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

Boris Johnson planning to put UK on obesity-busting diet: Report

8:46 pm June 28, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to put the country on a diet as part of a wider strategy to counter obesity, seen as a major risk factor in those impacted by coronavirus. Johnson, 56, who is on a slimming regime himself, is expected to outline plans by next month to increase fitness […]

Indore girl wants permission to study law at age 13

Indian students on course for UK universities despite lockdown disruption

9:53 pm June 25, 2020

London: Indian students remain on course to take up their courses at UK universities from later this year, according to figures released in London on Thursday which found a 32.9 per cent rise in applications from India in 2020 over the previous year. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) analysis found that amid an overall spike in university applications for […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine trial starting

11:46 pm June 23, 2020

Johannesburg: Researchers in South Africa say the first COVID-19 vaccine trial on the African continent is set to get underway on Wednesday. The University of the Witwatersrand says the vaccine developed by University of Oxford researchers is already being evaluated in a large trial in the UK and a similar trial is beginning in Brazil. The announcement came hours after South Africa reported that total […]

Rishi Sunak appoints Indian-origin CEO to UK’s financial regulator

8:11 pm June 22, 2020

London: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Monday appointed Indian-origin chief of the London Stock Exchange Nikhil Rathi as the new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. Describing Rathi as an “outstanding candidate”, Sunak said he had been chosen after a thorough worldwide search for the important role at the conduct regulator for the UK’s financial […]

UK park stabbings that killed 3 declared terrorist attack

6:51 pm June 21, 2020

London: UK counter-terrorism officers on Sunday declared a stabbing rampage by a Libyan-origin man in a park in the English town of Reading that left three people dead as a terrorist attack. The local Thames Valley Police had initially launched a murder inquiry and said it was keeping an open mind on the motive behind the knife […]