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Absolutely don't believe Britain is a racist country: PM Rishi Sunak

Sunak was reacting to an ongoing row over former television presenter Jeremy Clarkson writing in 'The Sun' about loathing Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, "on a cellular level".

published on : 20th December 2022
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Committed to working quickly on UK-India FTA: Rishi Sunak

"Our relationship and partnership with India are much broader than just a trading relationship. I was pleased to discuss increasing our security cooperation with India," said Sunak.

published on : 18th November 2022
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PM Sunak greenlights 3,000 UK visas for Indians hours after meeting PM Modi

Under the new UK-India Young Professionals Scheme, the UK will offer 3,000 places annually to 18-30-year-old Indian nationals to come to the UK to live and work in UK for up to two years.

published on : 16th November 2022
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UK PM Rishi Sunak holds first Cabinet meeting with his new team

Sunak has pledged to govern with "integrity" and has tried to unite the Conservatives by including people from different wings of the party in his top team.

published on : 26th October 2022
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Namma Sunak 

As Bengalureans celebrate Rishi Sunak’s ascension to power in the UK, people who have known him share with CE their experience of interacting with him

published on : 26th October 2022
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Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata earned Rs 126.61 crore dividend income from Infosys in 2022

The holding of Akshata Murthy, Britain's incoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife, is worth Rs 5,956 crore (about USD 721 million) at Tuesday's trading price of Rs 1,527.40 on the BSE.

published on : 25th October 2022
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Incoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak inherits UK economy in crisis

Investors clearly hope Sunak will stabilise the economy and the political situation -- though it's hard to work out at this point which is the harder task, an AJ Bell financial analyst said.

published on : 24th October 2022
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Indian-origin Rishi Sunak will become UK's next Prime Minister after rivals drop out of race

The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.

published on : 24th October 2022
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Boris Johnson drops out of race, Sunak now frontrunner to be next UK prime minister

Johnson spent the weekend trying to gain support from fellow Conservative lawmakers after flying back from a Caribbean vacation and held talks with the two other contenders.

published on : 24th October 2022
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Rishi Sunak makes second bid to become UK's first Hindu PM

Sunak failed in the summer leadership contest to convince the grassroots he was a better option than Truss. However, he may hope for more success the second time around.

published on : 23rd October 2022
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EXPLAINER | Why was Liz Truss' tenure as UK PM so short — and now what?

The party says it will select a new leader and prime minister by Oct. 28. Truss will remain prime minister until then.

published on : 21st October 2022
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Baptism of fire as UK PM Liz Truss wrestles with Queen Elizabeth's death

Just hours before the queen's death, Truss had been in parliament unveiling a huge package of emergency relief to cap rocketing energy prices.

published on : 10th September 2022
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'This is it, folks', Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to offer resignation to queen

Johnson said his policies had given the country the economic strength to help people weather the energy crisis before he signed off his typical bluster.

published on : 6th September 2022
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Suella Braverman may be only Indian-origin MP in Liz Truss' UK Cabinet

A contender in the early rounds of the Tory leadership contest, 42-year-old Goan-origin Braverman currently holds the post of Attorney General.

published on : 4th September 2022
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Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss pledge to tackle energy crisis as British PM countdown begins

The issue of a cost-of-living crisis caused by spiralling energy costs in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has dominated the race to replace Boris Johnson.

published on : 4th September 2022
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Excited to keep going in UK PM race, says Rishi Sunak as polls favour Liz Truss 

On the key campaign issue of tackling the country's cost-of-living crisis, Sunak renewed another previous assertion that he would "rather lose" than "say things that can't be delivered".

published on : 19th August 2022
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UK PM race: Liz Truss holds lead but voters still prefer Boris Johnson

The survey also shows a majority in favour of ousted leader Boris Johnson, with 55 per cent saying that Tory MPs were wrong to effectively force him to resign and 40 per cent saying they were right.

published on : 18th August 2022
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Liz Truss holds a commanding lead over Rishi Sunak in race to be next UK PM

The main reason mentioned by people who backed Truss was dislike of Sunak. Some 2 per cent of Tory members cited race or ethnicity as a reason for supporting Truss and not Sunak.

published on : 14th August 2022
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Where is Boris Johnson? UK's PM on leave as economic crisis deepens

Johnson will have a lot more time on his hands after September 6, when he is due to hand over to either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader, but decided to take a break sooner.

published on : 5th August 2022
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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak wins over voters in television debate against rival Liz Truss

After the two contenders put forward their arguments for why they should replace Johnson, the audience members were asked who they thought had won the argument and they picked Sunak.

published on : 5th August 2022
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