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UK PM Starmer announces relaunch of FTA talks with India
London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that trade talks with India would be relaunched in the new year, following a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the…
- World
UK Police launch hunt for husband of woman found murdered in car boot
London: The UK police investigating the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella, whose body was recovered from a car boot in east London, have launched a manhunt for her Indian-origin husband who they…
- Business
UK’s Guardian withdraws from X, Musk says ‘they are irrelevant’
Washington: Calling it “a toxic media platform”, Britain’s leading daily Guardian on Wednesday announced that it will stop posting content on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X from its official accounts, a…
- World
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 asks India to cooperate with Canada’s legal process
London: A day after the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Keir Starmer, his counterpart from the United Kingdom, the UK Foreign Office on Wednesday stated that the Indian government’s cooperation…
- 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…
- World
UK PM Starmer backs India for permanent UNSC membership
United Nations: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday voiced strong support for India’s inclusion as a permanent member of a reformed United Nations Security Council (UNSC), along with permanent African representation,…
- 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…
- Middle East
United Kingdom suspends some arms sales to Israel
London: The UK government has announced the suspension of some arms export licenses to Israel. Foreign Secretary David Lammy informed lawmakers in parliament on Monday that around 30 licenses, out of a…
