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Congress to go solo in Punjab bypolls

Byelections to four assembly constituencies in Punjab is scheduled for November 13. (HT File)
Updated on Oct 20, 2024 06:28 AM IST

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur reacts after BJP denied ticket: 'PM Modi had said…'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 06:24 AM IST

Senior UP cadre IPS officer Alok Sharma appointed SPG director

The SPG is responsible for the security of the Prime Minister (FILE PHOTO)
Published on Nov 17, 2023 08:12 PM IST

AAP-Congress cracks widen as Punjab CM questioned over 50,000 crore loan row

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (PTI File)
Updated on Sep 25, 2023 11:09 AM IST

3 agencies including ED, SPG on lookout for new chiefs

Sanjay Mishra is a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service officer who got his first one-year extension in 2020.
Updated on Sep 14, 2023 10:10 AM IST

Ex UK minister Alok Sharma knighted | List of British Indians in high honours

King Charles III, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Alok Sharma (centre) who presided over Cop26 and Brian Moynihan, Chair and CEO of Bank of America and Co-Chair of Sustainable Markets Initiative left to tight)..
Published on Dec 31, 2022 07:47 AM IST

Glasgow pledges: It’s time to walk the talk

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By the end of 2022, countries must strengthen the 2030 targets in their nationally determined contributions, taking into account different national circumstances. Businesses and civil society participation will be key. 
Published on Jan 21, 2022 06:32 AM IST

Can’t wait for years to take action: COP 26 president Alok Sharma

Sharma, who is set to visit India this week, also said he expects world leaders to finalise a delivery plan for the $100 billion/year pledge for developing countries before the COP26 meeting.
Updated on Aug 16, 2021 04:54 AM IST

Alok Sharma made president of UN climate conference in Glasgow

Alok Sharma has been leading the UK’s climate diplomacy, since assuming the role in February 2020, and will now focus on it exclusively.
Updated on Jan 08, 2021 11:49 PM IST

New UK regulator to rein in Google, Facebook, other tech giants

Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo.
Updated on Nov 27, 2020 05:18 PM IST

Rishi Sunak draws up plans for new UK development bank

Rishi Sunak, UK’s chancellor of the exchequer, arrives for a weekly meeting of cabinet ministers in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)
Updated on Nov 21, 2020 09:06 AM IST

Britain signs supply deal for 60 million doses of Sanofi/GSK Covid-19 vaccine

Sanofi and GSK, which had first teamed up in April, confirmed in a statement that regulatory approval for their vaccine could be won by the first half of 2021 if clinical data was positive.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 11:39 AM IST

‘Bullying, money rows’: Indian-origin UK ministers under fire

Home secretary Priti Patel has faced accusations of bullying
Updated on Feb 21, 2020 01:05 AM IST

Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel, Alok Sharma: Key things to know about Indian-origin ministers in UK

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel arrives at Downing Street in London, on February 13.
Updated on Feb 13, 2020 06:41 PM IST

Indian-origin lawmakers Alok Sharma, Rishi Sunak take oath on Bhagwad Gita in UK’s House of Commons

Britain's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, December 17, 2019.
Updated on Dec 18, 2019 05:40 AM IST

New Brexit bill on agenda as Boris seeks to reshape party

Brexit is the immediate focus of UK parliament’s agenda before Christmas, with the Queen’s speech (equivalent to the President’s address to India’s parliament) due on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 16, 2019 07:25 PM IST

Indian-origin UK minister nudges Nigeria to issue ‘masala bonds’

Alok Sharma, one of the Indian-origin cabinet ministers in the Boris Johnson government.
Updated on Aug 07, 2019 11:17 PM IST

Record 3 in Boris Johnson cabinet: Indians in UK come a long way

Boris Johnson appointed Priti Patel as the home secretary and Alok Sharma as the international development secretary
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 04:47 PM IST

Two sisters gang-raped at gunpoint in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

A number of incidents of rape of minors have been reported in Uttar Pradesh in recent weeks, prompting Chief Minister Adityanath to issue a slew of directions including asking the police to intensify foot patrolling in rural areas.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 09:51 AM IST

Congress leader throws water at BJP counterpart on live TV for calling him traitor

Congress leader throws water at BJP counterpart on live TV for calling him traitor
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 10:19 AM IST

Most Indian-origin MPs voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal

File photo of Priti Patel, Britain's Secretary of State for International Development, as she arrives in Downing Street, in London.
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 06:23 AM IST

The Stan Lee legacy: A tribute to the Marvel man

Stan Lee’s superheroes became wildly successful as film franchises over the last two decades. Successive generations have identified with the frailties and flaws of Spider-Man, The Hulk, and even Iron Man; and fallen for the charms of Thor. As for Black Panther, it was a new one to many, but still became one of the highest-grossing films of 2018.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 06:11 PM IST