India says UK COVID-19 variant cases declining, local variant up in some states
India has seen fewer cases of infections by the coronavirus variant first spotted in Britain in recent weeks but more by a local variant in some states, Sujeet Kumar, the director of the National Centre for Disease Control, said on Wednesday.
UK, India join hands to double trade by 2030
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting to agree on a deeper relationship between the UK and India across trade, health, climate and defence. This includes agreeing on an Enhanced Trade Partnership to unlock new opportunities for Indian and British businesses and committing to negotiate a UK-India Free... Read More
India foreign minister self-isolating after Covid scare at UK’s in-person G-7 summit
India’s foreign minister on Wednesday said he had been made aware of positive Covid cases among the country’s delegation to the G-7 summit in the U.K., prompting his entire team to self-isolate. Britain is hosting the three-day meeting in the capital city of London, seeking to restart face-to-face diplomacy and discuss the most pressing geopolitical challenges with... Read More
Double mutant infecting more than UK variant now
The government on Wednesday said the UK variant – known to have higher transmissibility and potential to cause severe Covid disease – is declining in proportion across the country. But while the incidence of the UK variant seemed to be declining, the double mutant variant B.1.617 – found in Maharashtra – could be a cause... Read More
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UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India as doctors rally
The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India. A group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from Britain. British authorities have already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus cases and are... Read More
India to Take Back Illegal Migrants From UK in Return for Visas for 3,000 Young Workers
The United Kingdom and India on Tuesday signed an agreement on migration and mobility between the two countries, an Indian foreign ministry official said. The pact will provide enhanced employment opportunities for 3,000 young Indian professionals annually, in return for India agreeing to take back any of its citizens who are living illegally in the... Read More
Eye on China, Modi & Johnson set 2030 target for India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
At the first-ever bilateral summit between PM Modi & his UK counterpart Boris Johnson, both leaders also agreed to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson Tuesday decided to upgrade the New Delhi-London relationship to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ by 2030. At their first bilateral... Read More
New migration mobility partnership with UK to boost work visas for Indians
NEW DELHI: The UK and India today signed an ambitious new migration partnership, which will see both countries benefit from a new scheme for young Indian and British professionals to live and work in one another’s countries, according to a press statement from the British High Commission in Delhi. Union minister of external affairs S... Read More