Tag: United Kingdom

Indian stakes in White House race

The Indian-origin candidates have many hurdles to cross, even to get their respective party's nomination in the primary in which the Whites dominate.

May 14, 2023

Vice President Dhankhar meets King Charles III, several world leaders during reception at Buckingham Palace

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar also interacted with former and current Members of Parliament of Indian origin in London.

May 6, 2023

All you need to know about Prince Charles’s coronation ceremony

According to the news circulating in the media, all the royal family members will be attending the coronation ceremony except Meghan Markle.

May 5, 2023

Dr Singh meets London-based J&K origin students, social groups

The Minister advised them that time has come to create our own narrative so that the false narratives created by our adversaries do not gain upper hand.

May 2, 2023

Free Trade Agreement negotiations are going on with United Kingdom, EU and Canada: Nirmala Sitharaman

"Free Trade Agreements are being signed in a much faster way nowadays. We've just concluded one with Australia," the Finance Minister said.

April 11, 2023

India ‘halts’ trade talks with UK over Sikh extremist group’s attack on high commission: Report

India is learnt to have paused trade talks with the UK over the recent attacks on the Indian high commission by Khalistani groups last month.

April 10, 2023

Balancing technology with human element needed of hour: UGC vice-chairman

The impact of Chat GPT is still being discussed across the globe and it depends on policy makers as to how to use such technology products, Prof Srivastava said.

April 6, 2023

Sunak greenlights 3,000 UK visas for Indians hours after meeting PM Modi

The British government said India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme.

November 16, 2022

50 UN members condemn Chinese government’s oppression of Uyghurs

Fifty United Nations member states issued a joint statement condemning the Chinese government's oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan.

November 2, 2022

An English Rishi

The challenges, both internal and external, before Mr Sunak are enormous. The approval ratings for the Conservative party are at a historic low of 22 per cent, despite the landslide victory in the 2019 General Elections. Even within the Conservative party, the majority may not root for Mr Sunak, as demonstrated in his face-off with Liz Truss, a couple ofmonths ago. Clearly, Conservative MPs have selected him for the specific task of reviving the British economy.

November 1, 2022

Prince Harry’s memoir to be published in January 2023

Prince Harry's memoir appears to have a release date after a protracted wait. After months of crazed speculation, the book will be published on January 10, 2023, according to industry experts, according to a New York Times report.

October 27, 2022

Let’s feel good, sure, but Rishi is a British dish

This Diwali is illuminated with added lights and the aroma of sweets for British Indians, for sure. As soon as ‘Dishy’ Rishi’s premiership was confirmed at 2:00 BST on 24 October, one of my acquaintances living in Warwick

October 26, 2022

Anti-Labour Party

In politics, self-sabotaging acts are so common that they rarely surprise veteran observers. At the bitter root of most shoot-oneself-in-the-foot idiocies is stubborn blindness occurring when a leadership asserts its self-preservation over the good of Party members.

October 22, 2022

World Athletics: Wightman wins surprise 1,500m gold, Kerley out in 200m sprint

Wightman won in three minutes and 29.23 seconds, outperforming several of the event's favourites.

July 20, 2022

US, UK, France veto Russian UNSC resolution to extend cross-border aid mechanism for Syria

The resolution would have extended the mechanism for six months, but the US, UK and France opposed the extension, saying it would not allow enough time to plan operations.

July 9, 2022

Johnson survives

Traditionally a vote of no-confidence in the party is triggered if leaders receive letters of request from at least 15 per cent of sitting members of Parliament.

June 10, 2022

UK to provide Ukraine with 2 million pounds in essential food supplies

The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with essential food supplies worth 2 million pounds, the UK Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

March 26, 2022