[ad_1] LONDON: Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British Prime Minister on Saturday as he warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the end of a “tough” 12 months.The 42-year-old Indian-origin leader, who took charge as the UK’s Prime Minister towards the end of…
[ad_1] LONDON: Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British prime minister on Saturday and warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the end of a “tough” 12 months during which his government had taken “tough but fair” decisions.The 42-year-old Indian-origin leader, who took charge…
[ad_1] LONDON: Britain’s King Charles invoked his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, in his first Christmas message to the nation as monarch and spoke of his faith in humanity at a time of “great anxiety and hardship”. Charles said he shares with his “whole heart” his mother’s faith in God and people. He was speaking from…
[ad_1] LONDON: A politically and economically tumultuous 2022 culminated in a historic first for the UK as Indian-origin Rishi Sunak took charge at 10 Downing Street as the country’s first non-white Prime Minister.At 42, the British Indian leader is also the youngest in 200 years and firmly set his stall in favour of India soon…
[ad_1] LONDON: National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times of year.An estimated 100,000 nurses will strike at 76 hospitals and health centres, cancelling an estimated…
[ad_1] LONDON: In his first-ever traditional Christmas Day message as the British monarch, King Charles III will pay tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy.In an image released by Buckingham Palace, the 74-year-old is seen next to a Christmas tree at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle recording the message earlier this month…
[ad_1] LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday it is “completely reasonable” for the UK government to review a newly-passed gender recognition law in Scotland, setting it on a potential collision course with Edinburgh.The contentious legislation — passed Thursday by the devolved Scottish parliament — will make it easier and faster for people to change…
[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday criticized the Taliban‘s decision to ban University education for girls, saying “denying them access to university is a grave step backwards.”“As a father to daughters, I cannot imagine a world in which they’re denied an education. The women of Afghanistan have so much to offer. Denying…
[ad_1] GLASGOW: A chef from Glasgow, who claims to have invented the curry dish chicken tikka masala, has died at the age of 77, a family member told AFP on Wednesday.Ahmed Aslam Ali, who invented the dish by improvising a sauce made from a tin of tomato soup at his restaurant Shish Mahal in the…
[ad_1] The journey to clean litter started in Pune when he was a student of computer engineering there in 2014. And today, Vivek Gurav, a 27-year-old Indian student at the University of Bristol, is on a plogging drive across 30 cities in the UK to raise awareness on climate change and environmental issues. “Picking up…
