gun salutes across the uk commemorate the first anniversary of king charles accession. a special service to honour the late queen elizabeth ii takes place in scotland. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we have just received an update, the first confirmed sighting up by a member of the public about a mile from the prison in london, wandsworth prison, coming out from under the lorry. this was on wednesday morning. a second development, the met police are offering a £20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. let s get straight to the very latest. we spoke to the head of the counter. ., , .., latest. we spoke to the head of the counter. ., , , ., , counter. two significant updates toda . counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased to counter. two significant updates today. i m pleased to say - counter. two sig
India and the US are expecting a rise in travel between the countries this winter, driven by people of Indian origin. Flight bookings show both nations rank as the leading outbound destinations for each other.
More than 200 Indian origin persons occupy leadership positions in as many as 15 countries including the United States and United Kingdom. Of these, 60 hold Cabinet ranks, according to the first of its kind-released by a US-based organisation working among Indian diaspora. Drawing from government websites and other publicly available resources, the 2021 Indiaspora Government Leaders List on Monday recognised more than 200 leaders of Indian heritage who have ascended to the highest echelons of public service in 15 countries across the globe, with more than 60 of these leaders holding Cabinet positions. It is a huge source of pride to have the first woman and first person of colour as the Vice President of the world s oldest democracy be someone of Indian heritage. We wanted to use this seminal moment on Presidents Day to highlight a host of others in the diaspora who also are in public service, said Indiaspora founder MR Rangaswami, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and inve