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UK Covid Restrictions Eased, PM Boris Johnson Urges "Heavy Dose Of Caution"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 17, 2021

Most of the UK took a major step towards normality on Monday as coronavirus restrictions were eased, despite concerns over the spread of a more transmissible Covid variant.

Free At Last To Hug And Party: UK Reopens For Business

World News | Reuters | Monday May 17, 2021

Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday giving 65 million people a measure of freedom after the gloom of a four-month COVID-19 lockdown.

Covaxin Works Against UK Strain, Variant Found in India: Bharat Biotech

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 16, 2021

Bharat Biotech has said its vaccine Covaxin is effective against the aggressively virulent B.1.167 strain of Covid detected in India and the UK variant of the virus B.1.1.7.

"Based On Evidence": UK Defends Handling Of Variant 1st Detected In India

India News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 16, 2021

The British government on Sunday pushed back against criticism it was too slow to impose travel restrictions on India as a coronavirus variant identified in the subcontinent spreads in the UK.

F1: Turkish GP Cancelled, Replaced By Double Header In Austria 

Written by Sahil Gupta | Sunday May 16, 2021

The Turkish GP was supposed to replace the Canadian GP but now instead has been replaced by an extra round of the Austrian GP.

England vs New Zealand: New Zealand Players And Staff Leave For UK

Asian News International | Saturday May 15, 2021

England vs New Zealand: The Black Caps cricketers and staff took a flight from Auckland airport for England.

"Get Your Superpowers Upgraded": Shubman Gill Urges Everyone To Get Vaccinated

Ajay Pal Singh | Saturday May 15, 2021

Shubman Gill received his first dose of Covid vaccine and urged others to get vaccinated whenever possible

Cairn Begins Process To Seize Indian Overseas Assets To Recover $1.7 Billion

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 15, 2021

UK's Cairn Energy Plc has brought a lawsuit in the US to pierce the corporate veil between the Indian government and its owned flag carrier Air India so as to seize its overseas assets to recover USD 1.7 billion it has been awarded by an internationa

BCCI Plans Three COVID-19 Tests Before India Players Assemble In Mumbai Ahead Of UK Tour: Report

Asian News International | Saturday May 15, 2021

India players will have to undergo three RT-PCR tests before they assemble in Mumbai on May 19 ahead of their expected departure to the UK for World Test Championship final and England Tests, said a report.

260 Oxygen Concentrators Airlifted From UK To India

India News | ANI | Saturday May 15, 2021

The High Commission of India in the United Kingdom said that 260 more oxygen concentrators have been airlifted to New Delhi, as India fights a devastating second COVID-19 wave.

2nd Dose For UKs 50+ To Be Sped Up Over India-Dominated Strain Concerns

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

A rise in cases of the India-dominant coronavirus variant could "pose serious disruption" to Britain's reopening plans, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Friday.

UK Opens Fraud Probe Into Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta's Steel Group

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

Britain's Serious Fraud Office on Friday launched a probe into steelmaker GFG Alliance, focusing partly on links with its collapsed financier Greensill.

Surge Tests, Jab Measures As India-Dominant Covid Variant Spreads In UK

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 14, 2021

The case numbers related to the B1.617.2 variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, have more than doubled within a week in the UK, resulting in further surge testing and enhanced vaccine measures to be deployed in parts of the country

UK Still Planning In-Person COP26 Climate Summit

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 14, 2021

Britain still plans to hold an in-person COP26 international climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow in November despite the ongoing pandemic, the event's president said in a keynote speech Friday.

Automobili Pininfarina Battista Wins 'Electric Dream' Title

Written by Shubham Parashar | Friday May 14, 2021

The win follows the recent launch of Automobili Pininfarina London, increasing the EV maker's global footprint with the appointment of Jardine Motors Group as its London and the southern UK retail partner.