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Kishwar Desai, is the chair of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, which is setting up the Partition Museum at Town Hall, Amritsar.

People wear protective face masks as they walk down Whitehall in the Spring sunshine in central London. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders...

As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge

27 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

A key worker hands back a swab to a medical worker at a drive-in testing facility for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in east London. AFP Photo

UK paid a heavy price for being late on coronavirus response

While parts of India are now being opened up, very tentatively, in the UK there is confusion and debate on how long the...

26 April 2020 7:52 PM IST

Handout image released by 10 Downing Street shows Britains prime minister Boris Johnson as he delivers a television address after returning to 10 Downing Street after being discharged from St Thomas Hospital, in central London on April 12, 2020. Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. (AFP)

London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero

During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!

13 April 2020 10:11 PM IST

$An ambulance passes the closed-down Prince of Wales pub where a sign outside reads \Thanks to the NHS and all our key workers\, in Fleet, south west of London, on March 30, 2020, as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. - Life in locked-down Britain may not return to normal for six months or longer as it battles the coronavirus outbreak, a top health official warned on Sunday, as the death toll reached passed 1,200. (AFP)$ Opinion

Atlas shrugged: All it takes is a zombie virus to stop our world

Just the other day we were watching the lockdown in Wuhan and were appalled that people could be quarantined in their...

31 March 2020 2:42 PM IST

British PM to get married, in office

Meanwhile, this will be the first wedding in over 200 years of a sitting Prime Minister. Bring out the buntings!

2 March 2020 3:09 AM IST

Boris' induction of Rishi Sunak draws cheers in both Britain and India

As Britain grapples with Brexit, this is a challenging time for the Prime Minister.

17 Feb 2020 1:57 AM IST

Brexit, finally, but with no fireworks & no flashing lights

Boris Johnson had his own party to celebrate, and Nigel Farage was seen grinning ecstatically at Parliament Square in...

4 Feb 2020 6:31 AM IST

Britains royal family draws fans around the world, eagerly following special occasions, their outings, and in the cases of Kate and Meghan, their outfits. (Photo: Instagram @kensingtonroyal)

Brexit is past: We are now divided by Megxit

People are totally divided over whether Meghan is an angel or a devil.

20 Jan 2020 1:59 AM IST

As Boris holidays economy class; shutdowns loom on high streets

Sometimes you don't need enemies of the state to hack into accounts and reveal personal details.

6 Jan 2020 2:32 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Victory for Boris shows how tired Brits are of Brexit limbo

There was a time when finding a story on India in the London press was difficult, but now you can find at least a couple...

23 Dec 2019 1:08 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

UK votes in just 3 days; but voters don't trust either Boris or Corbyn

The Queen gave a royal dinner but the conference was moved to the edges of London in Watford to avoid mass...

9 Dec 2019 5:29 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Andrew cut to size; Coldplay won't tour

There is too much scrutiny and a hungry media that survives on sensationalism.

25 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST