UK health secretary Matt Hancock sorry after ‘affair’
The Sun published pictures of him in a “passionate clinch” with a close aide, Gina Coladangelo, whom he has known since their Oxford days. Will Boris Johnson sack Matt Hancock, the Opposition Labour Party asked on Friday, after the Sun published pictures of Britain’s health secretary in a “passionate clinch” with a close aide, Gina... Read More
No Covid Testing Required on Arrival in Assam for Fully Vaccinated; India Clocks 48,698 New Cases
In the past 24 hours, India recorded 48,698 fresh cases and 1,183 deaths in the past 24 hours, as per health ministry data. The total number of cases mounted to 3,01,83,143. The World Health Organisation said Delta Variant is the “most Transmissible” variant identified so far and warned it is now spreading in at least... Read More
UK tree cut in half after fight between Indian-origin family, neighbour; attracts crowd
Bharat Mistry said that people have stopped to take pictures of the tree and posted it on social media a lot. A conifer tree in an Indian-origin family’s yard in northern England has gathered a lot of attraction on social media. Fifty-six-year-old Bharat Mistry has said that his neighbours had complained of birds nesting on... Read More
How Delta variant, first found in India, is spreading rapidly around the world
After causing widespread mayhem in India for almost two months, the Delta variant of Covid-19 is now spreading rapidly in several other countries around the world. The highly transmissible variant, first identified in India in late-2020, is behind the fresh surge being reported in countries like the UK, Israel, Russia and Australia. While vaccination campaigns... Read More
India and the UK: Towards a new multilateral order
With India actively pursuing multiple issue-based strategic alignments and the UK actualising its goal of a ‘Global Britain’ with strategic partnerships beyond the European continent, New Delhi and London hone the potential to redefine representative multilateralism for the multipolar world. This dialogue will seek to revisit the India-UK partnership amidst emergent opportunities in the realms... Read More
UK study: Delta+ responds to jabs available in India
The vaccines currently available in India have been found to work against the Delta-plus Covid variant, says a UK public health body report. While the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) has already responded to vaccines including Covishield, health experts were concerned about the Delta-plus (B.1.617.2.1) or AY.1. This variant does not respond to monoclonal antibodies cocktail. According... Read More
Pramod Mittal’s bankruptcy case in UK gets extended
Billionaire steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal’s younger brother Pramod Mittal was due to be automatically freed from bankruptcy in Britain on Wednesday but has had his bankruptcy suddenly extended by the London high court for failing to cooperate with the bankruptcy trustee. Mittal, 65, an Indian citizen, whose brother is one of the richest men in... Read More
Minister: UK imperial and Commonwealth ties to India will help secure trade deal
The UK and India’s shared imperialist and Commonwealth history will help the two countries close a trade deal, according to trade minister Ranil Jayawardena. Jayawardena also told City A.M. in a wide ranging interview that a trade deal would help the UK have more “honest conversations” with India over things like its human rights and press freedom... Read More
Labour MP tables parliamentary motion calling on UK government to address rising anti-Indian racism
An Uttar Pradesh-born Labour MP has tabled a motion in the House of Commons calling on the UK government to take steps to urgently address a “worrying rise” in anti-Indian racism in Britain, claiming the term “Indian variant” to identify a mutation of the Covid-19 virus is causing it to proliferate. By Wednesday afternoon the... Read More
Will keep making efforts to pursue Nirav Modi’s early extradition to India from UK: MEA
After fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi lost the first stage of his extradition appeal in the UK High Court, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it has noted the decision and will continue its efforts to pursue his early extradition to India to face justice. The UK High Court’s decision came over two... Read More