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U.K. lawmakers reject Brexit deal

The British Parliament has rejected the Brexit deal proposed by the Prime Minister Theresa May. The British House of Commons voted 432 -202 against the deal struck between Britain’s...

January 18, 2019

Henley Passport Index

The Henley Passport Index measures the access each country’s travel document affords. The Index is based on the data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and...

January 10, 2019

UK Is the Largest Western Foreign Investor in India: Report

The report ‘India’s Sterling Assets: Britain Meets India’ by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has noted that UK is the largest foreign western investor in India. UK investments...

December 12, 2018

Sutherland: UK selects Scottish site for first spaceport

UK Space Agency has selected site at Sutherland on A’Mhoine peninsula on north coast of Scotland for its first spaceport to launch rockets vertically and put satellites in...

July 18, 2018

India ranks 37th in global startup ecosystem in 2017: Startupblink Report

According to report released by global startup ecosystem map Startupblink, India was ranked 37th out of 125 countries in global startup ecosystem in 2017. Startupblink is a global...

April 3, 2018

Mauritius was largest source of FDI in India in 2016-2017: RBI

According to Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies 2016-17 released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Mauritius was largest source of foreign investment...

January 20, 2018

Scientists develop new way to fight drug resistant superbugs

Scientists from the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University in the UK have new way of removing antibodies from the blood stream. This method has potential to reduce...

April 1, 2017

India becomes world’s 4th largest defence spender

According to the recently released 2016 IHS Jane’s Defence Budgets report, India has become the world’s fourth largest defence spender. In this edition of report published by US...

December 14, 2016

UK to begin Brexit in March 2017

Prime Minister of UK, Theresa May put an end to the mounting speculations by formally announcing that UK will start Brexit proceedings in March 2017. UK will trigger...

October 3, 2016

UK Government unveils new package of counter-terror measures

The UK Government has unveiled new package of counter-terror measures. This new package is part of UK’s new Counter Terrorism and Security Bill. The counter-terror package includes tough...

November 25, 2014

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