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October 10, 2025 10:39 PM

Google faces stricter regulation in UK over search dominance

Google could be forced to change its search operations in the UK after it became the first company subject to new powers from Britain's competition regulator to tackle the dominance of Big Tech. Competition regulators have long had Alphabet-owned Google in their sights and Britain's landmark ruling on Friday designating Google as having strategic market status in online search, gives the UK's regulator more power to step in. "We have found that Google maintains a strategic position in the sear...

October 8, 2025 1:01 PM

PM Modi welcomes Starmer’s ‘historic visit’ as UK PM arrives in India to boost business ties after trade deal

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer began a two-day visit to India on Wednesday, joined by over a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors in an effort to promote a recently signed trade deal. This marks Starmer’s first official visit to India since taking office. Calling it a “historic visit” featuring “the largest-ever trade delegation from the UK,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Starmer in a post on X, saying: “Welcome Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

July 25, 2025 4:45 PM

India-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement: A Diplomatic Win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his visit to the United Kingdom, signing the Free Trade Agreement with the island nation. The FTA was being negotiated for a few years now, and the signing marks an important diplomatic win for the Modi Government. As the world finds itself engulfed in tariff wars, initiated by the White House under Donald Trump, the FTA comes across as a sign of economic trust between two critical economies. While global trade is now plagued with an air of uncertainty and...

July 25, 2025 10:49 AM

PM Modi to attend Maldives Independence Day, pushes forward India-Maldives ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a two-nation visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from July 23 to 26. Following his engagements in London, the Prime Minister will arrive in Malé on July 25 for the second leg of his tour, marking his third visit to the Maldives and the first by any head of government during President Mohamed Muizzu’s tenure. The visit is expected to build on the strong bilateral ties between the two nations, particularly in the context of the India-Maldiv...

July 24, 2025 9:24 AM

India’s global outreach continues: PM Modi begins UK visit, Maldives next

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in London on Wednesday evening, marking the start of his two-nation tour to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from July 23 to 26. The visit aims to strengthen India’s global diplomatic engagements and deepen strategic partnerships with key nations. At the invitation of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, PM Modi is undertaking an official visit to the United Kingdom from July 23 to 24. This is his fourth visit to the UK and reflects the growing warmth and de...

June 3, 2025 1:22 PM

Top UK leaders back India’s zero tolerance policy against terrorism

An all-party Indian Parliamentary delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday held high-level engagements in London with UK ministers, lawmakers, leaders, think tanks, and India friendship groups, highlighting Operation Sindoor as a significant shift in the country's counter-terrorism approach. The delegation received wide-ranging support during the discussion on strengthening India–UK collaboration against cross-border terrorism, reaffirming shared commitments to global security, ...

May 8, 2025 3:39 PM

UK MP Priti Patel backs India’s right to act against terror threats after Operation Sindoor

UK Conservative Party MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has voiced strong support for India’s right to defend itself and dismantle terrorist infrastructure that threatens its national security. Patel’s remarks came in the wake of Operation Sindoor -- a precision strike carried out by Indian armed forces early Wednesday against nine high-value terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 civilian li...

April 25, 2025 6:32 PM

UK PM Keir Starmer calls PM Modi, strongly condemns “barbaric terror attack”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a call from the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday. The British PM condemned the heinous Pahalgam terror attack and expressed the UK's solidarity with India during this tragic time. The details of the call were shared by the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, in a post on X. “PM @Keir_Starmer of the UK called PM @narendramodi and conveyed his sincere condolences for the innocent lives lost in the heinous t...

January 8, 2025 9:12 AM

Lok Sabha Speaker to attend Commonwealth meetings in the UK, Scotland, and Guernsey

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is on an official visit to the United Kingdom, Scotland, and Guernsey from January 7 to 11, During his visit to the UK from January 7 to 9, Speaker Birla will meet Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, and John McFall, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, in London. He will also visit the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Museum, pay respects at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, and engage with members of the Indian diaspora. In Scotland, Birla will meet Alison Johnstone, Pres...

August 5, 2024 11:29 AM

UK hit by worst riots in years; hotels used to house asylum seekers attacked

The United Kingdom is grappling with its most severe social unrest in over a decade as rioters targeted hotels housing asylum seekers in northern England on Sunday. The violence, which appears to have been sparked by the tragic stabbing deaths of three young girls in Southport earlier this week, has raised concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment and the spread of misinformation. Far-right groups have reportedly exploited the situation, propagating unfounded claims about the attacker's i...