A Labour MP has moved an 'early day motion' in the House of Commons seeking a debate on the damage caused to the environment by mining in Goa and calling upon the British government to urge India to address the issue as a matter of urgency.
A London-based group campaigning to save Afzal Guru, sentenced to death for the attack on Indian Parliament, plans to seek the intervention of the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to get a reprieve for him.
Brown, 56, secured the backing of enough Labour MPs to ensure he will not face a contest to become the next Labour leader and 52nd Prime Minister of Britain.
UK environment secretary Michael Gove became the latest Tory MP to announce his intention to challenge Johnson on Sunday.
It would be the biggest Conservative victory since 1987, the poll suggests.
Voters gave Johnson the huge mandate so that he can get the UK out of the European Union by January -- no ifs, no buts.
Sterling was last at $1.4450, having carved out a massive range of $1.4000 to $1.5022.
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