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TopicKeir Starmer

Topic: Keir Starmer

‘Not racist to probe ethnicity’. What UK report says on ‘Asian & British Pakistani grooming gangs’

Allegations of girls being 'groomed' for sexual abuse had been circulating in UK for years. Louise Casey's report says authorities 'shied away’ from recording offenders' ethnicity.

UK PM Keir Starmer asks National Crime Agency to investigate grooming gang cases

The scandal, in which gangs of mostly Pakistani men groomed & raped young girls more than a decade ago, returned to political agenda after Elon Musk criticised the government.

UK’s Labour Party wins Scottish by-election after bitter campaigns, defeats SNP & Reform UK

PM Keir Starmer’s Labour secured a surprise victory as voters rallied around popular local candidate Davy Russell, winning 8,559 votes in the election for the Scottish parliament.

UK counter-terror police investigate fire incident at PM Starmer’s London home

The incident occurred Monday when a resident heard a loud, one-off bang, that sounded like a 'firebomb' at UK PM Starmer's London home. No casualties were reported.

India-UK FTA: Tariffs on cars, alcohol, high-tech sectors cut by Delhi for more market access & mobility

FTA, India’s first bilateral trade deal with a Western nation, will see tariffs on whisky-gin from UK halved to 75 percent. Automobile tariffs will be cut to 10 percent with a quota.

Taking a page out of Trump’s book, UK to restrict visas for ‘high-risk’ nations like Pakistan, Nigeria

An upcoming Immigration White Paper is expected to outline measures to restrict work & study visa applications from nations with high asylum claim rates, The Times reported.

UK PM Starmer calls Modi, says ‘horrified’ by attack in Pahalgam

Starmer offered his condolences on behalf of the British people the day after the terror incident was raised in the UK House of Commons.

Starmer urges world to put ‘maximum pressure’ on Russia, says Putin’s ceasefire nod ‘not good enough’

The UK PM called for lasting peace with strong security measures. He also announced that Ukraine-allied countries will meet Thursday to draft robust plans to back a peace deal.

UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US

At a summit in London 2 days after the Trump-Zelenskyy clash, world leaders offered a strong show of support to the Ukrainian president and promised to do more to help Ukraine.

Oval Office spat sets off continental power play: Europe rallies around Zelenskyy, but no jibes at Trump

French President Macron, President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, even Italian PM and Trump ally Giorgia Meloni have spoken out.

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.