- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
VIRGIN ATLANTIC has announced that it will launch Delhi-Manchester flights in October this year. This will be the airline’s first service connecting Asia and Manchester. “The year 2020 marks our 20th anniversary of flying to India and as the destination continues to grow in popularity for both business and leisure…
EXPERTS at the University of Birmingham will work with partners in India across education, healthcare, genetic engineering and sports science. Vice-Chancellor and professor Sir David Eastwood signed a range of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the university’s partners at a special signing ceremony in Delhi. The agreements form a key…
TEN people have been killed and more than 130 injured in some of the worst sectarian violence in India’s capital in years, as rioters went on the rampage in several parts of the city, setting fire to buildings and vehicles and attacking journalists. Protests against a contentious citizenship law descended on…
THE Indian embassy in Japan on Tuesday (25) said that a flight was chartered to repatriate Indian nationals on board Diamond Princess off the Japanese coast. The official statement came at time the number of infected Indians on the cruise ship had risen to 14 with two new cases. A…
THE US president Donald Trump on Tuesday (25) called Kashmir issue a “thorn” between Pakistan and India. Trump again offered mediation/help to resolve the issue at a press conference in India’s capital. “Anything I can do to mediate/help, I would do. They (Pakistan) are working on Kashmir. Kashmir has been…
US senator and Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders has slammed president Donald Trump for selling weapons to India. The US should partner with New Delhi to fight climate change to save the planet, he suggested. His remarks came after Trump announced that the US will sign defence deals worth $3…
A PHARMACIST was sentenced to 28 months in prison at the Birmingham Crown Court following an investigation by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In January, Sarfraz Hussain, 49, of Birmingham pleaded guilty to four counts of supplying class C controlled drugs and three counts of possession of…
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (25) that India will buy American military equipment, including attack helicopters, worth $3 billion or £2.31bn, as the two countries deepen defence and commercial ties in an attempt to balance the weight of China in the region. India and the US were also…
THE US president Donald Trump, who is on a two-day visit to India, has said on Monday (24) that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is a living proof that Indians can achieve anything they want. He was speaking to a gathering of over 100,000 people at the Motera Stadium in…
TRADE ties between the United States and India have long been problematic but under “America First” president Donald Trump and “Make in India” prime minister Narendra Modi, they have worsened. While eclipsed by his trade war with China, Trump’s tussle with India, and New Delhi’s prickly reaction, has made a…
