The Union Health Ministry called for an emergency meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) on Monday morning after panic spread over a new mutant strain of coronavirus that is “out of control” in the Kingdom. Kingdom, according to officials. The JMG meeting will be chaired by the Director General …
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An electronic sign displays information as the British government imposes a set of tighter tiered restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, in London on December 20, 2020 (REUTERS / John Sibley / File photo). The UK is one of 23 countries with which India established a bilateral air bubble. It is …
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NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry convened an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to an increase in the infection rate there . Several European countries have banned flights from …
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European countries began banning flights from the UK on Sunday when the London government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control.” Following the example of the Netherlands, where the ban on all UK passenger flights went into effect on Sunday, a German government source …
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More than 16 million Britons must now stay home after a lockdown in London and south-east England went into effect on Sunday and the government scrapped plans to relax rules on socializing at Christmas. The government faced criticism for imposing an effective lockdown just days before Christmas, but Matt Hancock …
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LONDON: The University of Oxford vaccine against Covid-19 produced by AstraZeneca It is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK’s independent regulator later this year to begin rollout in early 2021, according to a UK media report. The Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA), formally tasked by the UK …
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NEW DELHI: Ongoing farmer protests outside the national capital were debated between the visiting UK Foreign Secretary. Dominic raab and Chancellor S. Jaishankar. The UK drew a clear line between agricultural reforms as an internal Indian affair and the politics of farmers’ protests that resonate in British domestic politics. Speaking …
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be the sixth British leader to be a main guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations, and the honor was last extended to former Prime Minister John Major in 1993. The UK will also become the only country to have received this honor six times. …
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NEW DELHI: Trade and investment with UK Pushing India for a free trade agreement, alongside Indo-Pacific, defense and security and early recovery cooperation from Covid-19, dominated the agenda of Tuesday’s meeting between the UK’s secretary of state for foreign affairs, Dominic Raab, and his counterpart S Jaishankar. Raab, the second …
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to be the main guest at the Indian Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2021 in New Delhi, the Foreign Secretary reported Tuesday. from the UK, Dominic Raab. “British Prime Minister Johnson also accepted the very generous invitation …
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