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Topic: United Kingdom

Pressure mounts on British PM Boris Johnson to fire chief aide Dominic Cummings

Johnson will face a volley of questions from senior members of Parliament over his handling of the Covid crisis as well as his relationship with Cummings.

China raises defence spending, 30,000 UK pubs face closure & 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.

Rishi Sunak warns UK is headed into ‘severe recession’ unprecedented in scale

The Bank of England has predicted that a three-month lockdown could lead to a 14% slump this year — the deepest recession since the early 18th century.

‘Show us the science’: UK wants more transparency in Boris Johnson’s Covid strategy

Support is slipping for Johnson as UK recorded the world's second-highest number of deaths after a week of confused messages over relaxing the lockdown.

UK GDP shrinks by 2% amid Covid-19 crisis, biggest quarterly decline since 2008

The fall was the biggest since the financial crisis of 2008 and included a contraction of 5.8 per cent in the March GDP alone, the biggest monthly fall on record.

UK set to ease lockdown on 11 May as PM Johnson comes under pressure to get economy running

UK govt is drawing up guidance for employers on how to return to work safely as it tries to mitigate the economic damage caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Covid-19 deaths decline in Europe as countries begin to ease out of lockdown

UK reported 315 deaths from Covid-19, down from the 621 confirmed a day before. Italy, Spain, Germany and France also reported their lowest fatalities since March.

PM Boris Johnson returns to work today but it still isn’t clear when UK can

With lockdowns being partially lifted on the European continent, PM Boris Johnson is under pressure to move Britain also to the next phase.

Boris Johnson won’t have to pay hospital bills. And it’s not because he is PM

Johnson must thank former PM Clement Attlee and his three main goals for the UK.

UK begins world’s biggest Covid-19 trial to zero in on treatment, results likely by June

The RECOVERY trial will be conducted by Oxford University researchers, and has already enlisted around 5,300 coronavirus patients.

On Camera

Hyderabad’s supper clubs are for the rich and young. They don’t want to meet others in bars

There’s a pattern in Hyderabad’s F&B scene: new ventures run very well for the first three to six months. The real test for these supper clubs begins now.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.