The growing power of PIO worldwide is stamped with Ms Claire Coutinho, a close aide of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle on Thursday.

Ms Coutinho becomes the second Goan-origin minister after Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Sunak Cabinet and has a tough brief ahead of her as energy costs have been soaring in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

She has committed herself to work on safeguarding energy security and reducing bills for families struggling with a cost-of-living crisis.

The growing power of PIO worldwide is stamped with Ms Claire Coutinho, a close aide of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who got a big promotion as his new Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary in a mini reshuffle on Thursday.

Ms Coutinho becomes the second Goan-origin minister after Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Sunak Cabinet and has a tough brief ahead of her as energy costs have been soaring in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

She has committed herself to work on safeguarding energy security and reducing bills for families struggling with a cost-of-living crisis.