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The researchers looked at 54 patients who attended sexual health clinics in London

Johnson Claims Of Being On Track To Lead Next Election; Colleagues Angry

Johnson has been putting up a strong defence in the face of criticism after voters punished the Conservatives over the partygate scandal

Boris Survives Vote Of Confidences; 211 MPs Support

The end result, which Johnson insisted was decisively in his favour, saw as many as 148 Tory members of Parliament voting against him – a 58.8 per cent for versus 41.2 per cent against

Boris Johnson Will Face Vote Of Confidence In His Leadership Of The Conservative Party

Sir Graham Brady, who is in-charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received by the 1922 Committee, said the threshold of 15 per cent of the Tory parliamentary party

UK Strongly Supports NATO Memberships Of Finland And Sweden

The UK strongly supports applications for NATO membership from Finland and Sweden

UK To Deploy Team Of War Crimes Experts To Ukraine Tp Investigate Russia

Russia has brought barbarity to Ukraine and committed vile atrocities, including against women. British expertise will help uncover the truth and hold Putin's regime to account for its actions. Justice will be done, Truss said

UK-Singapore Joint Venture To Make Chennai The Hub Of Engineered Timber Products

Economy

A team of designers and engineers working with locally-sourced timber will be located in Chennai in the coming months, said Kevin Hill, Managing Director of timber design and construction company Venturer Pte Ltd, a partnership with Singapore's Woh Hup Construction Group

British PM Johnson Likely To Visit India In April End

The Roadmap, which aims to at least double bilateral trade between India and the UK by 2030, is part of Britain's so-called Indo-Pacific foreign policy tilt

Wockhardt Unit Ties Up With SII Subsidiary For Manufacturing Plant In UK

A profit-sharing arrangement has been made between the two parties for this new manufacturing facility that will deliver an additional 150 million vaccine doses of multiple vaccines

First Round Of India-UK Free-Trade Agreement Talks Conclude; Next Round In March

The negotiations were productive and reflected our shared ambition to secure a comprehensive deal to boost trade between the 5th and 6th largest economies in the world

UK Makes Face Masks Mandatory As Omicron Variant Cases Rise To 22

Healthcare

The Omicron variant, first identified in southern Africa, is feared to have higher re-infection risk and its potential vaccine resistance due to a large number of spike proteins remains under study.

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin Now On UK's Approved Travel List

Health

The Bharat Biotech manufactured Covaxin - the second most used formulation in India - had received its WHO EUL status, resulting in the UK announcing plans to include it on its list of approved COVID vaccines from November 22.

India Signs Up To UK's Breakthrough Agenda On Affordable, Clean Tech

India joins the US, European Union, China, among others representing more than 70 per cent of the world's economy and every region, to sign up to the agenda.

Nirav Modi UK Extradition Appeal To Be Heard On December 14

High Court judge Martin Chamberlain had ruled on August 9 that arguments presented by Modi's legal team concerning his severe depression and high risk of suicide were arguable at a substantial hearing.

UK To Allow Cheaper COVID-19 Tests For Returning Vaccinated Travellers