The United Kingdom and Singapore have started negotiations on cutting barriers to digital trade, seeking to go further than the rollover free-trade agreement they struck when Britain left the European Union.
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Cup of kindness: British High Commission, Singapore Restaurant Rescue combine for a cause
The British High Commission and Singapore Restaurant Rescue are working in tandem to encourage people to get creative with their afternoon tea. To get involved, Singapore residents simply need to make time for an afternoon tea between June 12 and June 30.
Heathrow Airport to reopen closed terminal for travellers from India and other “red list” countries
UK citizens and residents arriving from countries like India, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, among others are required to serve a supervised 10-day quarantine in a government-approved hotel.
Indian-origin student Anvee Bhutani elected Oxford Student Union president
Anvee Bhutani won a byelection that was held after the resignation of Indian student Rashmi Samant, who was forced to step down in February due to a row over past social media posts deemed to be racist.
UK pilot and Khalsa Aid volunteer Jaspal Singh honoured by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
UK News: Jaspal Singh was given the Points of Light award for volunteering to fly 200 donated oxygen concentrators to India.
Indian diaspora speak out as government lodges protest against UK Parliament debate on farmers’ agitation
Indian diaspora speaks out on Indian government has lodged an official protest over the UK Parliament’s on the farmers’ protests in India.
Indian student Rashmi Samant resigns as Oxford Student Union President after old “racist” social media posts emerge
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.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle expecting second child
The couple are already parents to one-year-old Archie.
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.
Emirates and Etihad suspend flights following UK’s travel ban on UAE, Burundi and Rwanda
Emirates and Etihad suspend flights following UK’s travel ban on UAE, Burundi and Rwanda
