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British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

UK to ease lockdown next week, will test vaccine passports

11:03 pm April 5, 2021

LONDON: Britain’s slow but steady march out of a three-month lockdown remains on track even as coronavirus cases surge elsewhere in Europe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday, as he confirmed that businesses from barbers to bookstores will be allowed to reopen next week. Johnson said it’s too soon to decide, however, whether U.K. residents […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson looks to ‘brighter days ahead’ in Easter message

7:56 pm April 4, 2021

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson used his Easter message on Sunday to count on ”brighter days ahead” after a ”very tough” year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. While acknowledging that lockdown restrictions will mean scaled-down Easter celebrations, he attempted to strike a note of optimism to point to the lifting of these restrictions in the coming weeks. ”This has […]

France urges Iran to avoid nuclear escalation ahead of talks

10:19 pm April 3, 2021

Paris: France’s top diplomat spoke with his Iranian counterpart Saturday and urged Iran to be “constructive” and avoid further nuclear escalation ahead of talks next week aimed at trying to salvage a global accord curbing the Iranian nuclear program. The United States and Iran said Friday they will begin indirect negotiations next week, in one […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Government attack on hospital in northwestern Syria kills 6

11:44 pm March 21, 2021

Beirut : Artillery shells fired from government areas hit a major hospital in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing at least six patients, including a child, wounding medical staff and forcing the facility to shut its doors, rescuers, an aid group and activists reported. The shells landed at the entrance and in the courtyard […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Fleeing Myanmar police: We defied orders to kill protesters

11:58 pm March 19, 2021

Aizawl : A group of police officers who defied the Myanmar army’s orders to shoot opponents of the coup recounted their experience after they escaped to India. While speaking, they raised a three-finger salute — a symbol of resistance to Myanmar’s military rulers. “We cannot hurt our people, that’s why we came to Mizoram,” said […]