Well-known Indian entrepreneurs Nikhil Kamath and Dr Neerja Birla have been appointed to the India Advisory Council of the British Asian Trust, a charity founded by King Charles III when he was the Prince of Wales. Kamath, Co-founder of one of India’s largest stockbrokers Zerodha, besides the wealth management firm True Beacon and the venture […]
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Missing Indian student Gurashman Singh Bhatia found dead in London; police appeal for information
Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom are appealing for information to piece together the last movements of Gurashman Singh Bhatia, a missing Indian student whose body was found by police divers in a lake in the Canary Wharf area of east London. In its appeal for information, dated December 20, 2023, the Met Police said […]
UK: Inflation rate drops to 3.9%, country records its lowest figure in 2 years
The British government’s inflation rate has dropped sharply to touch the lowest level figure of 3.9 percent, as per official data released on Wednesday (December 20, 2023). Data showed the inflation dropped banking on falling petrol prices. In November, the Consumer Prices Index touched 3.9 percent. It stood at 4.6 percent in October. “The Consumer […]
Indian-origin reporter goes undercover to reveal high levels of staff exploitation in UK care homes
A UK-based Indian-origin reporter from Kerala, who went undercover as a care assistant in a care home for the elderly in north-east England, has revealed worrying levels of staff exploitation. India is one of the main overseas sources of care home and nursing staff in the United Kingdom. According to data published in May 2022 […]
Rishi Sunak’s Mission Rwanda: British PM survives crunch vote on illegal immigrant policy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday survived a crunch vote in the UK Parliament as none of his party MPs voted against the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill. However, several of the ruling Conservative Party’s representatives in Parliament abstained from voting. Right after yesterday’s vote, Sunak tweeted: “MPs have voted to pass the Safety of […]
UK slipping back to social divide of Victorian era: Report
Britain is in danger of sliding back into the “Two Nations” of the Victorian era, marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass, according to a report released by a leading think-tank into the state of the nation. The Centre for Social Justice’s (CSJ) Social Justice Commission’s report, Two […]
Diwali comes to 10 Downing Street as UK PM Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty light lamps
10 Downing Street was decorated in a theme of vibrant marigolds and candles, as the first couple marked a year since Rishi Sunak took charge as the UK’s first Prime Minister of Indian heritage.
Rishi Sunak calls Hamas attack on Israel ‘a pogrom’, assures British Jews of additional security
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that “with a heavy heart” he could inform the house that at least six British citizens were killed and 10 were missing. He then outlined the evacuation measures, including working with the border authorities in Egypt.
Research finds extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in distant future
Study shows that extreme heat is likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future.
Port Talbot: Tata Steel, U.K. Government agree to invest USD 1.54 billion
Tata Steel and the UK government have announced a joint agreement on a proposal to invest in Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking at the Port Talbot site with a capital cost of £1.25 billion inclusive of a grant from the UK Government of up to £500 million.
