Britain will send 20,000 armed forces personnel to one of NATO's largest exercises since the Cold War, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Monday, warning of increasing threats to the Western-led alliance.
The United Kingdom is set to bring the "largest-ever" delegation to the seventh edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), scheduled to be held here on November 21-22, an official notification said.
UK To Send 1,000 More Ventilators To India To Fight Covid: Report UK To Send 1,000 More Ventilators To India To Fight Covid: Report Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus cases, and is shipping three larger production units, dubbed oxygen factories.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also due to hold a virtual meeting with Narendra Modi. (File)
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The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from Britain.