Boris Johnson drops U.K. Prime Minister comeback bid, Sunak favourite to win

Boris Johnson drops U.K. Prime Minister comeback bid, Sunak favourite to win

According to the rules of the accelerated contest, if only one candidate secures the backing of one hundred Conservative lawmakers, they will be named Prime Minister on Monday According to the rules of the accelerated contest, if only one candidate secures the backing of one hundred Conservative lawmakers, they will be named Prime Minister on […]

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U.K.’s Johnson, Sunak meet amid private battle for Tory leadership

U.K.’s Johnson, Sunak meet amid private battle for Tory leadership

Conservative rivals Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak held face-to-face talks late on Saturday, reports said, as the feuding pair who once headed Britain’s government were poised to battle for the leadership of their fractured ruling party. Former Prime Minister Johnson, who returned from a Caribbean holiday earlier in the day aiming to launch an audacious […]

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Rishi Sunak plugs for ‘common sense’ refugee system as UK PM

Rishi Sunak plugs for ‘common sense’ refugee system as UK PM

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face off each other in a televised debate on the BBC on Monday Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face off each other in a televised debate on the BBC on Monday Rishi Sunak on July 24, 2022 focussed on the sensitive issue of immigration by promising a “healthy […]

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India-UK trade talks on track: Commerce ministry official

India-UK trade talks on track: Commerce ministry official

Both sides sign agreements in the education and nursing fields that will boost short-term mobility and create employment opportunities Both sides sign agreements in the education and nursing fields that will boost short-term mobility and create employment opportunities Political uncertainties in the United Kingdom have not impacted the ongoing talks regarding the Free Trade Agreement […]

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Morning Digest | Bhadrachalam in Telangana reels under severe flood threat; India-China military talks to be held on July 17, and more

Morning Digest | Bhadrachalam in Telangana reels under severe flood threat; India-China military talks to be held on July 17, and more

Godavari at 71 feet nears highest-ever level As the Godavari touched the second highest flood level of 71 feet after 32 years and inched towards the highest ever flood level of 75.6 feet of 1986 at Telangana’s Bhadrachalam on Friday night, the State government requisitioned the services of the Indian Army to aid the civil […]

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U.K. Prime Minister contenders spar over tax in first television debate

U.K. Prime Minister contenders spar over tax in first television debate

The five remaining Conservative candidates to become Britain’s next Prime Minister clashed on Friday night over tax and honesty in politics in their first television debate, as they fight to make an eventual two-person run-off. The 90-minute debate — the first chance in the days-old contest for both the frontrunners and lesser-known contenders to pitch […]

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Morning Digest | Rishi Sunak tops first round of Tory race for next U.K. PM; India has achieved clean energy targets before deadline, says Power Minister, and more

Morning Digest | Rishi Sunak tops first round of Tory race for next U.K. PM; India has achieved clean energy targets before deadline, says Power Minister, and more

Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting in Tory leadership contest Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next Prime Minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers on Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six with the elimination of two candidates. Mr. Sunak, an early frontrunner […]

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Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country; 75 kg of heroin seized near Mundra port in Gujarat, and more

Morning Digest | Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees country; 75 kg of heroin seized near Mundra port in Gujarat, and more

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies out of country: officials Sri Lanka’s embattled President flew out of his country early on Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised during the weekend to resign on Wednesday and clear the […]

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Eight candidates qualify in race to be next U.K. Prime Minister

Eight candidates qualify in race to be next U.K. Prime Minister

The candidates will vie to replace outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson The candidates will vie to replace outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Eight out of eleven Tory MPs qualified to enter the race to be the leader of the Conservative Party and the Prime Minister of the U.K., after securing the support of […]

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U.K. transport minister latest Tory MP to unveil bid to replace Johnson

U.K. transport minister latest Tory MP to unveil bid to replace Johnson

Grant Shapps, a lawmaker who served in the cabinet under former premier David Cameron, vowed to provide “strategic” and “sober” government Grant Shapps, a lawmaker who served in the cabinet under former premier David Cameron, vowed to provide “strategic” and “sober” government Britain’s transport secretary on Saturday became the fifth Conservative MP to launch a […]

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