The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has the potential to increase foreign direct investment into India, according to officials, industry participants, and investment analysts. A major driver of this is the local sourcing norm in the agreement that mandates that only goods made in India would be eligible for the tariff reductions. Also … Read more
Mahatma Gandhi’s principle of non-violence is more relevant today given the terrorism being sponsored from across the border by Pakistan, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said in London on Sunday (June 1, 2025). Mr. Prasad, who is leading the all-party delegation in Europe as part of India’s diplomatic outreach following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam … Read more
Indian businessman Vijay Mallya. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A consortium of Indian banks, led by State Bank of India, on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) won their court appeal in London to uphold a bankruptcy order against Vijay Mallya in a long-standing legal battle seeking repayment of a judgment debt owed by his now-defunct Kingfisher … Read more
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, right, with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, centre, and the UK’s Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds | Photo Credit: X/@ShashiTharoor Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted a selfie with Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Business … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has arrived in London at the start of a five-day visit to the U.K. with an aim to review various aspects of bilateral ties and give “new impetus to the friendly ties”. “Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous Diwali. … Read more
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India. | Photo Credit: AP Close on the heels of U.S., U.K., and Australia, New Zealand on October 26 criticised India’s demand for 41 Canadian diplomats to leave or face a revocation of diplomatic immunity. New Zealand, the … Read more
A graduate adjusts his mortar board outside the Sheldonian Theatre after a graduation ceremony at Oxford University, in Oxford, Britain | Photo Credit: REUTERS/Hannah McKay An increasing number of Indian students are heading to the United Kingdom (U.K.), but the number of those who manage to stay in that country by securing jobs or pursuing … Read more
The delegation focused on creating awareness about digital transformations in the energy industry | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A four-member delegation of the British Petroleum (BP) from the United Kingdom visited the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, recently, to create awareness on digital trends and explorations in the energy industry. According to a press … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly during a meeting in New Delhi on March 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of BBC tax searches with External Affairs Minister (EAM) during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday, the Minister told in an interview. Last … Read more
The launch of the U.K.-India Young Professionals Scheme was dubbed a “significant moment” for the bilateral relationship. File The Indian High Commission in London opened its visa application process for U.K. nationals to apply for the new Young Professionals Scheme (YPS) on February 28, to coincide with the ballot opened by the British High Commission … Read more