Seasoned diplomat Vikram K Doraiswami was on Tuesday appointed India's new high commissioner to the United Kingdom, considered an important posting in view of the growing strategic ties between the two countries.
India-UK Free Trade Agreement: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the India-UK Free Trade Agreement will be the "biggest in the post-Brexit context".
It was during his visit to India in April that Johnson and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the negotiating teams on both sides must work towards a Diwali timeline for the completion of a draft-free trade agreement.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and the UK have resulted in the draft treaty text advancing across the majority of chapters at the end of the third round of talks, the British government said on Wednesday. World News | India-UK FTA Draft Treaty Advanced in Majority of Chapters.
LONDON, May 3: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar paid joint tribute to B R Ambedkar, the key architect of India’s Constitution and Lord Basaveshwara, the 12th-century Indian philosopher and social reformer in London. The 889th birth anniversary of Lord Basaveshwara was celebrated here, and floral tributes were paid to B R Ambedkar at the Basaveshwara statue in London on Monday. The Lambeth Basaveshwara Foundation which organised the event has adopted a practice to jointly celebrate Lord […]