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Restoring the Labour Party’s relations with India, which have been strained as a result of their comments on Kashmir, will be among Keir Starmer’s first tasks as prime minister of the United Kingdom. In the general elections, Starmer led the party to a resounding victory that signalled the end for Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The … Read more
On June 26, South Korea’s Gumi City Council revealed that their top administrative officer robot was discovered ‘dead,’ having seemingly thrown itself down a six-and-a-half-foot flight of stairs. The incident has left the local community mourning what is being referred to as the country’s first robot “suicide”, The Daily Mail reports. Appointed to official duty in August … Read more
A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK’s general election as results were announced on Friday, with several Conservatives surviving an overall brutal outcome for their party. Outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak leads the Tory charge of British Indians holding on to … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Keir Starmer on winning the UK elections and said he was looking forward to a positive collaboration with the Labour leader. He also had a message for outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak. Starmer is set to replace Mr Sunak as UK Prime Minister after the Labour Party defeated the … Read more
With Labour predicted to become the biggest party in the UK parliament, here are the contenders for the most prominent ministerial positions. – Deputy Prime Minister: Angela Rayner – Rayner, 44, is an outlier in a country long dominated by a ruling class disproportionately educated at private schools and Oxford and Cambridge universities. She grew … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the ‘Make in India’ initiative can add to engines of global growth and help democratize the global economy, and highlighted the importance of creating multiple, reliable and resilient supply chains. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Astana to attend the SCO Summit, delivered PM Modi’s remarks … Read more
Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer delivered a storming victory speech Friday morning after the party swept the UK general election, declaring the country “gets its future back after 14 years (of a Conservative Party government)”. Accompanied by loud cheers the Prime Minister-elect thanked party workers for their hard work and pledged that his administration would work … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s future as Britain’s Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party hung in the balance as polling booths opened across the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday, with the British-Indian leader and the man who wants his job, Keir Starmer, out early to cast their votes. The snap parliamentary election, called by Sunak, is … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia from July 8 to 9 to hold the 22nd India-Russia annual summit that will review the entire range of multifaceted ties between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced today. After concluding the visit to Russia, PM Modi will travel to Austria, which will be … Read more
Around nine in every 10 people in the Gaza Strip have been displaced at least once since the war between Israel and Hamas began, the UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday. Andrea De Domenico, head of the United Nations’ OCHA agency in the Palestinian territories, said that around 1.9 million people are thought to be displaced … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Pushkin Park in Astana on Wednesday, where he paid tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by members of the Indian community following his arrival to represent India at the SCO Summit on July 4. Mr Jaishankar shared the pictures on X, of him and the Indian delegations … Read more
The UK general election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the country’s history, including in the number of parliamentarians of Indian heritage likely to be elected from across the nation. According to an analysis by the British Future think tank, the Labour Party is set to have by far the largest number … Read more
An off-the-books 31-year-old worker from Punjab, Satnam Singh’s arm was severed by heavy farm machinery, and he was dumped on the road, bleeding, and without medical attention which eventually ended up by causing his death in Latina, south of Rome. The death of an Indian National Satnam Singh has sparked protests in Italy over Labour … Read more
The UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees estimated Tuesday that a quarter of a million people had been impacted since Israel’s army issued a new evacuation order for parts of southern Gaza a day earlier. “We’ve seen people moving, families moving, people starting to pack up their belongings and try to leave this area,” UNRWA spokeswoman … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Dick Schoof on assuming office as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, a few hours after the new Dutch government was sworn in at Huis ten Bosch Palace on Tuesday. “Look forward to closely working together to advance India-Netherlands partnership including in the areas of renewable energy, water … Read more