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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Topic: London

Why London needs the Tube and the Tube needs Londoners

An underground system that has defined the life and character of a city since 1863 is edging toward a financial abyss, as social distancing and home-working become the new norm.

Robots deployed to kill viruses at Heathrow Airport at night

Among other measures, the airport is installing UV technology to disinfect escalator handrails, and self-cleaning anti-viral wraps are being fitted to often-touched surfaces.

London plans to keep the greenery intact even after lockdown ends

The Mayor said he’ll seek to raise green taxes & promote car-free transportation to prevent polluting vehicles taking over the city as people return to work.

First batch of 326 Indian nationals arrives in Mumbai from London

The airport authorities, in a statement on Saturday, said that the arriving passengers with symptoms will be moved to isolation centres.

UK to start human trials of coronavirus vaccine tomorrow

The vaccine trials will be of a drug developed at Oxford University and UK govt will give 20 million pounds to support the research.

This is what the world looks like when everyone stops driving

Enjoy the stillness. Cities around the world have become noticeably quieter with far fewer cars out on the roads.

Special flight brings VIPs back to Pakistan from London, 400 citizens remain stranded in UK

After the VIPs were accommodated in the special flight, the remaining seats were kept empty to maintain social distancing, says a Geo News report.

Man behind London stabbing was jailed for planning terror attack, pledged allegiance to IS

Sudesh Mamoor Faraz Amman was shot dead by Scotland Yard Sunday after he went on a stabbing spree while wearing a fake hoax bomb vest. Three people were wounded.

Indians make up third largest foreign student population in UK after China, US

According to new data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, UK has seen a spike in Indians studying in the country despite the Brexit issue.

These 3 Indian origin siblings are shaking up London’s restaurant scene

Jyotin, Karam and Sunaina Sethi are the trio whose initials make up JKS Restaurants and they are changing the way London eats.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.