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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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.

Booster shots not required for everyone, says creator of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert said immunity against Covid, among fully vaccinated people is lasting well and doses should be prioritised for countries with low vaccination rates.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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.