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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicUK govt

Topic: UK govt

UK pledges £955 million to transform bus services

The funding aims to improve reliability, frequency, and affordability.

UK Govt’s Chevening Scholarships opens for student applications

Since 1983, over 57,000 professionals have pursued their studies in the UK with the help of the Chevening Scholarship.

312,000 rural homes & businesses in UK to get faster internet

The government has invested £800M in an overhaul of broadband infrastructure in England, Scotland, and Wales.

UK pledges action against women’s discrimination

Government responds to the UN council, highlighting constitutional progress.

Suella Braverman sacked, ex-PM David Cameron made foreign secy in big UK cabinet reshuffle

PM Rishi Sunak sacked Braverman under pressure over her comments in a newspaper article criticising the police’s 'biased' attitude towards pro-Palestinian marches in the country.

UK watchdog fines TikTok $16 million for ‘misusing children’s personal data’

Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) alleged that the data breaches occurred between May 2018 and July 2020.

UK to ban TikTok on government phones, PA Media reports

TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny due to fears that user data from the app owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance could end up in the hands of the Chinese govt.

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak lead race to become Britain’s next PM after Liz Truss resigns

In what would be an extraordinary comeback, Johnson, who was ousted by lawmakers over 3 months ago, was running high up the ranks alongside Sunak to be crowned the next prime minister.

‘No one is indispensable:’ Boris Johnson quits as Tory leader, paving way for new UK PM

Johnson’s tenure – less than three years – became untenable when scores of ministers jumped ship this week, saying he was no longer fit to be in charge.

Dominic Raab meets Qatar’s Amir, deputy PM in Doha for Afghan safe passage talks

Raab will seek Qatari views on feasibility of a functioning airport in Kabul, which would provide a vital route for remaining UK nationals and Afghans most at risk to leave.

On Camera

India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

India’s public debt stabilising post pandemic hike as Centre cuts burden, but states lag—Economic Survey

While Centre makes progress lowering debt from pandemic peak and cutting borrowing costs, states face slower adjustment with limited market discipline, survey finds.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

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.