If elected, 42-year-old Sunak will go on to make history as the first Prime Minister of the UK of Indian heritage.
Rishi Sunak, who is set to be Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister, recently said that he wants to change the United Kingdom-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India.
There will be a lot to repair and rejuvenate -- if that opportunity even presents itself, warns Rathin Roy.
International Tea Day is a good occasion to brew a special pot of chai.
At a time when there is a growing number of edtech companies laying off employees in a bid to conserve cash and focus on profitability amid a funding winter, Ronnie Screwvala-led upGrad is expanding its facilities and hiring talent. The company plans to hire over 1400 team members between November 2022 and March 2023 in India and at offices outside the country. upGrad has also signed new leases in the past few months for 335,000 sq ft of space across four cities -- Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Noida.
Star all-rounder Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named captain of the Indian women's cricket team for the five-match T20 series against South Africa, starting February 13 in Potchefstroom.
An Oxford, and Stanford University alumnae, Sunak is famously married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of billionaire Narayana Murthy.
Leicestershire police said a 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of an offensive weapon during clashes in the city.
FMCG major HUL on Friday announced the appointment of Rohit Jawa as the managing director & chief executive officer to succeed Sanjiv Mehta who will retire from the company after leading it for a decade. Jawa, presently the Chief of Transformation for Unilever, would take over the leadership role for a term of five consecutive years with effect from June 27, 2023, the company said in a statement. "The appointment of Rohit Jawa as a whole-time director and MD & CEO will be subject to approval of Shareholders and other statutory approvals as may be applicable," it added.
West Ham had lost their first three Premier League games to sit bottom of the table and their dismal start to the campaign had already sparked speculation among pundits as to whether new manager Manuel Pellegrini would see out the season.
While wicket-keeper-batsman Klaasen recently notched 69 runs from 30 balls in South Africa's six-wicket win over India in the 2nd T20I, 20-year-old Mulder has played a single ODI against Bangladesh at East London in October 2017.
Russia dominated Saudi Arabia in oil supplies as the world's fastest-growing major economy for fossil fuels in October, relegating the Kingdom to third place. Iraq was India's top oil supplier, according to the data from Vortexa. Saudi Arabia's decline in India's oil market has coincided with Russia's rise, and ironically occurred amid growing diplomatic ties between Riyadh and New Delhi. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is visiting India this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
How to shield brand McDonald's? While consumers may have ignored the legal battles plaguing the franchise in north and east India, closure of restaurants is not something they are likely to ignore.
The Queen's coffin then lowered into the royal vault in preparation for her final resting place by the side of her late husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, in an enclave of the historic chapel on her south-east England estate of Windsor.
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'If the authorities go about completing this project the way they have proposed, this is going to cause a HUGE environmental impact not only on Malabar Hill but also on the rest of the city.'
The most likely scenario is that in order to stop Ukraine from retaking any Russian occupied territory, Russia may well use a small (1 to 2 kilo tonne) tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, warns military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
The worried families of three missing British schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria to join the Islamic State on Monday made a moving plea to them to come back home as Scotland Yard sent its officers to search for them in Turkey.
The United Kingdom government on Friday won a major legal battle as the Supreme Court ruled against allowing a London-born 21-year-old woman of Bangladeshi descent, who ran away to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group, to return and fight her citizenship case.
Dr Mukul Hazarika, who is a general practitioner at County Durham, is sought by the Indian authorities to stand trial for conspiracy related to a banned terrorist organisation in India.
'Queen's mural is going to stay here for years and years to come.'
India on Monday strongly condemned violence against the Indian community and vandalisation of Hindu premises in the eastern England city of Leicester as it sought immediate action against those involved in these attacks.
'He said, "There was nobody to help me. I came from Kolkata to Mumbai to make a career of my own".' "'I have my own journey, and you need to experience that to value what you will have in the future.".'
In a dramatic last-minute rescue, a 15-year-old British schoolgirl was taken off her flight and detained at the Heathrow airport here while she was on her way to Syria to join the dreaded Islamic State terror group.
Chelsea extended their impressive turnaround under new coach Thomas Tuchel with a 2-0 home win over in-form Everton on Monday as Kai Havertz played a key role in both goals on his return to the starting 11.
England needed seven from their final seven balls with five wickets remaining, but collapsed in the face of Ngidi's off-cutters
England restricted South Africa to 256 for seven in 50 overs. Joe Denly top-scored with 66, reaching their target with 40 balls to spare to claim a share of the series after the second game was washed out by rain.
The University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, is offering 30 scholarships for Indian scholars.
The four-year-old boy has been dubbed Jihadi Junior and is believed to be the son of Muslim convert Grace "Khadija" Dare from south-east London, who fled to Syria in 2012 and married Swedish extremist fighter Abu Bakr.
In a joint appeal on Saturday, the community leaders and local politicians from the eastern England region described Leicester as a great place to live and work and called for solutions to the 'hate-filled violence.'
'That's what I do, I win. And I'm coming here to West Ham initially to try and get us wins and away from the wrong end of the table'
The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not take his Christian name when he became king.
England captain Eoin Morgan said a home World Cup is a massive chance for the players to write their names into English cricket folklore.
"The athlete has challenged the imposition of the provisional suspension and the case has been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport - Anti-Doping Division," the ITA said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who landed in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning on a two-day India visit, was accorded a grand welcome at the airport in Ahmedabad. Soon after, he visited Sabarmati Ashram in the company of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupesh Patel.
Ahmedabad is home to the strangest of cuisines and is a city of contrasts, if you look beyond the tourist places.
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
Indian fashion, mostly, has been either inexpensive streetwear or wedding wear lacking elegance Varana brings. Kishore Singh drops by the brand's flagship store on London's iconic Dover Street.
A little boy seen in a new Islamic State video which warned Britain of attacks in future may be the son of a female terrorist from east London, according to a media report.
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