Indian students, workers dominate exit trend as UK migration drops sharplyNet migration to the UK has significantly fallen, nearly halved from its peak, with Indian students and workers leading the exit trend. The...
21 May, 2026, 04.14 PM IST
UK net migration falls sharply as student, work visa curbs deepenUnited Kingdom net migration saw a significant drop in 2025. Figures fell to 171,000, a level not seen since before the post-Brexit immigra...
21 May, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
04 May, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
UK response to China on abandoning zero covid policy and resuming travel abroad, under review: Defence Secretaryhe UK's take on China announcing it’s zero covid policy is kept under review by the fear that a massive number of travelers will spread the...
29 Dec, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
Investigation of Covid lockdown parties in Boris Johnson's residence, 10 Downing Street takes speedSue Gary's investigative report on the different accounts of Boris Johnson and his party holding gatherings and blatantly dismissing the Co...
25 May, 2022, 09.15 PM IST
UK to lift all remaining COVID-19 international travel rulesFrom 4 am GMT on Friday, arrivals into the UK will no longer be required to submit travel details or take a PCR test even if they are unvac...
15 Mar, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
England lifts Covid restrictions as Omicron threat recedesFrom Thursday, face coverings are no longer required by law anywhere in England, and a legal requirement for COVID passes for entry into ni...
27 Jan, 2022, 08.32 AM IST
UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave 'has peaked'ohnson told lawmakers that the restrictions were being eased because government scientists believed it was likely that the surge of infecti...
19 Jan, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
New COVID restrictions would be a last resort, says UK health minister Sajid JavidBritain has not brought in new rules for England, which accounts for more than 80% of the UK population. Scotland, Wales and Northern Irela...
01 Jan, 2022, 03.45 PM IST
UK lifts 'all but essential' travel advice for India as COVID pressure easesIndia moved from the UK's red list travel ban to amber on August 8 and now the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advisory...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.03 AM IST
Travel curbs: UK moves India from 'red' to 'amber list. Here's what that meansUnder Britain's traffic light system for international travel, returning from amber list countries means a 10-day quarantining at home.
05 Aug, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Rising UK COVID cases are 'serious, serious concern', Boris Johnson saysBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out on Monday whether a planned lifting of coronavirus restrictions can go ahead on...
12 Jun, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs removes electronic visa restrictionsThey said the order was issued in the first week of April, when Covid-19 cases had yet to rise to the alarming levels they have now. “In th...
14 Apr, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
No data generated with Covishield, Covaxin on 'European' strain of coronavirus, Rajya Sabha toldTo a question on whether the Covishield and Covaxin are able to provide protection from the new coronavirus variant that was traced in the ...
02 Feb, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
COVID-19: Night curfew in Delhi on Dec 31, Jan 1It stated that not more than five people will be allowed to assemble at public places in Delhi during night curfew to avoid large gathering...
31 Dec, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
Europe tightens restrictions as coronavirus hospitalizations riseNew measures took effect Tuesday in Austria, Greece and Sweden, following a partial shutdown imposed in Germany Monday and tighter rules in...
04 Nov, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
UK: Three-tier COVID-19 lockdown faces backlash, London set for tougher rulesUK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accused the local authorities of Greater Manchester in northern England of holding the centre "over a bar...
16 Oct, 2020, 06.22 PM IST