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London thumakda with desi Michelins

Experimentation and innovation have driven the rise and rise of Indian cuisine

UK elects first Dalit female mayor Mohinder K Midha in London council

An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party, Councillor Mohinder K Midha, has been elected mayor of Ealing Council in west London, becoming the first female mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community. Midha was elected for the next year's term of 2022-23 at a council meeting on Tuesday. We are so proud that Cllr Mohinder Midha has been elected Mayor of Ealing for the next year, the Labour Party in Ealing said in a statement. The election is being celebrated by the British Dalit community as a proud moment. The first ever Dalit woman mayor in the UK. A proud moment for us, said Santosh Dass, chair of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation (FABO) UK, an umbrella group representing Dalit rights in the country. Midha, who was re-elected as a Labour councillor for the Dormers Wells ward in the Ealing Council in the May 5 local elections in London, had been serving as the Deputy Mayor for the council previously. Tackling the

BJP attacks Rahul for meeting Labour MP Corbyn in London; Cong hits back

The Congress justified Gandhi's meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask whether he too endorsed the "anti-India" views of the UK Labour leader and MP

Monet painting, sold for $56.6 mn, becomes the most valuable view of Italy

Monet's previous record was $36.5 million (£29.6 million) achieved by Le Palais Ducal, sold at Sotheby's in London in 2019

Vistara launches fast-track security clearance for biz travellers at London

Vistara has at London's Heathrow airport launched a fast-track security clearance mechanism for business class passengers who have to depart on its flight to Delhi.

Citigroup behind error that wiped out $315 billion from European markets

The bank said it identified the error "within minutes" and corrected it

Sadhguru sets off on 30,000-km Save Soil road trip from London

London's Parliament Square was the flag off point for environmentalist Sadhguru's 30,000-km motorbike tour on Monday, as he set off on his Save Soil awareness campaign

UK lifts all Covid testing requirements for vaccinated travellers

Unvaccinated people still have to take tests both before and after arriving but no longer need to self-isolate until they get a negative result

Indian-origin British cop in short-list to be Scotland Yard chief

Neil Basu, an Indian-origin British police officer, is widely believed to be in a short-list of candidates who could become the next London Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Fugitive billionaire Vijay Mallya faces eviction from luxury home in London

The fugitive Kingfisher tycoon Vijay Mallya is facing the prospect of a humiliating eviction from the luxury Central London home he currently occupies

London's iconic red buses under threat in pandemic funding crisis: Mayor

London's famous red buses are in danger of being forced off the streets in a funding row between City Hall and the British government, Mayor Sadiq Khan warned

Hinduja Group's £1.2 billion old war office project is making waves

OWO was once the heartbeat of UK's defence ministry & later an oft-featured building in Bond films

One in 10 Londoners are likely infected with Covid, new figures show

New modelling shows 9.5% of Londoners had Covid on Sunday; model suggests 600,000 in England got Covid in just five days

London Mayor declares 'major incident' over spread of Omicron variant

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Saturday an emergency over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.According to the official, the city logged the largest number of new cases since the start of the pandemic, over 26,000."I've taken the decision, in consultation with our partners, to declare a major incident today," Khan said in a Sky News broadcast.Last week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced switching to Plan B of the strategy for fighting the virus this winter amid growing concerns about the latest coronavirus strain, which includes imposing new COVID-19 restrictions in England.The United Kingdom has confirmed over 90,000 new cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the national total to 11,279,428.

Two-dose vaccines induce lower antibodies against Omicron, study finds

Two-dose Covid-19 vaccine regimens do not induce enough neutralising antibodies against the Omicron coronavirus variant, British scientists found.

'Phenomenal' Omicron spread accounts for 40% of London infections

New COVID variant doubling every 2-3 days, says Health Secretary Sajid Javid; get a booster as two vaccines not enough, says UK govt

Libor walks into sunset on New Year's Eve, with $265 trn at stake

Libor is being switched off, ending its role pricing derivatives and loans ranging from mortgages and student loans to business funding and credit cards

Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin faces $7-bn divorce claim in London

London's divorce courts have been a popular destination for high-value legal fights

32 years with TCS' legendary F C Kohi: K Ananth Krishnan reminisces

The early 1988 batch of TCS trainees in Bombay was perhaps the first one for many years to miss the customary meeting with our Director-in-Charge, Mr F C Kohli

JetSynthesys partners with Sonu Nigam to launch NFT series

The series was launched in London to appeal to the thriving diaspora looking to stay connected to their roots