Around this time last year, India and the UK looked ready to sign a free trade deal: the deadline set by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was Diwali. That did not materialise. On October 26, a couple of days after the festival of lights, then UK trade minister Greg Hands said in British Parliament … Read more
London CNN — Boris Johnson will on Wednesday hit back at claims he deliberately misled parliament while serving as British prime minister. The former UK leader will give evidence to a parliamentary committee that is investigating Johnson’s claim that Covid-19 rules and guidelines were followed “at all times” during his time in 10 Downing Street. … Read more
A spokesperson for the Xinjiang region called accusations of genocide “counter to the facts” as China came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in the remote border area. The British Parliament approved a nonbinding motion Thursday that said China’s policies amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity. Human … Read more
India summoned the British High Commissioner on Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the “unwarranted and tendentious” discussion on India’s agricultural reforms in the British Parliament. The Ministry of External Affairs said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told the envoy that discussions in the British Parliament on India’s agri reforms represented a gross interference … Read more
In a significant support for the Modi government Bob Blackman, a key member of UK’s ruling Conservative Party, has pulled up his colleagues for creating the ‘Conservative Friends of Kashmir group’. In a letter to Amanda Milling, MP (chairman of the Conservative Party), Blackman wrote, “The creation of the so-called Conservative Friends of Kashmir will … Read more