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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

Mumbai, Bangalore and London named among World's top startup hubs

London, Mumbai and Bangalore have featured among the world's top startup hubs, according to a comprehensive ranking of international startup hubs compiled by Startup Genome

TfL signs 10 yr contract with TCS for design, operation of mobility system

Through the contract, valid for 10 years, and with the possibility of a five-year extension, TCS will digitally transform taxi and private hire licensing and administration

Delhi-London Air India flight delayed after ants found in business class

AI's Delhi-London flight, which was to depart from the IGI airport here at 2 pm on Monday, got delayed for more than three hours after a swarm of ants was found in the business class, sources said

Delhi ahead of NY, London in CCTV cameras installed per sq. mile: Kejriwal

Citing a media report, Kejriwal on Thursday said the national capital has surpassed mega cities like New York, London and Shanghai in terms of most number of CCTV cameras installed per square mile

3 flights a week in London-Kochi sector from Aug 22, says CIAL

The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) on Saturday said it has proposed to schedule three flights a week from London to Kochi from August 22, to enhance Europe connectivity. Air India will operate services on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday in the LHR-COK-LHR sector from August 22. CIAL Managing Director S Suhas in a release said the updated schedule will stimulate the aviation as well as tourism sectors in the time of the distress. "CIAL is delighted to host 3 flights from London a week. This is the highest number of flight services that have been scheduled in this sector in the history of CIAL. It gives a shot in the arm for the effort taken by Government of Kerala and CIAL to establish frequent connectivity to Europe," Suhas said. As per the current schedule, Air India operates one LHR-COK-LHR service this week. "The AI 150/149 arrives Kochi on Wednesday, (August 18) at 0345 HRS and departs at 0550 HRS LT. Two more services have been enlisted from 22 August 2021 making the ..

India couldn't attend climate meet in London due to technical issues: Govt

India was among the 51 countries invited to the conference held in London.

Covid-19: Six people arrested in London during anti-lockdown protest

As many as six people were arrested and four police officers were injured during anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protest in Central London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police has said.

JMV Turner's famed British seascape up for auction, says report

The painting that can be viewed at Soth­eby's London auction house is ex­p­ected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million ($5.5 million to $8.3 million.)