple sentenced for smuggling Iraqi migrants in sofas
A British court sentenced three people— couple and their accomplice to prison, on charges of attempting to bring two Iraqis into the United Kingdom (UK) by hiding them in sofas, local media…
- World
UK removes face-to-face interviews for refugees to cut asylum backlog
The United Kingdom (UK) government led by Rishi Sunak decided to remove face-to-face interviews for refugees to reduce the asylum backlog, a promise that was made by the Prime Minister. Instead of…
- World
EX-ISIS bride loses appeal to regain her British citizenship
London: A Bangladeshi-origin British woman, who fled the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network, on Wednesday lost a legal bid before a specialist tribunal to…
- India
UK MP Blackman slams BBC documentary on PM Modi as ‘propaganda’
New Delhi: Terming the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘propaganda video’ and a ‘disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism,’ British MP Bob Blackman has said that it should never…
- World
Indian-origin businessman jailed for COVID loan abuse in UK
London: An Indian-origin businessman in south east England has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after admitting abuse of an interest-free loan offered by the UK government to businesses to cope with…
- World
UK distributor picks up award-winning doc on journalist Ravish Kumar
London: MetFilm Distribution has acquired the U.K. and Ireland rights to Vinay Shukla’s multi-award-winning documentary ‘While We Watched’, reports ‘Variety’. Produced by the UK’s Lono Studio and BritDoc Films, the documentary is…
- Hyderabad
Dr Nehad Khan bags UK’s prestigious membership of Royal College of Surgeons
Hyderabad: Dr. Nehad Khan, son of former President of MBT late Dr. Khayam Khan, has achieved the ability to continue his practice in any of the 54 Commonwealth countries globally by achieving…