Travellers to Vadodara without a negative RT-PCR report will have to remain in home isolation till their reports arrive. (Picture courtesy: IE) Gujarat will continue to conduct RT-PCR tests at Ahmedabad and Surat for all travellers from Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Travellers arriving from Brazil, South Africa, and the United Kingdom … Read more
Britain’s top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to steal technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure. The 9/11 attacks on the United States almost 20 years ago made tackling terrorism the biggest priority for … Read more
The confiscation is thought to be one of the largest globally, the Met Police said, and comes just weeks after police confiscated £114 million ($158 million) of cryptocurrency in June. The seizures were made by the force’s economic crime command, after pursuing intelligence received about the transfer of criminal assets, a press statement said Tuesday. … Read more
Over the course of 12 weeks in 2001, Burns and the other pupils at north Belfast’s Holy Cross Girls’ primary were subjected to a barrage of abuse from a group of loyalist Protestants blocking their path to the school gate. The unrest, reported on globally at the time, began during the last week of the … Read more
Israel now plans to conduct a detailed study of vaccinated people in an attempt to assess the vaccine’s efficacy. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express) Data from the Israeli health ministry released recently has showed that the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 had shown a significant drop in recent weeks. The efficacy of two shots … Read more
Johnson said Monday that the “continuing effectiveness” of the vaccine rollout allows England to consider loosening restrictions, rather than tightening them, as cases rise. “I want to stress from the outset that this pandemic is far from over,” Johnson told a news conference. “It certainly won’t be over by [July] the 19th,” he said. “We’re … Read more
“Her Royal Highness is not experiencing any symptoms, but is following all relevant government guidelines and is self-isolating at home,” the spokesperson said. Kate will not attend Monday’s engagements, the spokesperson added. She was alerted on Friday afternoon and began isolating then. UK government guidelines stipulate that anyone who has had close contact with an … Read more
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Thursday delivered a major speech in which he laid out his plans for the country’s green sovereign and savings bonds to be launched later this year. The senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister said the bonds are part of his financial strategy to strengthen the UK’s position as the … Read more
The action follows a BBC report that the papers were found at a bus stop in Kent, southeast England. “The Ministry of Defence was informed last week of an incident in which sensitive defence papers were recovered by a member of the public,” the spokesperson told CNN in a statement on Sunday. “The department takes … Read more
The married politician was pictured kissing and embracing his adviser, with whom British tabloid The Sun alleges he is having an affair. The newspaper reported that the images were from May 6, two weeks before cross-household contact was allowed indoors in England. “I’ve been to see the Prime Minister to resign as Secretary of State … Read more