UK PM Sunak's mother-in-law appointed to Indian parliament

NEW DELHI, Mar 08 (AFP): The mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was on Friday appointed to serve in India's parliament, capping a career working for the philanthropic arm of her billionaire husband's tech firm.

Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in 1981. The couple's daughter Akshata married Sunak in 2009.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "delighted" at Murthy's nomination to the upper house, announced by President Droupadi Murmu.