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NEW DELHI/LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - India and Britain are expected to seal a long-awaited free trade deal next week, two Indian government sources said, granting Indian textiles and electric vehicles some duty-free access to the UK market and easing British exports of whisky, cars and food. In May, both countries announced the conclusion of trade negotiations after three years of stop-start negotiations, aiming to increase bilateral trade, remove trade barriers and allow duty-free entry of go ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - India and Britain are expected to seal a long-awaited free trade deal next week, two Indian government sources said, granting Indian textiles and electric vehicles some duty-free access to the UK market and easing British exports of whisky, cars and food. In May, both countries announced the conclusion of trade negotiations after three years of stop-start negotiations, aiming to increase bilateral trade, remove trade barriers and allow duty-free entry of go ...Read More >
New Delhi: The India-UK free trade agreement will feature a dedicated chapter on innovation, commerce secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Monday, marking a shift in India's trade strategy towards deeper technological and research partnerships. The pact is in its final stages, with both sides subjecting the chapters to legal scrutiny. "This is for the first time that a chapter on innovation is being added in an FTA. A working group will be set up to advance cooperation in this area," Barthwal said ...Read More >
London/New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday held the ground-breaking ceremony at Port Talbot in the UK to kickstart the construction of a GBP 1.25 billion green steel project to cut down carbon emissions by 90 per cent at the site. The company is transitioning from the blast furnace route to the low-emission electric arc furnace process, which will utilise the locally available scrap. "Tata Steel UK today celebrates a historic milestone in its green transforma ...Read More >
Bengaluru : Tata Steel UK today celebrates a historic milestone in its green transformation journey as Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Steel and the Tata Group, joins government ministers at a groundbreaking event for the company's state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility in Port Talbot. Mr Chandrasekaran will be joined by Tata Steel CEO and Managing Director T. V. Narendran and Tata Steel UK CEO Rajesh Nair, where they will officially break the ground with spades, mar ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) has released a report, putting out a slew of recommendations to deepen bilateral defence cooperation between the UK and India. Through the report, UKIBC offered suggestions to the UK government to strengthen commercial ties and align strategic priorities with India, including strengthening G2G ties, strategic communication, and industry engagement. UKIBC is a policy advocacy and strategic consulting not-for-profit, with a ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) on Friday highlighted opportunities, challenges and recommendations to deepen bilateral cooperation between the UK and India in the defence sector. The UKIBC report is of the view that UK firms which invest in long-term partnerships with Indian companies, local capability, and joint innovation will be best placed to succeed India's fast-growing defence ecosystem. The report titled "Unlocking strategic defence opportuniti ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) has released a report, putting out a slew of recommendations to deepen bilateral defence cooperation between the UK and India. Through the report, UKIBC offered suggestions to the UK government to strengthen commercial ties and align strategic priorities with India, including strengthening G2G ties, strategic communication, and industry engagement. UKIBC is a policy advocacy and strategic consulting not-for-profit, with a ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has alleged that the controversial Operation Blue Star of 1984 in the Golden Temple was conducted in collaboration with the British government. Dubey claimed that British military officers were present in Amritsar during the operation, which targeted militants holed up inside the Golden Temple complex. "In 1984, Indira Gandhi ordered an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with the British. British army officers were present in ...Read More >
Srinagar- More than 100 current BBC employees have signed a scathing open letter accusing the broadcaster of failing its editorial standards and acting as "a mouthpiece" for Israel amid its coverage of the war in Gaza. The letter, also endorsed by over 300 media figures -- including actors Miriam Margolyes and Charles Dance, filmmaker Mike Leigh, and historian William Dalrymple -- criticizes the BBC for sanitizing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and for internal censorship. "All too often it h ...Read More >
Mumbai: Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran has set a new goal for Tata Steel Ltd chief executive and managing director T.V. Narendran: to deliver net profit from the company's UK operations in the current fiscal year. Addressing shareholders at Tata Steel's annual general meeting on Wednesday, Chandrasekaran, who also chairs the steelmaker, said the aim was for the UK operations to achieve net profitability this fiscal year. "I feel that UK should be PAT (profit after tax) positive, so the c ...Read More >
Jamshedpur, July 2: Tata Steel held its 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 2, where the company's Chairman addressed shareholders with a comprehensive overview of the company's performance, challenges, and strategic direction. The meeting opened on a solemn note, acknowledging recent losses within the Tata Group and paying tribute to significant figures whose contributions shaped the company. "There is a lot to talk about today," said the Chairman. "But I must begin by acknowledging the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Tata Steel is confident of completing its transition to green steel manufacturing in the UK and Netherlands as per schedule, the company's Chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Wednesday. He made the remarks while addressing the shareholders at the company's 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM). Also Read | Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian Approves Law to Suspend Cooperation With IAEA Following Israel, US Strikes. "...we remain confident that the transition to green steel m ...Read More >
