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UK's chief mouser Larry celebrates 10 years at No 10 Downing Street
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): Larry, who is the United Kingdom's chief mouser, on Monday (local time) celebrated 10 years at No. 10 Downing Street, having served three Prime Ministers. He was brought in here to clean up an infestation of rodents.
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UK achieves 'extraordinary feat' of vaccinating 15 mln people against COVI
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 15 (ANI): The United Kingdom has achieved a "significant milestone" by inoculating 15 million people against COVID-19, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday (local time).
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UK records coldest February night since 1955
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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UK's COVID-19 quarantine hotel booking website goes down minutes after lau
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The new online system for booking a room in the COVID-19 quarantine hotels that will accommodate travellers arriving in the United Kingdom from 33 red-listed countries was taken down only minutes after it was launched on Thursday, the Department of Hea
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'Yes' vote leads in latest Scottish independence poll
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Glasgow [UK], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Support for Scottish independence took a slight hit, but the majority of Scottish people still think Scotland should break with the United Kingdom and become an independent country, according to an online survey published by the Scotsman newspaper on
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UK variant of coronavirus strain detected in 86 countries: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday (local time) announced that coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom on September 20, has been reported in 86 countries.
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TCS commits to continue investing in UK economy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 10 (ANI): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said on Wednesday it will recruit 1,500 technology employees across the United Kingdom over the next year.
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US reports at least 944 cases of new coronavirus strains
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): At least 944 cases of coronavirus strains first spotted in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil have been reported in the United States, CNN reported citing US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention data (CDC) on Tuesday (local time).
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India fastest country to reach 6 million COVID-19 vaccinations mark, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): India is the fastest country in the world to vaccinate 6 million people in 24 days, said Union Health Ministry on Monday while comparing its figures with that of the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
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UK, EU call for UN Human Rights Council's special meeting over Myanmar cou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union have issued a joint call for the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a special session to discuss the recent military coup in Myanmar, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday.
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UK COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across US, may soon become dominant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The mutated coronavirus variant, which was originally discovered in the United Kingdom and is found to be more contagious, is rapidly spreading across the United States and may become the dominant strain in many states as soon as by March, a new study s
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India is third topmost country with highest doses of COVID-19 vaccine admi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): India has become the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, the Government of India (GoI) informed on Sunday adding that only the United States and the United Kingdom remain ahead of India.
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