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Time Out magazine founder Tony Elliott dies of cancer at 73

11:46 pm July 18, 2020

London: Tony Elliott, founder of the Time Out city guide publishing brand, has died at 73, the publisher said. Time Out Group Chief Executive Julio Bruno said Elliott had been suffering from lung cancer and died Thursday. Elliott founded Time Out as an entertainment and listings magazine for London during a university summer vacation in 1968, when he was 21, according to the publication’s website. […]

India-UK flights to remain suspended till Jan 7: Puri

India establishes air travel bubbles with US, France, planning similar pact with Germany, UK: Puri

9:24 pm July 16, 2020

New Delhi: India has established individual bilateral bubbles with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country in the pact to operate international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said, adding that similar arrangement with Germany and the UK will soon be permitted. Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to August 1, the minister said […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

2 Indian-origin experts on UK PM’s new race commission

7:51 pm July 16, 2020

London: An Indian-origin professor of surgery and a mediaperson are among the members of a new Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which will look at inequalities within UK society in areas such as health, education and criminal justice, 10 Downing Street in London said on Thursday. Lord Ajay Kakkar, Professor of Surgery at University College London (UCL), Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute, chair […]

China accuses Britain of helping Washington hurt Huawei

11:04 pm July 15, 2020

Beijing: China accused Britain on Wednesday of colluding with Washington to hurt Huawei after the Chinese tech giant was blocked from working on a British next-generation mobile phone network. A government spokeswoman said Beijing will protect Chinese companies but gave no indication of possible retaliation. Washington accuses Huawei Technologies Ltd., the biggest maker of switching gear for phone and internet companies, of being a security […]

Indian-origin journalist Kailash Budhwar dies in UK

11:13 pm July 11, 2020

London: Prominent Indian-origin journalist and former head of the Hindi division of BBC World Service, Kailash Budhwar, passed away in London on Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 88. Budhwar also worked as a media advisor to the Indian High Commission in London in the past and was a regular commentator on radio and television, having worked with All India Radio and the National Radio Network […]