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When Tory MPs elected Sunak, they did not look at his religion or ethnic origin but at his merit

London: The extraordinary wealth of the wider family of Britain’s super-rich Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his billionaire heiress wife Akshata Murthy has been laid bare, the media reported. With an estimated net fortune of 730 million pounds that includes multiple properties in Britain and the US, a string of business interests and even a […]

The latest viral thing about the UK PM on the internet today is the memes about his lookalikes and who in the Bollywood is going to play his biopic.

Whittome was "instructed" to remove her tweet, a spokesman for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer confirmed, after it drew backlash on social media, the BBC reported.

Sharing his picture of celebrating the festival of lights at his residence, he extended his wishes to everyone and said he will do all that it takes to build a Britain where the future generation can light their 'Diyas' and look into the future with hope.

While that wrinkle was resolved after Akshata agreed to pay the taxes from her worldwide income, the unassuming figure is fast becoming a much-searched keyword on search engines. 

Hyderabad: Indian-origin Rishi Sunak has been appointed as the PM of the United Kingdom, and the micro-blogging site Twitter was flooded with congratulatory messages pouring in for Sunak from all quarters. At the same time, Indian former fast blower Ashish Nehra also started trending on the social media site because he bears a striking resemblance […]

“This was a big Diwali present for the diaspora. Rishi was already on the Indiaspora government leaders list and we welcome him and wish him well as he takes office!” Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and Indiaspora founder M R Rangaswami said.

The rise of Rishi Sunak, the first Asian and a person of colour to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has understandably generated tremendous excitement in India. He not only has his roots in India — his grandparents migrated from Punjab while his father-in-law is Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys — but […]

Hyderabad: The 42-year-old Rishi Sunak will soon become the United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister. He will also become the first man of colour to hold the post and the youngest in over 200 years. As this historic news hit the internet, Twitterati had a field day with ‘Bring back Kohinoor’, ‘Ashish Nehra’, and other […]

The 42-year-old PM-designate will become Britain’s first person of colour and Asian descent and of Indian origin to lead the country.

Rishi Sunak’s parents were born and brought up in East Africa before they moved to the UK when then-President Idi Amin expelled Indians from Uganda.

Some 62 per cent of people said they wanted to see a general election be held in 2022, once Rishi Sunak had taken office as Prime Minister, polling company Ipsos has found.

Sunak was born into an Indian-descent family that immigrated to the UK from East Africa.

London: Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third this year. 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. […]

His closest rival, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, dramatically pulled out of the race on Sunday evening, saying he has enough support but decided that it was not the right thing to do, the BBC reported.

Rishi Sunak meteoric rise within the Tory ranks hit new heights as he concluded his spirited run to be elected Britain's first Prime Minister of Indian heritage.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is expected to arrive in London on Saturday from a vacation in the Carribean, is in second place with 44 endorsements.

By Ajay Gokul Britain will now have a new Prime Minister. Six gruelling weeks of the Conservative party’s leadership race ended Monday afternoon with Liz Truss declared the winner. She beats her opponent, Rishi Sunak, by securing 57.4% of the vote, compared to his 42.6%. Let’s face it, that’s not quite the landslide she would […]

Truss, who succeeds Boris Johnson, will be the third woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, all of from her Conservative Party.