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In pics: Protesters scrawled "was a racist" on the statue of Churchill

The same statue was also defaced with green graffiti during a huge anti-racism rally on Saturday, the 76th anniversary of D-Day

UK plans new 5G club of 10 democracies, including India, says report

The group will aim to create alternative suppliers of 5G equipment and other technologies to avoid relying on China

EasyJet to cut a third of workforce as Covid-19 pandemic hits travel

The airline said it expects to have reduced its fleet size by around 51 aircraft to approximately 302 by the end of September.

UK expands visa reprieve for Covid-19 stranded foreigners to July 31

Those who contact the Home Office for these visa extensions will be expected to return to their home countries as soon as possible once flight and border restrictions are lifted

PNB scam: Nirav Modi's extradition case in UK adjourned till September 7

From the legal documents submitted, prison conditions in India will once again play a major part in this extradition case, as in the past, when the hearing resumes in September

Suman Kumar: The decorated CBI officer who brought Vijay Mallya down

Kumar is now an additional superintendent of police in the country's premier investigation agency

Uber loses $2.9 bn in coronavirus crisis, drops bike and scooter business

Demand for the Eats business grew 89 per cent in April, excluding India, and we've seen an enormous acceleration in demand since mid-March, Khosrowshahi said

Govt likely to pledge Rs 3-trn in loans to MSMEs amid Covid-19 outbreak

Small firms will be eligible to borrow an additional 20 per cent of their credit limit. The extra debt will be fully backed by the government

Tata Group-owned Jaguar-Land Rover to revive largest plant by mid-May

JLR's factories around the world will opened in a sequential manner that will be determined by the conditions and government laws around the coronavirus epidemic

Story in numbers: Lockdown pushes tourism, hospitality to brink of collapse

Thus, foreign tourist arrivals in India, which saw a 9% decline in February 2020 (1.02 million) over January (1.12 million), and a 7% fall from February 2019 (1.09 million), further plummeted in March

Covid-19 Factoid: Surge in Iran's critical cases, and UK's grim milestone

While the UK has become the sixth country in the world to have more than 100,000 positive coronavirus cases, the share of critical cases in Iran's total is unusually high

UK High Court defers bankruptcy plea by SBI-led banks against Vijay Mallya

This bankruptcy petition is by any measure extraordinary. The banks are pressing for a bankruptcy order at a time when there are extant proceedings in India, read the judgment

Covid-19: Boris Johnson shifted to intensive care unit as symptoms worsen

The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is the First Secretary of State, to deputise for him where necessary," the spokesperson said

Covid-19: Shoring up states financial muscle in times of a crisis

According to the RBI's indicative calendar for borrowing by the states in the April-June quarter, they are expected to borrow Rs 1.27 trillion

UK Home Secy extends visas for foreigners hit by Covid-19 travel ban

Like many foreign nationals, the Indian citizens also found themselves unable to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic due to flight cancellations and border restrictions

Coronavirus deaths cross 8,700 worldwide, more than 204,000 affected

Infections outside China have been reported by 170 countries

Here's how government plans to combat Covid-19

State governments are also taking proactive measures. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have all moved closer to imposing a lockdown

India's coronavirus plan: EU and UK, passengers barred, schools may close

With the cases of the coronavirus swelling in the country, the government on Monday prohibited entry of passengers from EU countries, Turkey and the UK from March 18 till March 31. The Union health ministry also said four new coronavirus cases -- one each from Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Kerala, have been reported, taking the total number of cases to 114 on Monday. These cases, include 10 discharged, three cured and two reported deaths. After the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting, the government has proposed social distancing measures to be in force till March 31, the ministry officials told reporters. The 'contact tracing activity' of these positive cases has led to identification of more than 5,200 contacts, who are kept under surveillance, they added. "Travel of passengers from member countries of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey and United Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from 18th March 2020," said Lav Aggarwal, the Joint ...

WHO calls Coronavirus a pandemic, UK and Italy announce war chests

A pandemic is an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale that affects a much large number of people

UK Opposition asks Priti Patel to address Parliament on bullying claims

John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, described the situation as "unprecedented", which put a question mark over Patel's longevity in the Home Office as minister