ONE YEAR OF VACCINATION: 70 PC ADULTS HAVE 2 JABS Seventy per cent of India’s adults have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 while 93 per cent received the first jab, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya while launching a postage stamp on indigenously devel
BRITISH PM BORIS JOHNSON APOLOGISES IN PARLIAMENT FOR ATTENDING LOCKDOWN PARTY Boris Johnson is facing demands from Conservatives to resign after he confessed to attending a Downing Street garden drinks party during the UK's first national lockdown.
US LAYS OUT CASE AGAINST 'UNLAWFUL' CHINA MARITIME CLAIMS WASHINGTON, United States — The United States on Wednesday laid out its most detailed case yet against Beijing's "unlawful" claims in the South China Sea, rejecting both the geographic and historic bases for its vas
ARMY CHIEF SAYS PLA THREAT PERSISTS As Indian and Chinese Corps Commanders met for the 14th round of discussions to resolve the 21-month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh, Army Chief General MM Naravane Wednesday said the Chinese threat in the region had not reduced in any way des
WHO BODY SAYS COVID VACCINES ‘MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED’ FOR OMICRON A technical advisory group established by the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that current Covid-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure they are effective against new variants like Omic
DUTERTE: GOVERNMENT WORK TO GO ON DESPITE RISING COVID-19 CASES MANILA — Work in government should continue despite the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 infections, President Rodrigo Duterte said late Monday, even as he claimed that the risk of catching the virus is p
ADVANCED VERSION OF BRAHMOS MISSILE TEST-FIRED India on Tuesday successfully test-fired a naval variant of the advanced supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy.
PH ALREADY AT ‘CRITICAL RISK’ FOR COVID-19 TRANSMISSION, SAYS DOH MANILA — The Philippines is now at "critical risk" for COVID-19 transmission, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte that aired early Tuesday.  
PH ALREADY AT ‘CRITICAL RISK’ FOR COVID-19 TRANSMISSION, SAYS DOH MANILA — The Philippines is now at "critical risk" for COVID-19 transmission, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte that aired early Tuesday.  
PM SECURITY BREACH: SC FORMS NEW PROBE PANEL With the Punjab government opposed to the Centre’s committee and seeking an “independent” probe into the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on January 5, the Supreme Court
