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UK media watchdog imposes 50,000 pound fine on Khalsa TV for violent conte
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 13 (ANI): The UK media watchdog, Office of Communications (Ofcom) has imposed a fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd in Britain for a broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that contained an indirect call for Sikhs living in the UK to commit vio
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UK economy records worst year in three centuries
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 12 (ANI): The UK economy has suffered its biggest slump in more than three centuries last year, with GDP falling by nearly 10 per cent over the course of 2020.
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UK records coldest February night since 1955
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 12 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Thursday recorded its coldest February night across the country since February 1955, reported the UK Met office.
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1 in 3 COVID-19 patients put on ventilator experience 'extensive' PTSD sym
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): Around 1 in 3 (35 per cent) of Covid-19 patients put on a ventilator experience "extensive symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" after treatment, shows results of new research in the UK.
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Johnson confident in COVID-19 vaccines as South Africa pauses AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is "very confident" about the effectiveness of all the COVID-19 vaccines that the country has approved for use so far, despite South Africa's decision to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine over fears that it
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Queen Elizabeth pressured UK govt for clause in law to conceal private wea
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): UK and Commonwealth Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, lobbied the UK government to push through an exemption for Buckingham Palace in transparency laws in the 1970s, The Guardian reported citing documents in the National Archives.
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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Estonia receives first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Estonia has received the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company along with Oxford University, the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs said on Sunday.
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China likely to retaliate against UK's citizenship offer for Hong Kong res
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): China is expected to step up retaliation in March against the UK's scheme to offer citizenship to millions of Hong Kong people through British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport, reported Asia Times.
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Japan registers 11 cases of UK coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said it has detected the UK coronavirus variant in 11 more people, including six children under the age of 10, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Friday.
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Channel 4 secures free-to-air UK coverage of India-England Test series
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], February 4 (ANI): Channel 4 signed a deal with Star Sports, the global rights holders, to broadcast England's Test series against India. This will be the first time in more than 15 years that Test cricket is set to return to free-to-air television in the UK.
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Switzerland requires additional data to greenlight AstraZeneca's COVID-19
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Bern [Switzerland], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland does not have sufficient data to approve the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, the government said on Wednesday.
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