[ad_1] LONDON: Britain’s biggest business lobby group on Wednesday said it was mulling options, reportedly including bankruptcy, after it was rocked by allegations of sexual harassment by staff.The Confederation of British Industry has been mired in a scandal over the claims that sparked an exodus of companies and overhaul of the organisation.“Following a series of…
[ad_1] LONDON: “My daughters are 10 and 12, and I don’t want the way vapes are marketed, promoted and sold to be attractive to them,” UK PM Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday as he launched a crackdown to protect children from “rogue companies and online crooks” who are putting vapes into their hands.Announcing the new…
[ad_1] LONDON: A section of the Indian diaspora in Britain is furious after “The Kerala Story” got mysteriously pulled from cinema websites and all the tickets bought were refunded after it failed to get classified by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in time for its release.It was due to be released in Hindi…
[ad_1] LONDON: LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi photographers after they attended an awards ceremony in New York, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday.The incident occurred after they left the Ms. Foundation for Women on Tuesday night where Meghan…
[ad_1] LONDON: UK home secretary Suella Braverman is under pressure as it was claimed in a media report on Sunday that she attempted to dodge a driving fine after being caught speeding outside London when she was Attorney General of the country last year.Sunday Times reported that the Indian-origin Cabinet minister asked civil servants to…
[ad_1] In a bilateral meeting on the margins of G7, PM Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak reviewed the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and took stock of progress in the ongoing FTA negotiations, reaffirming commitment to an ambitious and mutually beneficial deal. This was the second in-person meeting between the two leaders after…
[ad_1] LONDON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Sunday reviewed the progress of the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations and agreed for their trade teams to continue at pace towards an “ambitious” deal, Downing Street said.Modi and Sunak met on the sidelines of the summit of the G7 advanced…
[ad_1] LONDON: International students, including Indians who make up one of the largest cohorts at British universities, bring a net positive economic impact for the UK economy even once other costs are factored in, a new report has found.The analysis for leading UK higher education institutions released in London on Tuesday comes at a time…
[ad_1] LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II‘s state funeral and related events following her death last September cost UK taxpayers nearly £162 million ($201 million), the government revealed on Thursday in its first public estimate.The elaborate state funeral for Britain’s longest-serving monarch, held on September 19, entailed a vast security operation for hundreds of foreign heads of…
[ad_1] LONDON: A London judge agreed on Friday to extend a freezing order on assets of the wife of Indian businessman Prateek Gupta in addition to a $625 million global order already in effect on her husband and his firms. Commodity trading firm Trafigura, which sought the order, said in February it had booked a…
