Ryanair, UK airports sue govt over Covid travel rules
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair and Manchester Airports Group (MAG) are to launch Thursday a legal challenge against the UK government over its Covid traffic-light travel restrictions. The legal action seeks greater transparency in how destinations are classified within the system, according to MAG, which manages Manchester and London Stansted airports. Britain’s Covid risk system ranks... Read More
Over 10,000 Covid cases reported in UK for first time since February
UK recorded over 10,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday for the first time since February as a result of the spread of the delta variant. The UK’s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace on Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of... Read More
British charity flags Rudyard Kipling’s and Enid Blyton’s ‘racism’
English author Enid Blyton — famed for children’s book series such as “Noddy” and “The Famous” Five” — and Rudyard Kipling — the “poet-champion of the British Empire” and the first English-language writer to get the Nobel Prize in Literature — are the latest authors to be censured by English Heritage, a charity that manages... Read More
China seeking to control bodies like WHO, Interpol: UK parliament panel
Autocratic nations like China are seeking to manipulate, undermine, or even break up multilateral organisations, such as the WHO and Interpol, set up in the wake of World War II to establish an international system based on shared values of peace, prosperity and freedom, a new report has found. The report, published Thursday by the... Read More
Karun Chandhok Makes India Proud By Becoming Youngest-ever MotorSport UK Board Member
For a sport that has often been criticized for lacking diversity, India’s Karun Chandhok has had a glittering career from racing in F2 to making it to F1. On Wednesday, June 16, former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok made India proud by becoming the youngest-ever person to be appointed to the Board of Directors of... Read More
2 UK companies linked to India; IT scams wound up
Two United Kingdom (UK)-registered information technology (IT) companies that generated unsolicited pop-up error messages and led users to believe that there was a fault in their system that needed payment to fix, have been wound up in the public interest following a hearing at the high court (HC). The Insolvency Service said on Wednesday (June 16) that... Read More
British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament
Britain’s Opposition Labour Party on Wednesday escalated attacks on the government’s alleged delay in adding India to the travel ban “red list”, which it claims led to a spike in the Delta variant infections in the UK. During the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was... Read More
Indian students to benefit from UK post-study visa deadline extension
Indian students, as one of the largest groups of international students enrolling at UK universities over the past year, are set to benefit from an extension to the entry deadline to qualify for the new post-study work (PSW) visa. The Graduate route visa, commonly referred to as a PSW visa, allows eligible overseas students to... Read More
UK records 9,055 new Covid-19 cases, highest since February
The United Kingdom (UK) reported its highest daily total of new Covid-19 infections since February, adding to signs that a new, more infectious variant of the disease first found in India is spreading. The government reported a further 9,055 cases on Wednesday, the highest since February 25, and up by almost a fifth compared to... Read More
Involvement of Indian authorities in Dominican court process is unfortunate, says Mehul Choksi’s UK lawyer
Expressing discontent over the involvement of Indian authorities in the Dominican court process in the case related to Mehul Choksi, his UK lawyer Michael Polack claimed that the plan was to get the fugitive diamantaire back to India without any legal process taking place in the Caribbean country. In an interview with ANI, Polack said... Read More