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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits India to strengthen ties and tackle terrorism

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Image by GOV.UK UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly travelled to India last week on Friday, 28 October for his first official trip to the country – to meet his counterpart and discuss strengthening the UK-India relationship. He visited Mumbai on Friday and travellled to New Delhi on Saturday. In Mumbai he paid to those who lost […]

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Shooting of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan attracts worldwide condemnation

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Image by NDTV Files Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was shot in the leg in an assassination attempt that took place during his protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Fawad Chaudhry has vowed revenge after the incident, saying, “An attack on Imran Khan is an attack

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Leader of the City Hall Conservatives faces backlash for supporting Suella Braverman

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Image by London Assembly The leader of the City Hall Conservatives came under fire after backing Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial comments about refugees, claiming that they are staging an “invasion” of the south coast. City Hall Tory leader Susan Hall AM supported the right-wing minister who said that the refugee system is “broken” with

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra returns to India after three years

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Image by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/Getty Images A sentiment that many British Asians can relate to is that there’s no other place like your home country. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has expressed a feeling joy about returning to India after three long years. In an Instagram story, Chopra shared a picture of the boarding pass of her

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Daily Show host Trevor Noah defends PM Rishi Sunak against racists

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Image by Youtube – CTV Comedy Channel Comedian Trevor Noah who plays the host in the popular ‘Daily Show’, gave a fitting response to racist remarks made towards Rishi Sunak who became the first British Asian prime minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October. The Indian-origin prime minister’s non-white roots became a point of

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UK to collaborate with India at DefExpo 2022 to strengthen defence

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Image by Defence Expo Defence industry organisations from India and the UK have come together to create a new Defence Industry Joint Working Group for more effective cooperation. The initiative is supported by the UK Government. The inaugural meeting of the UK-India Defence Industry Joint Working Group was held on the side-lines of DefExpo 2022

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Rishi Sunak appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom by King Charles III

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Image by Aaron Chown/PA Rishi Sunak, met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace this morning to be officially appointed as the UK’s 57th prime minister, replacing Liz Truss who resigned last week. Sunak was welcomed at the palace by Sir Clive Alderton, principal private secretary to the king and queen consort, the monarch’s equerry,

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British Indian businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria disagrees with former home secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial comments

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Image by iGlobal News British Indian businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria has countered former home secretary Suella Braverman’s statements she made earlier this month about Indian migrants. In an interview with The Spectator, Braverman branded Indians to be the “largest group of people who overstay” their visas in the UK. However, in conversation with Economic Times

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Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel

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Image by Kate Green/Getty Images Shehan Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan author, has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida. Praised by the judges as for the “scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity”, the honour has made the 47-year-old author only the second Sri

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England Men name Test squad for tour of Pakistan

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England Men\’s Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Image by ECB) England Men\’s selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan starting in December. England Men\’s Test squad includes the following players: Ben Stokes (Durham) captain James Anderson (Lancashire) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) Zak Crawley (Kent) Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire) Ben Foakes (Surrey)

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