Samant, who hails from Udupi, Karnataka, is studying for an MSc in energy systems at Linacre College at Oxford University and had scored a landslide win in the Oxford Student Union election.
Category: UK
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle expecting second child
The couple are already parents to one-year-old Archie.
Alex Ellis takes charge as new UK High Commissioner to New Delhi
The UK’s new High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis yesterday said that preparing for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s upcoming visit to New Delhi and welcoming the country to the G7 and COP26 summits are among his immediate priorities.
Scotland Yard celebrates 50th anniversary of its first Sikh female officer
PC Sandhu was born to a Sikh family in Zanzibar, East Africa in 1943 and came to the UK in 1962.
Customised UK-India youth mobility partnership in the works following Brexit, says UK Home Secretary Priti Patel
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that discussions are underway for a bespoke post-Brexit partnership with India in the field of youth mobility, which would involve a two-way flow of students and experts between the two countries.
India slams UK MPs over Kashmir debate, states they are making ‘false assertions’
The Indian condemned some of the United Kingdom parliamentarians who participated in a debate on Kashmir in the Houses of Parliament complex in London, saying they relied on “false assertions” and unsubstantiated allegations propagated by a “third country” – an apparent reference to Pakist
UK Premier Boris Johnson calls Indian PM Modi, expresses regret over cancelling January 26 visit
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson today cancelled his visit to India later this month. Johnson, who was scheduled to be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day parade on January 26, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express his regrets.
Sikh charities in the UK provide food to truckers stranded at France border
France is one of over 50 countries, including India and Singapore, that has banned travellers from the UK after the discovery of a new, and possibly more contagious, strain of the novel coronavirus.
UK PM hails India’s progress in solar energy sector during climate summit
Speaking at a virtual climate summit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the “incredible things” being done by India in the solar energy sector as he warned that the emergency facing the world from climate change was far more destructive than even the coronavirus pandemic.
India invites UK PM Boris Johnson as Republic Day chief guest
India has invited United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the guest for Republic Day. The invite was extended during PM Modi’s call to UK PM last week, stated sources.
