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FTAs with UK, EU to open new opportunities for domestic exporters: FIEO

The proposed free trade agreements (FTAs), including with the UK, European Union and GCC would open new opportunities to boost India's exports in these markets, FIEO President A Sakthivel said

Will protect steelmakers from energy costs: UK PM Boris Johnson

"We have a system in the UK where we don't privilege our industry in the way that some other countries do," Johnson told broadcasters

UK PM Johnson claims to be on track to win next election amid rebellion

Johnson has been putting up a strong defence in the face of criticism over the partygate scandal and rising cost of living crisis

Prince Charles got suitcase of cash from Qatar for charity: Report

The Sunday Times' says the suitcase was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the 73-year-old received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani

UK, US, Japan and Canada to ban Russia gold imports amid Ukraine war

Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada will ban new imports of Russian gold as part of efforts to tighten the sanctions squeeze on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine

UK provides 2.5 million euros to Afghans after devastating earthquake

UK is providing 2.5 million euros aid for immediate life-saving support to people in Afghanistan affected by the devastating earthquake this week, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced

New plot to oust British PM Boris Johnson after by-election defeats

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday is facing another brewing rebellion against his leadership of the Conservative Party after the governing party faced two crushing by-election defeats. In a triple blow, Johnson not only lost a Tory stronghold in the southern England constituency of Tiverton & Honiton and an important seat in Wakefield in northern England but was also hit with the resignation of his ally and Tory chairman Oliver Dowden. Now, according to UK media reports, two Tory MPs who have been critical of Boris Johnson say they may stand for election to the committee which runs the party's leadership elections to trigger another leadership challenge. Johnson, 58, survived a vote of no confidence in his leadership earlier this month even though 148 of his MPs voted to oust him and under the rules of the powerful 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs, Johnson should be safe from a further challenge for a year. But Andrew Bridgen, a Tory MP for North West ...

UK Conservatives lose seats, dealing blow to PM Boris Johnson

The losses suggest the broad appeal Johnson presented to win the 2019 election may be fracturing

Biggest rail strike in 30 years over pay and jobs brings UK to standstill

Picket lines appeared at dawn and will be lined by some of the more than 40,000 rail workers who are due to strike on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, bringing the network to a standstill

UK PM Boris Johnson calls for compromise to end major rail strike

UK PM Boris Johnson called for a sensible compromise on the pay demands by workers' unions that have resulted in the UK's worst rail strike in 30 years

UK gears up for biggest rail strike over workers' pay in decades

A walkout by an estimated 40,000 workers on this week is set to impact all train services after the RMT Union blamed the 'dead hand' of government for the misery in store for passengers

UK reports 50 new monkeypox cases, biggest epidemic beyond Africa

British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of 574 cases. That makes the U.K.'s outbreak the biggest to date beyond Africa

TVS owned Norton Motorcycles plans electric range production in UK

The iconic British motorcycle maker, now owned by India's TVS Motor Co., will work with six UK partners including Delta Cosworth, HiSpeed Ltd

Airline staff shortages threaten to ruin millions of summer holidays

From Sydney, where passengers are waiting for hours to check in, to chaotic scenes in India and Europe, the aviation industry doesn't have nearly enough people to run operations smoothly

Apple Inc faces new lawsuit in UK, accused of misleading iPhone customers

The suit alleges that Apple abused its dominant market position by informing customers that software updates from late 2016 improved the battery life of the devices when in fact, it throttled it

UK appeals court upholds ruling to block Meta's Giphy acquisition

An appeals tribunal in the UK has upheld a previous ruling directing Meta to unwind its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy

UK's job vacancy crisis could last 3-5 yrs brought by Covid, Brexit: Expert

As Britain's economy grapples with the impact of a record number of job vacancies, a labour market expert has warned that the problem may continue for another three to five years

Russia imposes sanctions against UK's media, defence figures in retaliation

Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 29 media representatives and 20 defence figures of the UK in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said

UK economy contracts sharply by 0.3% in April as slowdown looms

Gross domestic product fell 0.3% from March when output declined 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics said Monday

Tata Steel unveils 7 mn pound green investment plan for UK steel tube mill

Tata Steel has unveiled a 7-million pound investment plan for its Hartlepool Tube Mill in north-east England that the Indian steel major says will cut carbon emissions, improve capacity and reduce cos