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Sunday, January 25, 2026
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Topic: British Indians

UK elects record number of 26 Indian-origin MPs & 264 women to House of Commons

Labour politician Rachel Reeves has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st female to hold the post. Of the Indian-origin MPs, 6 belong to Conservative party, including Rishi Sunak.

British Indian sepoys weren’t silent spectators to colonial brutality. They led quiet rebellions

Indian sepoys who left their homes and crossed oceans to witness a world being conquered and exploited by the British, sought to understand, interpret, and even profit from it all.

Kutchi and Bania capital built Oman. They were the lifelines of its slave economy

In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, Seema Alavi gives a fascinating account of the Sultans of Oman, their thrilling lives and political circumstances in the 19th century.

British Indians could form a key swing vote in the next UK elections, survey finds

The report, 'Britain’s New Swing Voters? A Survey of British Indian Attitudes', is authored by researchers from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

More and more young British Indians want ‘love-cum-arranged marriage’

My research shows that British Indians feet they have the ‘freedom to fall in love with anyone’ but within certain boundaries.

Rishi Sunak to Priti Patel: Why British Indians wield more power than British Pakistanis

Compared to British Indians, British Pakistanis have the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and just one junior minister — Lord Tariq Ahmed in the Foreign Office.

On Camera

What Indira Gandhi said in her first speech as PM, 60 years ago

On 26 January 1966, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech that was broadcast over All India Radio. This was her first address to the nation after becoming India’s first woman prime minister.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

US officially calls China ‘second most powerful country’, new strategy softens stand against Beijing, Moscow

New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.