Corruption and development, BJP-AAP battle in East Delhi

NEW DELHI: East Delhi, once Congress’ bastion, is...

Triangular contest in Ladakh LS constituency turns interesting

SRINAGAR: It is the contest between BJP candidate...

Farmers’ unions in Punjab targeting BJP candidates, not letting them campaign

CHANDIGARH: The Khalistani movement in Punjab is...

Antonia Filmer

Can Boris Johnson restore and unite a multi-ethnic society?

London: Black voices are being heard in UK in an unprecedented way following the heinous and public homicide of George Floyd. Under the banner...

Circumstances line up against Boris Johnson

All the Tory elation about an 80-seat majority is dwindling following a cluster of unforeseen events.   London: Beginning with Coronavirus, that has led to fears...

UK opposes China’s national security law in Hong Kong

Parliament resumed and Labour MP’s complained that they had to observe social distancing in a queue of a few hundred yards in order to...

Cummings scandal has peaked

Boris Johnson demonstrated strength when he refused to bend to immense pressure for a Cabinet inquiry into the behaviour of his top adviser, Dominic...

Home is not a safe place for everyone – Antonia Filmer 21.V.2020

It is a fact that most abuse happens in the home, mostly from a family member/partner or ex-partner, imagine spending the lockdown with someone...

Debate about economy begins

London: Boris Johnson marginally released UK from lockdown, the parameters appeared deliberately vague allowing business, industry and the public to interpret how to behave;...

Self-test at home 14.V.2020B

The BioSURE COVID-19 Antibody Self Test will be ready for mass production at the beginning of June, it is undergoing final validation to complete...

Death rate in UK will not increase if lockdown lifted: Prof Gupta of Oxford

London: As nations prepare for the easing of lockdown rules Professor Sunetra Gupta’s research becomes ever more topical and relevant. Professor Gupta heads the...

Corona politics in a divided United Kingdom

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly across the globe infecting nearly 4million and killing more 271,000 worldwide so far. UK’s fatalities are larger than...

UK Parliament goes from Eurosceptic to China-sceptic

MPs have many reasons to be sceptical about China—from human rights to Huawei and security and surveillance.   Boris Johnson is back in No 10. The...

Scientists stress on lockdown as data on virus insufficient

London: The media left and right continues its relentless attack on scientists, and the government’s management of the Covid-19 crisis. It is as if only...

Dismissing Mallya’s appeal, judges found prima facie case 

London: Two cases against Vijay Mallya were heard this month. Mallya is residing in UK on a 1992 indefinite leave to remain certificate. The first case...

UK gets one-stop vaccine shop

Since 2019 Dr Matthew Duchars has been the CEO of the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC).VMIC is a not for profit researchcompany within...

UK struggles to deal with Covid-19 pandemic

London: It is very easy to find fault from a comfortable chair that is socially distant from Westminster. Although this reporter is constantly looking for...

No exit in sight for UK as lockdown continues

There are fears of a second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, if lockdown ends too soon. Folks have been clapping, praying and hoping for a swift...

Clinical trials, diagnostic tests for Covid-19 take place in UK

The world is racing to develop diagnostic tests, treatments and vaccines for the dreaded Covid-19 virus. Academics, Global Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical companies are...

Covid exposes faultlines in UK

UK’s Covid-19 testing capacity is reaching only 10,000 per day. Three weeks ago Boris Johnson had hoped for 25,000 tests a day, whereas Germany...

Scientific, political opinions combine to build UK’s corona strategy

London:The UK government has rightly said it was and would be guided by science. Nobody expects politicians to be scientists or scientists to be...

Wuhan, London flights continued for long

Analysts are wondering why UK’s strategic manufacturing capacity is so under prepared and what happened to UK’s pandemic/disease monitoring systems.   London is thought to...

UK’s financial heartthrob Rishi Sunak impresses with budget

UK’s new financial heartthrob, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, delivered an impressive and ambitious budget on behalf of the Conservative government. Said to be the...

Carry on, says Johnson as plans follow for Covid-19 delay phase

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that containing Covid-19 phase is over; UK is now into the delay phase—the next phases are research...

Ejiao decimates Kenya’s donkey population

Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has banned the commercial slaughter of donkeys in Kenya. The decision has been taken because of the donkey’s symbiotic role with...

Boris Johnson carries out a cathartic reshuffle

London: Boris Johnson’s reshuffle might be remembered as the Valentine’s Eve Massacre that eliminated the remnants of the Remainer mindset from Cabinet and from...

Johnson adhering to campaign promises, says Rupert Lowe

“Boris Johnson is making encouraging sounds and adhering to his campaign promises” Rupert Lowe told this reporter. Since the end of January Lowe is...

