India extends ban on regular commercial international passenger flightsThe Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the ban on regular commercial international passenger flights until further orde...
02 Mar, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
England reopens with pints pulled, shopping sprees and hair cutsWales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are reopening at a different pace, determined by their governments. Non-essential stores, such as home...
13 Apr, 2021, 07.37 AM IST
Great Escape: UK could be back to work by July, Daily Mail saysThe novel coronavirus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 2.4 million people worldwide, upended normal life for billions and t...
17 Feb, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
UK "past the peak" of COVID-19 wave, says England's medical officerPrime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK government hopes to set out a route map on February 22 for exiting its current national lockdown.
04 Feb, 2021, 08.30 AM IST
UK to set out new tougher COVID border measures, PM Johnson saysAsked why the British toll was the highest in Europe, PM Boris Johnson said, there are no easy answers, perpetual lockdown is no answer.
27 Jan, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
UK death toll is 'horrendous', minister says, as grim milestone of 100,000 loomsThe UK's official COVID-19 death toll is 91,470 - Europe's worst death figure and the world's fifth worst after the United States, Brazil, ...
20 Jan, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
UK reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths since AprilThe four nations of the United Kingdom recorded 1,041 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus on Wednesday and a further 62,...
06 Jan, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
European shares inch higher as oil, retail stocks jumpThe pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.1% by 0814 GMT, after opening slightly lower following losses in Asia and on Wall Street over wor...
05 Jan, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampagesThe announcement came just hours after the government hailed Britain's success in becoming the first country to begin rolling out the vacci...
05 Jan, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Saudi Arabia kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaignPeople aged over 65 as well as those with chronic ailments or at a high risk of infection will receive the vaccine in the first stage, and ...
17 Dec, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Saudi announces three-phase roll out of Covid-19 vaccinePeople aged over 65 as well as those with chronic ailments or at a high risk of infection will receive the vaccine in the first stage, and ...
15 Dec, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Rupee opens 31 paise down at 74.42 against dollarOn the domestic front, market participants are now waiting for more clarity on the stimulus package which is under consideration for quite ...
02 Nov, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
Boris Johnson expected to order lockdown for England as COVID-19 cases top 1 millionThe United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from COVID-19, is grappling with more than 20,000 new coronavirus c...
01 Nov, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
United Kingdom unveils 3-level lockdown plan; Liverpool at highest riskPM Boris Johnson told lawmakers that the goal of the new system was to save lives without ``shuttering our lives and our society'' through ...
13 Oct, 2020, 10.47 AM IST
British PM Johnson: Too risky to relax coronavirus lockdown yetBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street, a month after being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, to take cha...
27 Apr, 2020, 02.26 PM IST
Back at work, British PM Boris Johnson faces lockdown Catch-22The United Kingdom is on course to be among the worst hit European states with more than 20,732 hospital deaths reported as of Saturday. Bu...
27 Apr, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
Covid-19: UK at 'dangerous' stage, no lockdown exit strategy in sightForeign Secretary Dominic Raab, deputising for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he recovers from COVID-19, said the government was working p...
26 Apr, 2020, 04.33 PM IST