The new strain of the virus, which "maybe up to 70 per cent more transmissible," has triggered travel restrictions on Britain and sounded a fresh alarm on Covid-19 which is known to have infected about 80 million people and caused over 1.7 million deaths worldwide.
Police investigators in Stockholm suspect a woman in her 70s of locking up her son for 28 years in an apartment south of the Swedish capital.
"This year marks 10 years of India-Sweden cooperation in healthcare. And, today AIIMS, Delhi; AIIMS, Jodhpur and Swedish Trade Commissioner's Office in Delhi will join hands to set up a healthcare innovation centre," Niclas Jacobson, a senior official in Sweden's ministry of health and social affairs, told PTI.
The King will have meetings with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ways to further boost bilateral ties between the two nations. Apart from Delhi, the royal couple is scheduled to visit Mumbai and Uttarakhand.
Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made over nine years ago.
Author Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swede and co-owner of a Hong Kong store that sold books critical of Chinese leaders, was detained by police in eastern China in 2018 while in the company of two Swedish diplomats with whom he was travelling to Beijing.
Spain salvaged a 1-1 draw against Sweden to book its place in the 2020 Euros but at the cost of David De Gea, who injured himself during the course of the game.
The result at the Bernabeu extended Spain's winning streak to five matches and ended Sweden's seven-game unbeaten run.
Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored with headers in a 2-0 win over Sweden on Saturday, earning England a match against either Croatia or host nation Russia for a place in the final.
PM Modi at Sweden's Stockholm University: Highlighting the importance of non-resident Indians in the development story of the nation, the PM invited the Diaspora to invest in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the Indian Diaspora in Sweden's Stockholm University. After the interaction, he will travel to London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting tomorrow.
On April 19 and 20, Modi will participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting being hosted by the UK which will take over as the new Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth from Malta.
Sweden also extended support to India's permanent membership of a reformed and expanded United Nations Security Council.
Both Modi and Lofven discussed ways to deepen trade, business and people-to-people ties between India and Sweden.
Ahead of the visit, PM Modi said he was looking forward to deepening bilateral engagement with both the countries in a number of areas including trade, investment and clean energy.
The Prime Minister begins his five-day visit to Sweden and the UK on Monday. He will have a brief stopover in Berlin on April 20 on his way back home.
Ibrahimovic, who joined Jose Mourinho's Manchester United in 2016, arrived on a free transfer but has had an aggravating and troublesome journey so far.
Sweden knocked out Italy to book their berth in the last spot of the in the World Cup and the 36-year old is planning of coming out of retirement to play for Sweden.
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