Memorable moment in The Mall yesterday afternoon as Their Majesties and HRH The Prince of Wales accompanied Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress of Japan from Horse Guards to Buckingham Palace. Very much worth taking the day off work to be there.
Nick Low
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Nick Low
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Dad, husband, son, brother. British High Commissioner to Republic of Maldives. Previously served in Morocco, Chile, Brazil, Algeria, Bangladesh, China & India.
- Corinne Henderson. Our longest repatriation. Nongman Village (Manipur) to Delhi. 2 punctures. 3 cars. 4 hotels. 5 drivers. 7 states. 58 hours on the road. 2772 km (=Dover to Moscow). 1 very brave lady who never complained once. Getting our people home. It's what we do. @UKinIndia
- Bengal Global Business Summit #BGBS2022 underway at the magnificent Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan. Great buzz about the place! Thank you @MamataOfficial @DrAmitMitra and colleagues at West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation #WBIDC for your support. @UKinKolkata @inBritish
- 🇬🇧🇮🇳🤝 Excellent day in Ranchi. Launch of Chevening Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Scholarships for ST, SC and OBC postgraduate students and the CRISP-M tool to strengthen local level climate resilience a step change in 🇬🇧/Jharkhand partnership. Thank you to @HemantSorenJMM.
- Honoured to present the 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award to #JadavPayeng. A man who has brought life to 1,360 acres where there was none; who gives hope that we can repair our precious blue and green planet; and who shows that a single person can make a big difference.
- Global recognition for Durga Puja in Kolkata as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Privileged to be on stage in Red Road with @MamataOfficial, @SGanguly99, @FirhadHakim and @UNESCO colleagues and others to share such a very special moment. @inBritish @UKinKolkata
- 🇬🇧🇮🇳 Excellent day at Bengal Global Business Summit. Honoured to address the Session on Global Business Synergy in front of @MamataOfficial. Big thanks to @DrAmitMitra for his engagement in helping us recruit such a brilliant UK delegation. @CMOfficeWB @UKinKolkata @inBritish
- Dinner with two of the nicest people you could wish to meet. Thank you @SGanguly99 and @DonaGanguly75 for your friendship and for making me smile.
- That’s me in the photo. Let the record show that @MMuizzu made no such comment to me nor did he make any such comment in my hearing. I ask readers to draw their own conclusions.Oh my God. This is embarrassing. Today, @MMuizzu hosted foreign diplomats for Iftar. During the gathering, a diplomat remarked that the Munnaaru is a perfect piece of architecture. Muizzu responded, “Yes, it’s been over 1,000 years.” The diplomat, clearly surprised, replied,
- Goodbye Kolkata. Thank you for all the happy memories. Thank you for all the wonderful people who have enriched our lives. We will miss you. Nick and Kárita
- Brilliant place! Happy birthday Bhubaneswar, City of Temples! #BhubaneswarFoundationDay @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha @rvineel_krishna @manojmishrasays @nilamadhabpanda @sports_odisha @UKinKolkata @inBritish @UKinIndia
Happy 74th to my favourite city - #Bhubaneswar. The city of temples; the city of technology; the city of culture and the city of civility. #BhubaneswarFoundationDay - Reunited with my daughter. Many thanks to those many of you who have wished us well over the last five months.
- 🇬🇧🇮🇳👨💼👩💼💸 Inauguration of the Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan by @MamataOfficial. A stunning exhibition complex for Kolkata with two column-less pavilions of 1 lakh sq ft each, state-of-the-art business and networking facilities, and a marvelous outside exhibition and leisure space.
