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London police investigating Downing Street lockdown parties
World | Jan 25, 2022, 10:36 PM ISTMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick revealed that an investigation was underway in a statement before the London Assembly. Dick said Scotland Yard is now investigating “a number of events” at Downing Street.
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COVID: Britain lifts restrictions, says omicron wave ‘has peaked’
World | Jan 21, 2022, 02:45 PM ISTJohnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists think it is likely that the surge of infections prompted by the highly contagious omicron variant “has now peaked nationally.”
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Apple was warned to either allow dating app developers for non-Apple payment systems or pay penalty
Technology | Dec 25, 2021, 12:18 PM ISTDutch regulators have asked Apple to either allow dating app developers to offer non-Apple payment systems for in-app purchases or face a penalty of up to 50 million euros.
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Omicron alert: UK reports 10,000 fresh Covid cases, highest daily surge so far
India | Dec 19, 2021, 07:41 PM ISTThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed an additional 10,059 cases of the new variant on Saturday, more than three times as many as reported on Friday (3,201), taking the total number of cases to 24,968.
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Panic grips Europe as UK reports 2 cases of 'Omicron' Covid variant
World | Nov 27, 2021, 08:56 PM ISTOfficials said that the two cases are linked and there is a connection with travel to southern Africa.
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16-year-old British Sikh teenager stabbed to death in London robbery
World | Nov 25, 2021, 11:46 PM ISTThe Metropolitan Police said they were called to Raleigh Road in Southall on Wednesday night to reports of a stabbing and attended along with paramedics from London Ambulance Service (LAS).
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Queen Elizabeth's purple hands in viral pics spark concerns. Here is what doctors say
World | Nov 20, 2021, 05:14 PM ISTIn the picture of her majesty and General Carter, the two had unusually purple hands. Soon after, the pictures of the 95-year-old monarch’s hands have gone viral online.
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Once declared 'biologically dead', London's Thames river now nurses sharks, seahorses
World | Nov 11, 2021, 02:26 PM ISTThe report said that creatures, like sharks including tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog have been found in the river that was once as filthy and polluted as Delhi's Yamuna river.
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Mukesh Ambani not relocating to London: Reliance
Business | Nov 05, 2021, 10:15 PM ISTPost Reliance acquiring the London property for Rs 592 crore, Ambani and his family's visit abroad have been linked to them making Stoke Park their second home.
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Rahul Gandhi on way to London for another holiday? BJP's Amit Malviya takes swipe at Congress leader
India | Nov 04, 2021, 07:01 PM ISTTaking to Twitter, Amit Malviya wrote, "PM Modi returned from a successful visit of the G20, COP26 and got straight to work, chaired important meetings and took big decisions. Today, he was at Nowshera to celebrate Deepawali with jawans. But where is Rahul Gandhi? Apparently on his way to London for another holiday!"
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Queen Elizabeth II, 95, is advised to rest for 2 weeks
World | Oct 30, 2021, 02:41 PM ISTIt's significant that the palace statement highlighted the wish of monarch to attend Remembrance Sunday ceremonies, as it is major event on the sovereign’s calendar and one to which Queen has attached great importance.
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Queen Elizabeth II to skip UN climate conference due to ill-health
World | Oct 27, 2021, 08:20 AM IST“Her Majesty is disappointed not to attend reception but will deliver an address to the assembled delegates via recorded video message,” Buckingham Palace said.
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Queen Elizabeth II spends night in hospital for tests: Buckingham Palace
World | Oct 22, 2021, 07:59 AM ISTThe queen is now back at Windsor Castle, west of London, where she has spent much of her time since the onset of the COVID pandemic last year.
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United Kingdom counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep coronavirus at bay
World | Sep 26, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTAs winter approaches, bringing the threat of a new COVID surge, Britain’s light touch is setting it apart from more cautious nations.
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Mumbai, Bangalore, London Named among World's top Startup Hubs
Business | Sep 24, 2021, 12:17 PM ISTMumbai maintained its first position in the Emerging Ecosystems ranking (ecosystems in earlier stages of growth that have high potential to be global performers in the future).
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London: Teacher killed on a walk to pub, probe underway
World | Sep 24, 2021, 08:29 AM ISTA spokesman for British PM Boris Johnson said authorities are recruiting more police officers and had introduced a strategy to tackle violence against women and girls earlier this year.
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AUKUS agreement discussed during G7 Summit in Cornwall, behind Emmanuel Macron's back: Reports
World | Sep 19, 2021, 09:42 AM ISTThen-UK Foreign Secy Dominic Raab was warned that such a deal could negatively affect relations with China and Paris, but details of the agreement were nonetheless discussed at G7 summit and all relevant AUKUS documents were classified as "top secret," according to The Telegraph.
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United Kingdom in talks with Taliban over further evacuations
World | Sep 01, 2021, 11:45 AM ISTIt comes after Taliban pledge to allow further departures. As per an official statement by the UK govt, over 17,000 people had been evacuated by the UK from Afghanistan so far.
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AIIMS, Rishikesh signs MoU with King's College, London
Education | Aug 31, 2021, 04:02 PM ISTAIIMS has signed an MoU with King's College, London to deal with a possible third wave of Covid-19 more effectively.
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2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab
World | Aug 28, 2021, 12:38 PM IST2 suicide bomb attacks rocked Kabul airport in Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 103 people, including 13 US service members, and injuring 158 others.