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UK cuts diplomatic jobs in countries like India, Pak, China: Report
London, March 13 British-based diplomatic posts for key Indo-Pacific countries like India, Pakistan and China have been cut by up to 50 per cent in recent years, according to new government figures. Despite being identified as key places to deepen ties with over the coming decade, staff members of embassies ...UK Government Unveils Innovative Plan for Tech Firms Following Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
London, March 12 The UK government is working on a plan so that UK tech firms caught up in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) won't run out of cash, it has said, the media reported. The Treasury said it wanted to "minimize damage to some of our most ...Shocking: 2 Convicted of Brutal Murder Outside UK Hindu Temple
London, March 10 Two men have been found guilty of fatally stabbing a man outside a Hindu temple located in South East of England, media reports said. Mohammed Rafaqit Kayani, 24, from Slough, was found injured in the temple car park in Keel Drive on August 30, 2022, and died ...Exorbitant Expenses Force UK Government to Postpone Power Rail Project
London, March 10 The UK has announced a two-year delay to parts of a new high-speed rail link between London and northern England, citing escalating costs caused by inflation. "We have seen significant inflationary pressure and increased project costs, and so we will rephase construction by two years" of the ...BJP is a fascist RSS wing which subverts democracy: Rahul in London
London, March 7 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called the BJP a wing of "fascist RSS which subverts the democracy it uses to come to power". The Wayanad MP made the remarks during an interation at London-based think tank Chatham House on late Monday evening. "The complete capture of India's ...King Charles break coronation tradition: Monarch to be anointed with animal cruelty-free oil
London, March 4 The oil which will be used to anoint King Charles III during his coronation on May 6 will not include any ingredients from animals, the media reported on Saturday. The "chrism oil" for the coronation was consecrated on Friday by the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Anglican ...UK security services missed a chance to stop 2017 Manchester bombing: Inquiry
London, March 3 A "significant" opportunity to prevent the 2017 Manchester Arena attack that killed 22 people was missed by the UK security services, a public inquiry has revealed. "The reasons for this significant missed opportunity included a failure by a Security Service officer to act swiftly enough," said inquiry ...Sunak govt should make its position clear on Sikh activists: Oppn
London, March 1 UK Labour party leader Keir Starmer has said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Foreign Office seem to be pulling back support for British Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal, lodged in an Indian jail for five years. According to The Guardian, the Sunak government has refused invitations to ...‘IS Bride’ loses appeal over loss of British citizenship
London, Feb 23 Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a teenager to join the Islamic State (IS), lost her appeal against the British government's decision to remove her citizenship. Begum and two other east London schoolgirls left Britain for Syria in early 2015 to join the IS. They married jihadi ...59% of long Covid patients suffered organ damage a year later: Study
London, Feb 23 Organ damage persisted in 59 per cent of long Covid patients a year after initial symptoms, even in those not severely affected when first diagnosed with the virus, according to researchers, led by one of an Indian-origin. The findings, published in the Journal of the Royal Society ...










