Britain's economy is at a turning point and the government welcomes rising wages but will not return to the old approach of low investment and low skills, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
Indian shares rose on Monday, as pharma stocks led a broad-based advance and the country's top energy generator NTPC rose on reports of an initial public offering for three of its units.
British military personnel in combat fatigues arrived on Monday at a BP storage depot after the government ordered the army to help deliver fuel to tackle an acute shortage of truckers, a Reuters reporter said.
The chair of Britain's antivirals taskforce declined to comment directly about talks over Merck & Co Inc's experimental oral COVID-19 drug molnupiravir, but hinted at Britain's interest in buying the potential breakthrough pill.