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Brexit: UK Completes Separation From European Union

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The United Kingdom has completed its formal separation from the European Union. According to the international news agency, The UK has stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration, and security co-operation came into force. The UK officially left the political and economic bloc on 31st January. The UK public had voted to leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum. But due to the EU’s trading rules, both sides talked about their future economic partnership. A landmark treaty was agreed on Christmas Eve in…

PM Boris Johnson appoints Indian-origin experts on new race commission

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ A new commission announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in June in the wake of the Black Lives Matter campaign to look into race and ethnic disparities includes two Indian-origin commissioners: Samir Shah and Ajay Kakkar, officials said on Thursday. Chaired by education consultant Tony Sewell, the independent commission has 10 members. Shah is a former BBC journalist and former chair of the race relations think-tank Runnymede Trust, while Kakkar is professor of surgery at University College London. Other members include experts across fields such as science,…

Post-Brexit trade with India to focus on 5 sectors

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Information and communications technology (ICT) and services are among five sectors identified as key areas for closer cooperation in trade arrangements after the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is completed on December 31. The Boris Johnson government has been keen on a free trade agreement with India. Formal talks on such a pact can only begin after December 31, but some talks on exploring ‘building blocks’ have begun. Other sectors identified are food and drink, life sciences and chemicals to address non-tariff barriers to trade.…

Covid-19: PM Johnson’s lockdown message under fire as UK death toll crosses 32,000

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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on May 11, 2020(AFP) COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The Boris Johnson government on Monday came under fire from the opposition Labour, leaders of Scotland, Wales and members of the public for allegedly confusing messages on easing lockdown curbs, as the UK-wide death toll reached 32,065. Johnson dropped the hitherto core message to ‘stay home’ in a widely watched televised address on Sunday evening, but Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon pointed out that his announcement applied only to England…