Refrain from practising vote bank politics, India advises British MPs after debate on farm laws indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Delhi, March 5
With UK’s MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the British government on Friday said what happens in India has ripples in the United Kingdom and gets
British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday (File image)
NEW DELHI: With UK s MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the British government on Friday said what happens in India has ripples in the United Kingdom and gets debated as there is a large Indian diaspora, but asserted that the farmers protest was India s internal issue and it was for it to resolve.
British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition that had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate, the House of Commons Petitions Committee had confirmed earlier this week.
Free Trade Agreement: Talks may gain traction during UK PM Boris Johnson’s likely visit to India
March 05, 2021
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Would like to see swift settlement of Cairn dispute, saysUK High Commissioner
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is likely to visit India in the coming months and that is when there might be some visibility on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, said Alex Ellis, UK High Commissioner to India.
“The British PM was to visit India in the end of January but he couldn’t because of the Covid situation in the UK. But that is getting much better, thanks to the vaccination programme,” Ellis said at a media briefing on Friday. Answering queries on the UK government’s view on the ongoing Cairn India-Government of India dispute over retrospective taxes and India losing the international arbitration case, the High Commissioner said that it was no secret that discussions were going on between the two on
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