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King Charles III to attend 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

January 13, 2025 admin

A file image of King Charles III | Photo Credit: Getty Images King Charles III will attend a ceremony in Poland marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buckingham Palace said Monday (January 13, 2025), in his first visit to the former German Nazi concentration camp. Ahead of the January 27 commemoration, King…

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‘Dinosaur Highway’ With 200 Footprints From Jurassic Period Found In UK

January 13, 2025 admin

A network of nearly 200 dinosaur footprints, dating back to the Middle Jurassic period, has been found at a quarry in Oxfordshire, marking the largest discovery of its kind in the United Kingdom. The trackways, believed to be around 166 million years old, were uncovered at Dewars Farm Quarry by researchers from the Universities of…

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Keir Starmer rejects notion that U.K. has to choose between Europe and America

December 3, 2024 admin

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly rejected the idea that Britain had to choose between the U.S. and its allies in Europe. Mr. Starmer is one of several European leaders navigating Mr. Trump’s imminent return to power. Mr. Trump is expected to meet several Heads…

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Maharashtra Election Results Trending In United Kingdom As BJP Crosses Majority Mark

November 23, 2024 admin

The BJP government has crossed the majority. Maharashtra election results: Maharashtra assembly election results were trending early on Saturday (Nov 23) in the United Kingdom as Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti crossed the halfway mark, as per the latest trends. England accounted for the majority of the search volume with Scotland not faring much behind. Maharashtra,…

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UK’s Foreign Student Policy Backfires: Indian Enrollments Drops 20%

November 16, 2024 admin

Indian students are being put off applying to UK universities, adding to their financial woes at a time when education institutions are already coping with constrained budgets, a new report into the stability of the higher education sector in England has revealed. Based on UK Home Office data on confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS)…

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1,500 Russian Troops Killed Or Injured Every Day In October In Ukraine: UK

November 10, 2024 admin

London: Russian troops recently suffered their worst month for casualties since the country’s war with Ukraine began almost three years ago, the head of Britain’s armed forces said on Sunday. An average of around 1,500 Russian soldiers were killed or injured per day in October, UK Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin told the…

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India To Africa, Calls For Britain To Pay Reparations Are Growing

November 4, 2024 admin

The most memorable moment of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s recent royal tour of Australia and Samoa was Australian indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe’s insult to the monarchy. She was escorted out of Canberra’s Parliament House after she heckled the King and accused him of genocide. The British media was incensed, calling her “outburst” simply “rude”…

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UK Auction House Withdraws ‘Naga Skull’ Sale After Nagaland’s Protest

October 10, 2024 admin

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio sought the intervention of S Jaishankar to stop the hurtful sale. London: A UK auction house has withdrawn a ‘Naga Human Skull’ from its lots for a live online sale on Wednesday following outcry in India over the issue. The Swan auction house at Tetsworth in Oxfordshire had a series of…

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Watch: End of coal power in the U.K., Fridays for Future

September 28, 2024 admin

Tipping Point | End of coal power in the UK, Fridays for Future | Video Credit: The Hindu The United Kingdom is moving away from coal power for good. On September 30, the 2,000-megawatt Ratcliffe coal plant in Nottinghamshire will shut operations, ending the U.K.’s 142-year-long tryst with coal power. Is moving away from coal…

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Delhi High Court Permits Ashneer Grover, Wife To Travel To Doha And UK

September 18, 2024 admin

Delhi police’s EOW is investigating a case related to alleged fraud of Rs. 81 crores. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted permission to former BharatPe MD Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover to travel to Doha and the United Kingdom. A Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued by the Economic…

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