Ferozepur, Jul 1 (PTI) An airstrip used by the Indian Air Force during the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars as an advanced landing ground at a village here close to the Pakistan border was allegedly sold by a woman and her son in collusion with some revenue officials in 1997. But after a retired revenue official filed a complaint that led to an inquiry, the land was given back to the defence ministry, officials said. On June 28, police registered a case against Usha Ansal and her son Naveen Chand Ansa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: National Chartered Accountants Day, or CA Day, is a yearly celebration on July 1 to honour the founding of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1949. This day is very important for the accounting and finance community in India because it recognises the vital role chartered accountants have in the country's economy and finance. This year marks the 76th anniversary of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which is the main authority for accounting ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) Homegrown Tata Steel is expecting to start the construction of its low-carbon EAF-based steel making project in the UK from July 2025 and commence operations by 2027, top company officials said. The company has received necessary approvals for its USD 1.5 billion project at Port Talbot, Tata Steel CEO & MD T V Narendran, and ED & CFO Koushik Chatterjee said in the company's annual report for FY2024-25. "We are now transitioning to decarbonised and state-of-the-art EAF-ba ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) On her milestone 50th birthday, Shilpa Shetty took a heartfelt moment to reflect on her incredible journey and the defining stories that have shaped her both personally and professionally. Celebrating decades of success and growth, she shared insights into the experiences that made her the strong and inspiring woman she is today. Taking to Instagram, she posted a video of her transformation over the years and wrote, "Grateful for my journey and the stories that m ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy's visit to India provided a valuable opportunity to sustain the high-level engagement between the two countries and to further consolidate the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs noted in a statement on Saturday. As per the statement issued by the MEA, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy paid an official visit to India on June 7. This was his second official visit to India in his capacity a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy's visit to India provided a valuable opportunity to sustain the high-level engagement between the two countries and to further consolidate the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs noted in a statement on Saturday. As per the statement issued by the MEA, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy paid an official visit to India on June 7. This was his second official visit to India in his capacity a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy's visit to India provided a valuable opportunity to sustain the high-level engagement between the two countries and to further consolidate the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Ministry of External Affairs noted in a statement on Saturday. As per the statement issued by the MEA, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy paid an official visit to India on June 7. This was his second official visit to India in his capacity a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 7 (PTI) A delegation of Indian Olympic Association, Central and Gujarat state government met Commonwealth Sport officials in London to have a better understanding of the process and the framework relating to securing hosting rights of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. The delegation included IOA chief PT Usha and officials from the Union Sports Ministry as well as the Gujarat state government. They met the Commonwealth Sport officials over two days in London. While the prop ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated India's "zero tolerance" policy for terrorism and the need for decisive international action against terror and those who support it during meetings with British foreign secretary David Lammy on Saturday. Modi said India valued Britain's backing for the fight against cross-border terrorism while Jaishankar said India's partners should understand the "zero tolerance" policy for terrorism as the country ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (UNI) UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which he strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and expressed support for India's fight against cross-border terrorism. PM Modi underscored the need for a decisive international action against terrorism and those who support it. PM Modi said in a post on X that India values the UK's support for India's fight against cross-border terrorism. He also appreciated the UK Foreign Secr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and appreciated the UK government's 'strong condemnation' of the terror attack that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22. Jaishankar reiterated that India practises a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism. 'At the outset, let me thank the government of the United Kingdom for the strong condemnation of the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the Un ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday thanked the government of the United Kingdom for standing shoulder to shoulder with India in its fight against terrorism to bring the perpetrators of heinous April 22 Pahalgam terror attack to justice. "At the outset, let me thank the Government of the United Kingdom for the strong condemnation of the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for your solidarit ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in New Delhi on Saturday morning for a crucial two-day official visit aimed at reviewing and advancing the UK-India economic and migration partnership. He held bilateral discussions with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to further strengthen the strategic relationship between the two countries. According to an official statement issued by the UK government, "The visit follows the historic Free Trade Agreement si ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The UK-India strategic partnership has taken another major step forward with the formal launch of Defence Partnership- India (DP-I) and the signing of several defence agreements at Aero India 2025, a statement by the UK Embassy said. Announcing DP-I, UK Defence Minister Lord Vernon Coaker opened the UK-India Defence Partnership Pavilion, establishing a dedicated programme office within the UK's Ministry of Defence that will serve as a one-stop shop for stre ...Read More >
In the 2016 Bollywood hit Pink, a scene introducing Amitabh Bachchan's character shows the actor emerging from his home on a winter morning into Delhi's smog-filled streets, wearing a mask. The mask and Delhi's smoggy air feature in other scenes of the film but are of little relevance to its plot. Yet, it is one of the rare examples of mainstream Indian films taking notice of the deadly air that makes many parts of India dangerous to live in every year. The toxic air pollution and recurrent w ...Read More >
UK sanctions 30 shadow tankers in largest clampdown on Russian oil trade The UK has blacklisted another 30 oil tankers in Russia's "shadow" fleet in its largest sanctions package of this kind to date, the government said Nov. 25, as a G7 foreign ministerial meeting kicks off in Italy. To circumvent the G7's price cap on seaborne Russian oil exports, Russia has amassed a large tanker fleet of 586 ships totaling 57.1 million dwt, according to a recent analysis based on S&P Global Commodities at ...Read More >
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