UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%
World | June 23, 2022 9:44 ISTThe increase was in line with analysts' expectations and signals no quick end to the cost-of-living squeeze facing millions in Britain.
The increase was in line with analysts' expectations and signals no quick end to the cost-of-living squeeze facing millions in Britain.
The strike is expected to shut down most of the rail network across the country, with London Underground subway services also hit by a walkout on Tuesday.
Figures will increase pressure on govt to mitigate a cost-of-living crisis that economists forecast will produce the biggest drop in living standards since 1950s.
Last week, Britain reported three earlier cases of monkeypox, including two people who lived in the same household and the other who had previously traveled to Nigeria.
The three-member tribunal, led by Judge Jonathan Brain, had to determine whether a reference to someone's lack of hair was simply an insult or amounted to harassment.
The Indian diaspora gathered and recited the prayer, whilst others nearby also celebrated Eid. All was done in harmony and with respect to each other's beliefs.
During the interaction, Johnson also offered the UK's "continued economic and humanitarian support” to Ukraine, it said.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on a two-day India visit. He is here to develop good relations between the two countries. The UK PM visited the Sabarmati Ashram on day one of his itinerary.
Boris Johnson is the first British PM to visit PM Modi's home state. Johnson is also likely to meet Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani.
The WHO first became aware of the unusual illnesses early this month, when they learned of 10 children in Scotland with liver problems.
The Opposition Labour Party immediately demanded the resignation of both Johnson and Sunak over the breach of legal rules imposed by the government during the pandemic.
The British Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom has organized an Indian Cultural Road Show at the heart of Slough (Slough Town Center, High Street) on April 2nd. The event has been organized with the aim of portraying Indian Culture to the wider society of the UK.
With reference to stringent sanctions being imposed on Russia, the Indian-origin finance minister who is the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy was asked on air if his advice to businesses was not being followed within his own home. The minister stressed that the operations of individual companies was a matter for them.
The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss confirmed that she had spoken to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to encourage a stand against Russian actions in Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war has entered 5th day but the crisis seems far from getting end even though peace talks were initiated between both sides in Belarus. At the same time, several European nations, the US have extended military aid to Ukraine. Here's a list of who is sending what to Ukraine.
Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the U.K. carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday.
The sanctions target Rossiya, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank, as well as billionaires Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg as three 'very high net worth individuals'.
UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, issued the warning to a meeting of defense ministers from the nations of the Joint Expeditionary Force in Leicestershire, England.
Johnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant “has now peaked nationally.”
UK PM is facing pressure not only from the Opposition but also from within his party to step down in the wake of revelations of a drinks party at Downing Street during the country’s first COVID-19 lockdown in May 2020.
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