The UK government on Saturday updated its official advisory for its nationals travelling to India following New Delhi's decision to impose reciprocal curbs on the British visitors from Monday, and said it was in “close contact” with Indian authorities on the issue.
A new drug combination can suppress infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, according to a study conducted in animals and cell cultures. Early test results, published in the journal Viruses, found that the combined use of the antiviral drugs nafamostat and Pegasys meets all availability and efficacy requirements.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president and former chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah was due to address the Hindus for Labour event at the Hilton Hotel, Brighton, via video link on Wednesday as its keynote speaker. TOI has seen a letter from him confirming he would address the conference.
The Labour party has officially said the UK should not interfere in the politics of India and that it wants Indian diaspora voters to come back to it. "Some of the motions passed at Labour conference were unhelpful. Given our colonial history, to interfere in the politics of India, absolutely that is not appropriate," Steve Reed, shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, told a Hindus for Labour fringe event on Wednesday during the Labour party conference in Brighton.
Desperate motorists queued up at fuel pumps across Britain, draining tanks, fraying tempers and prompting calls for the government to use emergency powers to give priority access to healthcare and other essential workers.
