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Indian students, families caught up in UK flight suspension

10:01 pm December 21, 2020

London: Many Indian students booked to travel back home to be with their friends and family in India over the Christmas and New Year period are among those caught up in Monday’s suspension of all flights to and from the UK as the world reacts to a new rapid-spreading strain of coronavirus detected in parts of England. While many […]

China says ‘Five Eyes’ should face reality on Hong Kong

7:07 pm November 19, 2020

Beijing: China on Thursday rejected the latest attack on its Hong Kong policy by the US and several of its allies, saying they “should face up to the reality” that the former British colony has been returned to China. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian was responding to a statement on Hong Kong issued by the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK defiant even after House of Lords rejects Brexit bill

11:04 pm November 10, 2020

London: The British government insisted Tuesday it will press ahead with legislation that breaks a legally binding Brexit treaty with the European Union, despite a resounding rejection of the bill by the upper house of Parliament. The House of Lords voted by large margins late Monday to strip from the Internal Market Bill clauses that […]

UK at ‘tipping point:’ England braces for more restrictions

11:16 pm October 11, 2020

London: Millions of people in northern England are anxiously waiting to hear how much further virus restrictions will be tightened as one of the British government’s leading medical advisers warned Sunday that the country is at a crucial juncture in the second wave of the coronavirus. England’s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, said […]

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

Boris Johnson says UK at ‘critical moment’ in coronavirus fight

11:59 pm September 30, 2020

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said the UK is at a “critical moment” in its fight to control the spread of coronavirus, as a further 71 deaths took the country’s death toll from the deadly virus to 42,143. Addressing a briefing from 10 Downing Street in London, Johnson struck a sombre note as he called for “collective forbearance, common sense […]