School friends spritz up life with Pedrino

School friends Sam Showering, Joe Knopfler and Tom Hockedy are young entrepreneurs who have reinvented modern spritzers and cocktails; from their tiny office in...

School friends spritz up life with Pedrino

School friends Sam Showering, Joe Knopfler and Tom Hockedy are young entrepreneurs who have reinvented modern spritzers and cocktails; from their tiny office in...

School friends spritz up life with Pedrino

School friends Sam Showering, Joe Knopfler and Tom Hockedy are young entrepreneurs who have reinvented modern spritzers and cocktails; from their tiny office in...

Political correctness trumps paedophilia as young girls suffer

London: Child grooming resulting in sexual exploitation of white under-age girls has been exposed again, most recently in an independent review from Greater Manchester....

Smart parties lead up to India Art Fair

The India Art Fair is the flagship event of Angus Montgomery, who were previously in partnership with the MCH Group out of Basel, both were...

Brexit has royal assent, United Kingdom is sovereign again

London: Boris Johnson welcomed 21 African Heads of State-Government and business leaders at the first UK-Africa Summit. The PM congratulated himself for visiting more...

UK’s criminal justice system to undergo a Royal revamp

London: With Parliament set to resume on 6 January, it seems that criminal justice will a close runner up to Brexit in Bills debated. The...

First week of 2020 witnesses a push towards Brexit

London: The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) passed through its final reading in the House of Commons, all the new clauses and amendments proposed were voted down...

Duke and Duchess of Sussex choose to go their own way

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex surprised everyone by issuing a joint statement about their future role as members of the Royal Family. While...

Brexit will happen by 31 January 2020, as planned

London: The Queen’s Speech introduced Boris Johnson’s priorities: Brexit and trade agreements, the unitedness of the United Kingdom, national security in all its forms, improved...

Witnessing a time honoured tradition

On 12 December, a blue and crispy day, 242 Officer Cadets passed out in the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS)....

‘Get Brexit done’ wins the day for Johnson

London: “Get Brexit Done” won the day, Boris Johnson successfully steered Leavers and a respectable proportion of Remainers who were terrified of the Corbyn alternative,...

‘If Antarctica ice melts global sea level will rise by 50 metres’

Increased pollution and diversification of tourism activities are challenging the Antarctic and application of protocols.   London: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Polar Regions convened the...

Tories ahead in run-up to UK general poll

A YouGov Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification (MRP) poll predicts a resounding 68-seat majority for Boris Johnson if the general election were to take place...

Three things to do before Christmas

First stop is a visit to Bicester Village, less than an hour from London this retail park offers 160 international designers at stunning discount...

Three things to do before Christmas

First stop is a visit to Bicester Village, less than an hour from London this retail park offers 160 international designers at stunning discount...

Three things to do before Christmas

First stop is a visit to Bicester Village, less than an hour from London this retail park offers 160 international designers at stunning discount...

Need 9 more votes than May for a majority, says Johnson

London: When this goes to print candidates will have been selected for all the seats to be contested by all parties in the general election....

Nicky Haslam has a vision of how he wants things to be

Nicky Haslam, London’s most timeless interior designer, is auctioning the contents of his early 18thC country retreat, The Hunting Lodge, once the home of...

Nicky Haslam has a vision of how he wants things to be

Nicky Haslam, London’s most timeless interior designer, is auctioning the contents of his early 18thC country retreat, The Hunting Lodge, once the home of...

Nicky Haslam has a vision of how he wants things to be

Nicky Haslam, London’s most timeless interior designer, is auctioning the contents of his early 18thC country retreat, The Hunting Lodge, once the home of...

There’s a serious side to this pantomime

Pantomime season begins this year in the Harold Pinter Theatre (previously the Royal Comedy Theatre) with their annual charitable pantomime; an outrageously entertaining show...

There’s a serious side to this pantomime

Pantomime season begins this year in the Harold Pinter Theatre (previously the Royal Comedy Theatre) with their annual charitable pantomime; an outrageously entertaining show...

There’s a serious side to this pantomime

Pantomime season begins this year in the Harold Pinter Theatre (previously the Royal Comedy Theatre) with their annual charitable pantomime; an outrageously entertaining show...

All eyes on UK general election

London:  Finally UK will have the general election (GE), which will restore functionality to Parliament. The most-leftist faction of Labour MPs realised that Labour’s...

Mary Quant: British fashion’s first real revolutionary

There cannot be anyone interested in British fashion who doesn’t know of Mary Quant, queen of the Kings Road in the sixties. Mary Quant...

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