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UK govt to allow emergency use of any effective coronavirus vaccine

Britain is preparing to revise its laws to allow the emergency use of any effective coronavirus vaccine before it is fully licensed but only if the shots meet required safety and quality standards

Huawei Technologies loses UK top court ruling over global patent rates

The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a decision that Huawei would either have to pay Unwired Planet International Ltd. a global rate set by judges or face an order limiting its British sales

UK's Aveva Group to buy OSIsoft for US$5 billion, including debt

About $4.4 billion of the deal will be paid in cash, funded by the balance sheet and a $3.5 billion rights issue, Cambridge, England-based Aveva said in a statement

Tesco to create 16,000 permanent jobs in UK amid online sales surge

Grocery giant Tesco on Monday said it would create 16,000 new permanent jobs in Britain to support the exceptional growth in its online business since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vitally important to get children back to school: UK PM appeals to parents

It is vitally important to get children back into schools after the lengthy COVID-19 lockdown, UK PM Boris Johnson said

London mansion fit for an Indian Prince goes on sale for GBP 15.5mn

A sprawling mansion in the heart of London which was the former family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh's son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale with a price tag of GBP 15.5 mn.

No breakthrough in seventh round of European Union-UK negotiations

The chief negotiator noted that the two sides remained far apart on issues including a level playing field in trade, fisheries, governance and law enforcement

Bilateral trade pact with UK to focus on digital, F&B, health: UKIBC CEO

The first Indian to take charge as CEO of the influential council, Jayant Krishna tells Subhayan Chakraborty many UK firms are exploring India as a large incremental base for manufacturing and R&D

Prince Charles leads silver jubilee tributes to UK's largest temple

Prince Charles has issued a special video message to mark the 25th anniversary of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in north London

Coronavirus: Croatia among 3 more countries added to UK's quarantine list

The Portuguese government welcomed the changes as "useful for all those who travel between Portugal and the United Kingdom"

UK inflation unexpectedly rises to highest since March on oil prices

Consumer price inflation rose to 1.0 per cent in July from 0.6 per cent in June, the Office for National Statistics said

UK launches £3 mn innovation challenge in India to tackle Covid-19 pandemic

Applicants are required to submit bids as an academia-industry consortium, ideally with an international member

UK plans new specialist pandemic response health institute: Report

The UK government is planning to replace Public Health England (PHE) with a new specialist pandemic response insititute based on a German model in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Britain lines up more potential Covid-19 vaccines with J&J, Novavax deals

Britain and the United States are in the lead with six vaccine deals with drugmakers each, as companies and governments worldwide work overtime to find a vaccine against the pandemic disease

Airlines unhappy over UK reimposing quarantine on France, Netherlands

European airline shares tumbled on deepening concerns that the weaker than hoped travel recovery could yet stall or be reversed by new outbreaks and restrictions

Novavax to deliver 60 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses to UK for phase 3 trial

The trial will be a study in about 9,000 adults between 18 years and 85 years of age

World Coronavirus Dispatch: 90% spike in infections among American kids

UK's first recession since 2009, France's champagne industry goes flat, How China controlled Coronavirus, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Hard times here, jobs will be lost, says Sunak as UK plunges into recession

It marks the first time in 11 years that the UK has tipped into a recession, which is defined by two consecutive three-month periods of falling GDP

World Coronavirus Dispatch: UK to send contact tracers door to door

Infections stabilise in Australia's epicentre, big US firms to boost hiring of minorities, UK job losses worst since 2009 and other pandemic-related across the globe

OCI card holders from US, UK, Germany, France can visit India: Govt

Other foreigners from these countries have also been allowed to avail Indian visa facility for business, medical and employment purposes