New York, July 17 (IANS) FIFA, football’s world governing body, has launched an investigation over a controversial banner displayed by Argentina’s players after their FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal win against England in Atlanta on the disputed Falkland Islands, which had caused a war between the two countries a few decades back.FIFA launched the probe after the Falkland Islands Government described as ‘insensitive’ the banner members of the Argentina team took out following their win against Eng…
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London, June 12 (IANS) UK Armed Forces Minister Al Carns has resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government, citing deep concerns over defence funding and military preparedness, in a move that further exposes divisions within the administration over national security spending.Carns’ departure follows the resignation of former Defence Secretary John Healey, who had also clashed with the Prime Minister over the government’s defence budget. Healey had argued that the level of military s…
Los Angeles, June 1 (IANS) The Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney doesn’t have the confidence that the UK government could run the nation. The Beatles frontman doesn’t think the government “know how to” make the UK run efficiently, reports ‘Female First UK’.The 82-year-old Beatles legend was quizzed on what he would change if he was elected Prime Minister and he is keen to see taxpayers money put to good use so people can see a difference in their lives.Speaking during a TikTok Live, he sai…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The British government is expected to oppose any attempt by Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal to increase his stake in telecom group BT, citing concerns around maintaining sovereign control over critical national infrastructure, a report has said.A report published in the Financial Times said — citing people familiar with the matter — that the UK government would resist any move by Bharti to expand its ownership in the British telecom operator beyond curr…
Stanlow (UK), May 18 (IANS) Essar Energy Transition (EET), which plans to create the world’s leading low-carbon process refinery, has completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) stage for one of the UK’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production hubs. Integrated within the company’s Stanlow refinery’s infrastructure, the planned Stanlow Methanol to Jet (MtJ) project will produce more than 200,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of advanced SAF, using approximately …
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy is under mounting pressure as its total debt and liabilities have surged to Rs 85 trillion over the past four years, which highlights a steep rise in fiscal stress amid limited structural reform, a report has said.A report in The News Pakistan highlighted that the country’s debt and liabilities have increased from around Rs 55 trillion four years ago to Rs 85 trillion at present — an overall jump of nearly 55 per cent. This translates into an avera…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Health charity UK Biobank has alerted the UK government after at least three listings offering datasets drawn from its research platform appeared on Chinese e-commerce marketplace Alibaba, a new report has revealed.The listings were removed quickly, and no purchases have been reported to be made as none paid for access to the listings, the report from DW.com said.Ian Murray, the Labour MP for Edinburgh South and a minister of state at the Department of Science, Innovat…
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) 24-time Grammy winner Kanye West, who has changed his name to Ye, announced that it is his “sole decision” to “postpone” his concert in Marseille until further notice. The news about his postponement comes after French Interior Minister Laurent Nuez said it was exploring paths to ban him from performing in Marseille.Taking to X, formerly called Twitter, Kanye wrote: “After much thought and consideration, it is my sole decision to postpone my show in Marseille, F…
Chandigarh, March 10 (IANS) The British Deputy High Commission of Chandigarh, in association with Dev Samaj College of Education and Yuvsatta, organised an awareness session on Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships on Tuesday. The session aimed to inform students and young professionals about higher education opportunities in the United Kingdom and raise awareness about the growing issue of visa and immigration fraud in the region. The session was addressed by British Deputy High Commiss…
New Delhi/London, Feb 17 (IANS) British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron on Tuesday termed collaboration on technology and innovation a “key pillar” of ‘India UK Vision 2035’ as the country’s Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and AI Minister Kanishka Narayan are set to arrive in New Delhi to attend the AI Impact Summit. The summit, which is taking place in New Delhi from February 16-20, will bring together the heads of state and government, ministers, global technology leaders, eminent r…