BRITAIN

Queen and husband get COVID-19 vaccine in UK

10:55 pm January 9, 2021

London: The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received COVID-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said on Saturday. A royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle. The source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation. The Queen, 94, and Prince […]

British Indian minister Alok Sharma given sole charge of UN climate summit

3:43 pm January 9, 2021

London: Alok Sharma, one of the Indian-origin ministers in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, has relinquished his role as Business Secretary in a mini-reshuffle to take sole charge as President of COP26 – the United Nations climate summit scheduled for Glasgow, Scotland, in November. The Agra-born minister, who was until now in charge of […]

Indian-origin man jailed for robbing elderly woman in UK

12:03 am January 8, 2021

London: An Indian-origin man has been jailed for six years after an elderly woman was injured in a roadside robbery in Bexleyheath in south-east London. Jay Makwana, 40, pleaded guilty to the robbery at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday and was also ordered to pay a 190 pounds victim surcharge. ”This was a truly shocking assault on a woman who […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

British Indian postal worker wins harassment case in UK

11:56 pm January 7, 2021

London : A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion. Mathan Shunmugaraja had taken his former employer, Royal Mail, to the tribunal over unfair dismissal and allegations that […]

Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine expands to General Practice services in UK

8:41 pm January 7, 2021

London : Supplies of the Oxford University vaccine produced by AstraZeneca began expanding to General Practice (GP) led services in the UK from Thursday to make it easier to protect care home residents and other vulnerable people against COVID-19, the British government said. As part of a phased rollout since the jabs received regulatory approval last month, the vaccine has been […]