Is the UK still a rich country? Report reveals some regions are poorer than Slovenia and MaltaA recent NIESR report reveals that parts of the UK are now poorer than the least affluent areas of Slovenia and Malta, due to stagnating re...
13 Mar, 2025, 05.42 PM IST
India to open two new consulates in UK's Manchester and BelfastDuring the G20 Summit in Brazil, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the establishment of two new Indian Consulates General in Be...
19 Nov, 2024, 08.06 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi holds bilateral meeting with UK counterpart Keir StarmerIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a productive meeting with UK counterpart Keir Starmer at the G20 Summit in Brazil. They discussed s...
19 Nov, 2024, 06.10 AM IST
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifying' poverty in UKOfficial data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. S...
05 Apr, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
UK partnering with India on new tech assistance programmeRob Lynes, Country Director, British Council, India, said this year around a hundred faculty from UK were coming to India to teach short or...
16 Feb, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
Prince Charles announces new dedicated fund for Indian farmersThe complete details of the fund, likely to be worth millions of pounds, will be made public over the course of this year.
03 Feb, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
UK minister calls for closer partnership with IndiaBritain today sought concrete steps to further strengthen bonds with states like Odisha in their journey towards poverty reduction and pros...
26 Aug, 2015, 06.24 PM IST
UK minister Desmond Swayne calls for closer partnership with IndiaStating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set out a visionary agenda, he said the UK wants to be India's partner of choice on its journ...
26 Aug, 2015, 04.16 PM IST
WEF 2015: $18 trillion unaccounted black money stashed in tax havensThe estimate from Oxfam comes at a time when countries worldwide, including India, are making efforts to crack down on the menace of black ...
23 Jan, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
UK lauds India's efforts to reduce poverty, stress on growthThe British government has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stress on investment in growth and infrastructure was 'encouraging' and 'inc...
18 Jul, 2014, 11.25 AM IST
- UK crime agencies to fight overseas corruption
The DFID is a government department that aims at promoting sustainable development and eliminating world poverty.
01 Feb, 2013, 06.57 PM IST
India making good progress on reducing poverty: UKBritain today said India was making "good progress" on reducing poverty, and listed the areas where British aid was making a difference.
25 Jul, 2012, 07.39 PM IST
Eurozone crisis sparks immigration concern in UKThe British discourse on the emotive issue of immigration usually refers to migrants from India and other non-EU countries.
28 Jun, 2012, 08.24 PM IST
- UK, India need to strengthen partnership on development issues: Andrew Mitchell
"We have had a long and successful partnership with India but that needs updating in the light of India’s growth over the last decade."
15 Dec, 2011, 02.43 AM IST
- UK confirms 280 million pounds annual aid to India
The David Cameron government has resisted pressure from various quarters at home to continue aid to India at the rate of 280 million pounds...
04 Mar, 2011, 08.19 PM IST
- World's poor move with India into mid-income bracket
Global poverty is no longer a poor-country phenomenon. A new study shows that while 93% of the world's poor lived in low-income countries i...
26 Dec, 2010, 04.06 AM IST
- Slum journalism
Journalists proved poverty is brilliantly acute in India.The reel is actually real.
22 Apr, 2009, 03.21 AM IST