The global media has missed an interesting detail in the Sunday Times Rich List published this week. It is the remarkable rise in the fortunes of several Indian and Indian-origin entrepreneurs whose names ought to be much better known in the UK. Read more

The death of Margaret Thatcher has set off celebrations among her opponents, these in turn attracting a torrent of criticism from her supporters. Read more

The biggest danger to peace in the world is post-Cold War smugness – that much is evident from the largely cynical response to the mounting threats emanating from the North Korean dictatorship. Read more

British politicians from all three major parties have been talking immigration.

Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband kicked off the round with an apology for Labour’s mistakes in government. His Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper outlined demand-side proposals pledging tougher enforcement of labour regulations (minimum wage) aimed at protecting the most vulnerable workers and promised apprenticeships for British youth. Read more

There is growing pressure on Britain and other leading members of the Commonwealth to move the venue of the next Commonwealth summit away from Sri Lanka. Read more

A group representing Indian-origin doctors is taking legal action against the British medical establishment, claiming Indian and other foreign doctors are being judged unfairly in tests of their patient-doctor communication skills. Read more

British Prime Minister David Cameron wants a new kind of European Union – or, at the very least, a new relationship between Britain and the EU, where there will be a “two-way flow,” powers flowing not just from nations states to Brussels but the reverse too. He is all set to unveil his plans at a speech in the Netherlands on Friday, and Indian diplomats would do well to grab a seat. Read more

According to a 2012 UK Home Office report, India is among 10 countries that are the main sources of illegal immigration to Britain. The report, which uses the term ‘irregular’ rather than ‘illegal’, says that 5,895 Indian nationals were ordered to leave the UK in 2010, the year the current coalition government took control. Read more

There is a danger that the momentum generated by the protests against the Delhi gang rape will slip into something quiet and self-satisfied because the Lt Governor, back from his holidays, has announced some measures to make Delhi a safer place for women and girls. Read more

The debate over immigrant students is heating up in Britain, following the publication of the latest immigration figures that show a fall in the number of student visas. Overseas students from India, China and other countries from outside the European Union has become a subject of debate because they are included in overall immigration figures. Read more