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Braverman may cost UK PM losing next election: Former aide
London, Dec 20 Asserting that Suella Braverman should be sacked, an outgoing UK government aide has warned that keeping on the Home Secretary will result in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak losing the next election. Nimco Ali, who stepped down as the government's adviser on tackling violence against women last week, ...Threat to Rishi Sunak continuing as UK Prime Minister
London, Dec 18 With parliament in recess, politics is also on vacation in UK in what is deemed in this country to be a Christmas truce. But the threat to Indian-origin Prime Minister Rishi Sunak continuing in office seems to be around the corner, if not already present. Lord Peter ...Massive strikes hit Britain during the Christmas season
London, Dec 17 The UK faces weeks of massive strikes during the Christmas season by transport and postal workers, nurses, and border guards. A wave of industrial action began on Tuesday, with more than 40,000 members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) walking out for ...This gel with QR code can accurately detect Covid in hundreds of people at one ...
London, Dec 16 Researchers have developed a hydroalcoholic gel with a QR code that enables people to access a test that assesses their ability to identify the smell of the product and eight symptoms of Covid, instantly evaluating the risk of having the deadly respiratory disease. The team from Spain's ...UK’s 100 ml liquid airport rule to be scrapped
London, Dec 15 Some security rules in the UK on liquids and items such as laptops in airport hand luggage will be scrapped in 2024, media reports said. The government has set a deadline of June 2024 for most UK airports to install new high-tech 3D scanners that show more ...London solicitor claims China was ready to settle border dispute in 2001
London, Dec 15 British Indian solicitor in London, Sarosh Zaiwalla said the Chinese government was willing to discuss 'with an open mind' India's demands on the long-standing boundary issue between the two countries in 2001 in back-channel talks. "This meant," he wrote in his memoirs Honour Bound, "setting up a ...Indian-origin doc in UK found guilty of 25 sexual assaults
London, Dec 15 A former Indian-origin doctor, who is already facing three life sentences for 90 sexual offences, has been found guilty of assaulting four more women by carrying out unnecessary invasive examinations. Manish Shah, 53, has been found guilty of 25 sexual assaults against four women at his GP ...Setback to Nirav Modi as UK HC bars him from moving Supreme Court
London, Dec 15 In a major setback to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the UK High Court has denied him permission to appeal against his extradition before the UK Supreme Court. The judgement order was pronounced at the Royal Courts of Justice, London. Now, once extradited, he will have to ...Heathrow strike by ground handlers to go ahead after pay talks fail
London, Dec 15 Strikes planned by hundreds of workers at London's Heathrow airport will go ahead on Friday, union leaders said, with further dates announced for action over the Christmas and New Year period, as per media reports. Unite said ground handlers at Britain's biggest airport had rejected the latest ...Boris Johnson made 1 mn pounds from speaking engagements since leaving Downing Street
London, Dec 15 Boris Johnson has made more than 1 million pounds from speaking engagements since being ousted as the British Prime Minister in September, a media report said. An update to the MPs' register of interests showed Johnson had received more than 750,000 pounds in fees for three speeches ...










