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Friday, November 8, 2024
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Topic: UK

6-people rule for social gatherings comes into effect in UK today as Covid cases spike

The UK has seen a surge of 10,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last three days, while the reproduction rate has jumped above the key level of 1.0, raising fears of a new wave.

Coronavirus is spreading exponentially in UK for the first time since March

While UK government figures put R rate between 1.0 and 1.2, thanks to a surge in cases among young people, a separate study puts it at 1.7 and found cases doubling every week.

‘No place for opinionated columnist, campaigner’ — New BBC chief on staff’s social media use

With the British public service broadcaster facing controversies this year, new chief Tim Davie looks to crackdown on social media use and push for impartiality among staff.

Nirav Modi UK extradition judgment in PNB fraud case to be delivered after 1 December

Nirav Modi, who has been lodged at London's Wandsworth Prison since his arrest in March last year, will remain in custody until the start of the trial on 7 September.

Cairn, Vodafone retrospective tax cases hurt UK investments in India, says business body

Jayant Krishna, Group CEO of UK-India Business Council, says countries are now looking to removing non-tariff barriers to trade as Brexit process continues.

Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses found in UK auctioneer’s letterbox, could fetch over Rs 14 lakh

The pair of glasses had been handed down from generation to generation in the owner's family that had come to possess it after someone met Gandhi in South Africa during 1920s.

US Republicans’ $1 trillion stimulus, Emirates offers Covid insurance & other global news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

China has created challenges across the world, UK watching LAC situation — new British envoy

The UK and India are scheduled to have a trade dialogue on 24 July to explore ways for a free trade agreement between the two.

EU’s landmark recovery package, Africa’s ‘worrying’ situation & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

UK-China fight to get ugly as London is set to suspend extradition pact with Hong Kong

Halting UK-Hong Kong extradition pact would mark further diplomatic escalation to a conflict that also involves Huawei & human rights abuses in China.

On Camera

How to Trump-proof India’s trade policy: ‘Give US tariff concessions, block Chinese dumping’

Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.

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.