Being a non-UK national, Sunil Bharti Mittal will receive a KBE after his name after the knighthood conferred by King Charles III - one of the highest honours by a British monarch. Mittal said he was deeply humbled” by the recognition and committed to strengthen India-UK ties.
“He said negotiations around a free trade deal were progressing and that he would only agree to an approach which worked for the whole of the UK,” notes a Downing Street readout of the Cabinet meeting.
According to the sources of the news agency, India called the UK media report "baseless" and claimed Indians don't speak in public until a deal has been reached.
Nearly five months after their first meeting, India and the United Kingdom will again start negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Monday.
Travellers from countries on the red list, around 54 in all, continue to be required to undertake a mandatory 10-day quarantine at a government-designated hotel, a requirement the UK government is said to be considering scrapping for a majority on the red list later this month.
Referring to the latest guidelines issued by the UK government that will come into effect on October 4, another UK officials had said that London does not have any problem with the Covishield vaccine but there are certain issues related to vaccine certification in India.
Giving an update on the current situation in India, the Foreign Secretary said India had now reached a point where it is able to supply its excess liquid oxygen and life-saving medication like Remdesivir to neighbouring countries in need, including Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand.
HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed into the Indian Ocean region and will carry out a wargame with the Indian Navy.
A consignment carrying oxygen generators and 1000 ventilators on Sunday reached India from the UK
The UK and India pledged to work closely post-Brexit as the bilateral ties moved forward smoothly in 2018, a year in which India scored a major diplomatic victory when a British court ordered the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya wanted back home for alleged bank fraud.
London : The year 2013 saw positive momentum in India-UK ties with Prime Minister David Cameron leading not one but two delegations to India within months to strengthen bilateral relations though actions like a visa
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