The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has been tasked with investigating a clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in Leicester after an undercover reporter alleged the workers, many of them from India, were facing sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments.
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EAM Jaishankar to headline virtual India Global Week Summit from July 9-11
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to be one of the key speakers at the India Global Week summit to be held next week, pitched as an event focussing on the vision for a post-pandemic world.
Five Indian-origin techies among UK’s Top 50 Women in Engineering 2020 list
Five Indian-origin engineers were named among the United Kingdom’s Top 50 Women in Engineering for 2020 list.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel launches working group to tackle migrant issues
The United Kingdom’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Priti Patel launched a new cross-government review panel to address issues faced by the country’s immigrant communities.
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak appoints Indian-origin Nikhil Rathi as CEO of financial oversight agency
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the appointment of Indian-origin chief of the London Stock Exchange Nikhil Rathi as the new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
BAFTA Appoints Emmy-winning Krishnendu Majumdar as Chair
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts appointed Emmy-winning television producer Krishnendu Majumdar as chairperson, making him the first person of colour assigned for the role in 73 years.
Vijay Mallya loses appeal in UK court, faces extradition
Indian-origin UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is now expected to take the final call and formally certify the court order for Mallya to be extradited to India within 28 days.
Vijay Mallya loses appeal against extradition in UK High Court
The case will now go to Indian-origin UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a final decision.
Indian-origin UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gears up to present Budget on Wednesday
Rishi Sunak, United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin finance minister, is reportedly set to scrap an unpopular tax on women’s sanitary products as well as announce supporting resources to the National Health Service to battle COVID-19 in the UK’s post-Brexit Budget on Wednesday.
UK court rejects Nirav Modi’s fifth bail plea; extradition trial to start in May
A UK court rejected fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s bail plea for the fifth time. He is fighting extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering involving USD 2 billion in unpaid loans from the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
