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UK Polls Set To Deliver More Diverse Parliament, Many British Indian MPs
The UK general election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the country's history, including in the number of parliamentarians of Indian heritage likely to be elected from across the nation.
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"Unacceptable": UK Parliamentarian On Indian High Commission Attack
United Kingdom House of Lords Member Baroness Verma on Saturday called the attack on Indian High Commission in London "unacceptable", adding that the vandalism of any mission in her country would not be tolerated.
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UK Parliamentarian Who Travelled On Train With Covid Faces Suspension
Margaret Ferrier undertook the train journey in September 2020 in the early stages of the pandemic.
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How Ex UK PM Boris Johnson Made Over 1 Million Pounds In 3 Months
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official register of UK parliamentarians' interests.
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MPs In London Perform Worse Than 10-Year-Olds In Maths And English Exam
Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom recently sat for a year six SAT exam and actually scored less than Britain's average 10-year-olds. The event was organised by More Than A Score, a campaign that advocates for the scrapping of unnecessary tests.
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Russia Bans Entry For 287 British MPs In Fresh Sanctions
The Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday that it has banned entry to 287 British MPs in response to the UK's sanctions against Russian parliamentarians over the war in Ukraine.
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‘They’re Unethical’: Crypto Ads on London’s Public Transport Slammed by British Parliamentarian
Since cryptocurrencies are not regulated as yet in the UK, lawmakers say advertising about them is unethical, after Floki Inu ads appeared on London's public transport.
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Government Condemns "Abuse Levelled" At PM In UK Parliamentarians' Debate
Members of Parliament from the UK's All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India.
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"False Assertions'': India On Kashmir Debate In UK Parliament
India has expressed its dismay at some of the parliamentarians who participated in a debate on Kashmir in the Houses of Parliament complex in London relying on "false assertions" and unsubstantiated allegations propagated by a "third country" - an apparent reference to Pakistan.
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36 British MPs Seek Intervention In India's Farmers' Protest
A group of 36 cross-party parliamentarians have written to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British Punjabis affected by the demonstrations by farmers against new agricultural reforms in India.
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Indian-Origin British MP Lisa Nandy Appointed As UK Shadow Minister
Indian-origin British parliamentarian Lisa Nandy on Monday promised a constructive Opposition to the UK government as she got to work as the shadow foreign secretary in the newly-elected Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's top team.
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RBI Chief Questioned By MPs On Supervision Fail In Nirav Modi Scandal
Facing tough questions from parliamentarians on the Nirav Modi scam and bad loans hitting state-run lenders, RBI Governor Urjit Patel said today that the regulator had limited powers to act against public sector banks like Punjab National Bank (PNB).
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Britain's Aid Funded Chinese Films, Not World's Poorest, Lawmakers Say
Not enough British aid goes to the world's poorest, with funds spent on projects to develop China's film industry and museums, parliamentarians said on Tuesday, as the sector grapples to restore its credibility after a major sex abuse scandal.
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Testify On Facebook Data Breach, UK Lawmakers To Mark Zuckerberg
British parliamentarians said they were prepared to issue formal summons for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to appear before them and answer questions over a data scandal which has engulfed the technology giant.
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What Fugitive Tycoon Vijay Mallya Said On Election In Karnataka
Vijay Mallya, the fugitive billionaire wanted in India for defaulting on loan worth crores, said today that it is his democratic right to vote in Karnataka but he "cannot travel". The liquor baron was at a UK court today for the hearing on India's request for his extradition. He has argued against being dispatched to India on grounds that the jails...
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UK Polls Set To Deliver More Diverse Parliament, Many British Indian MPs
The UK general election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the country's history, including in the number of parliamentarians of Indian heritage likely to be elected from across the nation.
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"Unacceptable": UK Parliamentarian On Indian High Commission Attack
United Kingdom House of Lords Member Baroness Verma on Saturday called the attack on Indian High Commission in London "unacceptable", adding that the vandalism of any mission in her country would not be tolerated.
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UK Parliamentarian Who Travelled On Train With Covid Faces Suspension
Margaret Ferrier undertook the train journey in September 2020 in the early stages of the pandemic.
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How Ex UK PM Boris Johnson Made Over 1 Million Pounds In 3 Months
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official register of UK parliamentarians' interests.
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MPs In London Perform Worse Than 10-Year-Olds In Maths And English Exam
Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom recently sat for a year six SAT exam and actually scored less than Britain's average 10-year-olds. The event was organised by More Than A Score, a campaign that advocates for the scrapping of unnecessary tests.
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Russia Bans Entry For 287 British MPs In Fresh Sanctions
The Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday that it has banned entry to 287 British MPs in response to the UK's sanctions against Russian parliamentarians over the war in Ukraine.
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‘They’re Unethical’: Crypto Ads on London’s Public Transport Slammed by British Parliamentarian
Since cryptocurrencies are not regulated as yet in the UK, lawmakers say advertising about them is unethical, after Floki Inu ads appeared on London's public transport.
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Government Condemns "Abuse Levelled" At PM In UK Parliamentarians' Debate
Members of Parliament from the UK's All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India.
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"False Assertions'': India On Kashmir Debate In UK Parliament
India has expressed its dismay at some of the parliamentarians who participated in a debate on Kashmir in the Houses of Parliament complex in London relying on "false assertions" and unsubstantiated allegations propagated by a "third country" - an apparent reference to Pakistan.
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36 British MPs Seek Intervention In India's Farmers' Protest
A group of 36 cross-party parliamentarians have written to UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab asking him to make representations with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, about the impact on British Punjabis affected by the demonstrations by farmers against new agricultural reforms in India.
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Indian-Origin British MP Lisa Nandy Appointed As UK Shadow Minister
Indian-origin British parliamentarian Lisa Nandy on Monday promised a constructive Opposition to the UK government as she got to work as the shadow foreign secretary in the newly-elected Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's top team.
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RBI Chief Questioned By MPs On Supervision Fail In Nirav Modi Scandal
Facing tough questions from parliamentarians on the Nirav Modi scam and bad loans hitting state-run lenders, RBI Governor Urjit Patel said today that the regulator had limited powers to act against public sector banks like Punjab National Bank (PNB).
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Britain's Aid Funded Chinese Films, Not World's Poorest, Lawmakers Say
Not enough British aid goes to the world's poorest, with funds spent on projects to develop China's film industry and museums, parliamentarians said on Tuesday, as the sector grapples to restore its credibility after a major sex abuse scandal.
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Testify On Facebook Data Breach, UK Lawmakers To Mark Zuckerberg
British parliamentarians said they were prepared to issue formal summons for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to appear before them and answer questions over a data scandal which has engulfed the technology giant.
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What Fugitive Tycoon Vijay Mallya Said On Election In Karnataka
Vijay Mallya, the fugitive billionaire wanted in India for defaulting on loan worth crores, said today that it is his democratic right to vote in Karnataka but he "cannot travel". The liquor baron was at a UK court today for the hearing on India's request for his extradition. He has argued against being dispatched to India on grounds that the jails...
