New Delhi: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will be among the first world leaders to land in New Delhi today to attend the two-day mega Group of 20 or G20 Summit 2023 beginning on Sept. 9. Flights carrying VVIPs have started landing in Delhi from 7 pm yesterday. Officials aware…
Basking in Reflected Glory
October 29, 2022As soon as Rishi Sunak was named the new Prime Minister of England, I prepared myself for the onslaught of cringe-worthy celebrations and tweets. I wasn’t disappointed. As expected, the Indian media ran headlines such as “Indian son rises over the empire” and “Battered Britain gets ‘desi’ big boss”, forgetting that Rishi is neither India’s…
Rishi Sunak’s Finest Hour England makes its choice
October 27, 2022I am 100% sure the late lamented World War II British Prime Minister and hero, Winston Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill) must be turning in his grave at the tiny Parish Church close to Blenheim Palace, the house in which he was born. Why do I say this? I say this because, Churchill being…
Rishi Sunak to take oath as UK PM today
October 25, 2022To 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…
Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law joins Boris Johnson’s Cabinet
July 25, 2019London: Infosys Co-Founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak is among the three Indians to have found place in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Cabinet team. The two other Indians to have been inducted in the new Cabinet are Alok Sharma and Priti Patel. Rishi Sunak, the 38-year-old Conservative party MP for Richmond (Yorkshire),…
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