To meet King Charles III, address the nation at 4 pm London: Indian-origin Rishi Sunak will be the new Prime Minister of Britain. On Monday, the Conservative Party’s parliamentary party elected Sunak as the leader. King Charles-III will hand over the PM’s appointment letter to Sunak today (Tuesday). Rishi Sunak, who describes himself as a…
Queen put to rest with Philip, her parents in Windsor Chapel
September 20, 2022London: Britain’s longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest with her husband Philip and parents in an intimate ceremony in London’s Windsor on Monday. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault at the St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after a day of matchless pagaentry that drew world leaders and…
Queen Elizabeth II to be laid to rest beside husband on Sept. 19
September 10, 2022London: Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest beside her husband Prince Philip at King George VI memorial chapel. Britain’s longest-serving monarch will be interred at the small chapel where her parents are also buried. The Queen passed away on Thursday (Sept. 8) at her home in Scotland at the age of 96. The…
Queen Elizabeth II to lie in state in Westminster Hall before funeral
September 9, 2022London: Hours after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II breathed her last in Scotland, her eldest son Charles had become King Charles III. He remained at the Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s summer residence in Scotland, with his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort and is expected to address Britain on Friday. The Queen was not keeping well of…
City cyclist clocks 110.54 hours in London endurance cycling
August 16, 2022London–Edinburgh–London 2022 covered a gruelling distance of 1,540 kilometres Mahesh Choudhary of Mysuru has become the first Mysurean to cycle London–Edinburgh–London, covering a distance of 1,540 kilometres (956 miles). He covered the distance in 110 hours and 54 minutes. The event began on Aug. 7 and ended on Aug. 12. The event named ‘London–Edinburgh–London’ (LEL)…
‘Mysore 1’ Bentley wins ‘Best in Class Award’
July 17, 2022Car once owned by Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Now industrialist Yohan Poonawalla owns it London: Billionaire industrialist Yohan Poonawalla’s Bentley Mark VI has won the ‘Best in Class’ award at the RREC Concours d’Elegance in the UK. The award-winning 1949 Bentley Mark VI – chassis B-294-EY – 4 Light touring saloon was coach-built by London-based Hooper &…
UK Health Secretary quits for flouting COVID norms
June 27, 2021London: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Saturday tendered resignation after admitting that he broke COVID social distancing guidelines during an alleged affair with his colleague. “We owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down as I have done by breaching the…
UK becomes first country to approve Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
December 2, 2020Britain will start vaccinating people next week London: The United Kingdom (UK) today became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, paving the way for mass vaccinations against the deadly Coronavirus. The British regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), says the jab, which claims to offer up to 95…
Djokovic stays ahead of Rafa in Rankings
October 14, 2020Iga Swiatek leaps into Top 20 London: Rafael Nadal remains 1,890 points behind Novak Djokovic in ATP rankings released Monday despite having beaten him for a 13th French Open title at the weekend. Behind the Roland Garros finalists lie Austrian Dominic Thiem, who reached the quarter-finals in Paris, and Roger Federer, who has been sidelined…
Gandhiji’s iconic glasses auctioned for $340,327 in UK
August 23, 2020London: A pair of gold-rimmed spectacles believed to be once worn by Mahatma Gandhi was sold in an auction for £260,000 (approximately $340,327 or over Rs 2.5 crore) in the UK on Friday, four weeks after they were first discovered sticking out of a letter box outside the auction house, BBC reported. “We found them…
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