India and the UK on Tuesday launched a comprehensive partnership on migration and mobility that will provide for enhanced employment opportunities for around 3,000 Indian professionals annually, but those staying illegally may have to leave Britain.
The pact was inked between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel ahead of a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson…….Read More
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LONDON: Britain’s new commissioner for countering extremism dismissed the word “Islamophobia” as a ploy to “shut down disagreement” and argued against use of the term.
Robin Simcox was appointed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to the interim position last month, but he has proven controversial figure for a number of years.
In a September 2019 article, he called for the UK prime minister to “push back on ‘Islamophobia’” and be “wary” of calls for an internal Conservative Party review into prejudice within the party.
In an earlier piece, he wrote: “Muslims’ concerns about the prejudice they face in society cannot be ignored. Those concerns, however, must be addressed without throwing around accusations of Islamophobia, a word used to narrow the parameters of legitimate debate.”
Read more about Nirav Modi moves UK High Court for permission to appeal against extradition on Business Standard. Modi, who had 14 days to appeal the decision, approached the High Court of appeals on the April 28, 2021 to appeal the decisions made by the lower court judge
‘Don’t send me to India,’ Nirav Modi Asks UK Court Published by GulteDesk May 01, 2021
Recently, the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel ordered the extradition of Billionaire Nirav Modi to India. He was accused of defrauding Punjab National Bank for more than $1 billion (more than Rs. 11,000 crores). Now, the 50-year-old businessman lodged an appeal in the London High Court against extradition to India.
Nirav Modi was arrested in London in 2019 and is currently at the Wandsworth prison. “On February 25, the District Judge gave the judgment in the extradition case of Nirav Modi. The extradition order was signed on April 15,” said the UK’s Home Office spokesperson in an official statement.