Darren Boyle for MailOnline and Afp 23.04.21 hrs ago At least six private jets flew from India to London with super wealthy families paying more than £100,000 to beat today’s 4am Covid-19 red list deadline. A fleet of jets flew from Ahmedabad, Dehli and Mumbai into London Luton airport – with one aircraft touching down just 40 minutes before the deadline was…
A helpful post from a Indians In London Community Group member in one of our NRI social groups nriapps.com/nrigroups Sharing experience with British Airways BOM – LHR (Flight on 10.03.2021). Pre-departure – 1. You need to complete an RT-PCR a test 72 hours before departure time, provider should be ICMR approved. 2. Purchase 2 COVID…
Fake “Covid-19 immunity boosters” are being sold over the counter in London shops, a BBC investigation has found. Coronil, a herbal remedy from India, was found on sale in shops in predominantly Asian areas across the capital. Manufacturers Patanjali Ayurved claim the pills protect against “respiratory tract infections”. Tests carried out for the BBC show…
In a historic medical breakthrough, the United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE. According to the government reports, the vaccine will be made available in the UK starting next week. The UK government approved the vaccine and made…
Rishi Mukherjee lost his part-time job during the lockdown in March. Studying hospitality in the United Kingdom, he got another one recently, but had to settle for lower pay. “Many of my friends and I have been sending letters to our university administration to waive our fee as we have shifted completely to online education…
Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian industry. But he didn’t realize he would soon be competing with them for jobs. Back in his village in northern India since March, Rathod is vying for work under the…
According to experts, people from a South Asian background are around twice as likely to have high enough antibodies for their donations to be used in life-saving treatment trials, compared to white people. The UK’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) on Friday issued an urgent call for people of Indian and South Asian heritage who…
The UK government has issued an appeal for more people from an ethnic minority background, including those of Indian-origin, to sign up for ongoing clinical trials for a potential vaccine to combat COVID-19. A targeted recruitment programme broadcast in Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali and Urdu is among the measures being deployed to reach out to different…
Call them air bubbles or travel bubbles or air corridors: India has set up bilateral travel arrangements with six countries so far: US, UK, Canada, Germany, France and the UAE. These air bubbles now allow more people to visit India, and more Indians to travel abroad. However, passengers may still have to undergo quarantines or tests mandated by…
While the US remains the favourite destination for Indians looking for jobs overseas, there has been a substantial fall in the number of searches looking for employment opportunities in America, a report by global job portal Indeed has said. According to the Indeed data, job searches for the USA fell to 42 per cent in…
