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Topic: United Kingdom

UK pledges $13.9 million to UNDP

The funding is aimed to tackle climate change, poverty, and governance, UNDP said.

UK announces plan to tackle driving test wait times

New measures aim to get more new drivers on the road and stop learner drivers from being ripped off by unscrupulous websites.

UK calls Israel to stop illegal expansion in Palestine in UNSC

UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN James Kariuki demands accountability for settler violence in the West Bank.

UK government unveils bill to improve children’s wellbeing

New measures include unique identifiers, and safeguarding interventions.

Why UK has ‘annulled’ honours of British-Indians Rami Ranger & Anil Bhanot

Rami Ranger, a businessman, has been stripped of his ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire’, while Anil Bhanot, an accountant, lost his ‘Officer of the Order of the British Empire’.

UK to invest $1 million in maritime sector

Nine clusters across the UK will receive government funding for local economic development.

UK and Qatar agree to a Future Framework to strengthen cooperation

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted His Highness The Amir of Qatar at 10 Downing Street Wednesday.

UK secures 5 million doses of human H5 Flu vaccine

CSL Seqirus UK to manufacture vaccine from current H5 avian flu virus.

UK pledges £99 million to Occupied Palestinian Territories

The funding will provide essential services in Gaza and the West Bank.

UK boosts miners’ pension

Over 100,000 former UK miners will see average £29 weekly increase.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.