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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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RT-PCR test compulsory for air travellers before leaving UK, upon arrival in India

Flights from the UK resumed Friday in a limited capacity. Thirty flights will operate each week — 15 each by Indian and UK carriers.

Swamped hospitals expose depth of UK’s unfolding Covid crisis

After overtaking Italy again as the country with Europe’s highest death toll, the UK is at the epicenter of the continent’s struggle to contain Covid.

With health system facing crisis, Johnson orders third full lockdown across England

The full emergency lockdown will start immediately and last until at least February 15, threatening to push the economy into a double-dip recession.

Boris Johnson warns of stricter lockdown, delay in reopening schools as Covid cases surge

PM Johnson hasn’t elaborated on what the additional measures will be and rejected criticism that his govt has been too slow to act on the new strain spreading rapidly across UK.

Stay home for New Year’s eve, pretend you have Covid — UK tells public to curb spread

With a new Covid strain spreading and adding pressure on health services, ministers launched a publicity campaign saying everyone should take responsibility and stay home.

UK approves AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine for emergency use

The vaccine will be prioritised for the country’s most vulnerable groups. It’s the second Covid vaccine to be cleared for emergency use in the UK after Pfizer and BioNTech.

UK army to step in, help with Covid testing as Boris Johnson faces school pressure

While PM Boris Johnson has made keeping schools open a priority to kickstart the economy, unions, politicians and scientists have been building pressure to delay students' return.

2020 forced some of the most earth-shaking reckonings on India, US and UK

Pandemic found three of the world’s most prominent democracies shockingly underprepared and encumbered by states incapable of performing a most basic duty: protecting human lives.

Why Dominic Raab’s visit to India matters, as UK heads for Brexit

New coronavirus strain aside, India-UK ties have been really solidifying over the last 18 months.

6 key questions & answers about new Covid variant in UK

The new Covid strain has prompted strict lockdown measures across England & led several countries to put up travel restrictions to protect against its spread. Here's what we know.

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3 national capitals that will be the unhappiest about Trump’s victory & 3 that will be happiest

In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.