WON’T ALLOW REPEAT OF 1990, WILL WIPE OUT TERROR NETWORK: J&K L-G Amid reports of Kashmiri Pandit families fleeing the Valley in the wake of recent selective killings, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday denied reports of large-scale exodus whi
TAIWAN WON’T BOW TO BEIJING’S PRESSURE, SAYS PRESIDENT TSAI Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday Taiwan will not “bow to pressure” and would “resist annexation”, speaking amid rising tensions with China and a day after Chinese Presiden
PH RECEIVES FRESH BATCH OF 918,450 PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINES MANILA - The Philippines on Sunday received nearly a million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine from global alliance COVAX Facility. Some 918,450 doses arrived Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino International
INDIA PUSHES FOR EARLY DISENGAGEMENT IN 8-HR TALKS WITH CHINA India on Sunday pressed for an early disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh at the 13th round of military talks with China that lasted for around eight-and-half hours, sources in th
AIR INDIA BACK WITH TATAS AFTER 68 YEARS Tata Sons has won the final bid to acquire the debt-ridden Air India’s 100 per cent equity share by offering Rs 18,000 crore against the reserve price of Rs 12,906 crore.
MORE THAN 100 KILLED AND INJURED IN MOSQUE BLAST IN NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers in the country's third attack this week on a religious institution. Islam
DUTERTE JOINS PDP-LABAN BETS ON LAST DAY OF FILING MANILA— President Duterte yesterday appeared at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) filing venue at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Pasay City to support eight PDP-Laban senatorial aspirants, mostly his Cabinet secreta
AUS PM SLAMS SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS AND ANONYMOUS TROLLS Prime Minister Scott Morrison has slammed social media giants for providing a “coward’s palace” for anonymous trolls to abuse people online, as he foreshadowed a further crackdown on the tech industry.  
UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES PH: PUBLISH DRUG WAR REVIEW FINDINGS UN high commissioner says severe human rights violations continue in the Philippines MANILA — The head of the United Nations (UN) human rights office on Thursday urged the Philippine government to publish th
UP VIOLENCE: SC SEEKS STATUS REPORT ON ACCUSED IN 24 HRS The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the UP Government to file a status report in 24 hours on the action taken by it, including the arrest of all accused named in the FIRs for murder, with regard to the Lakhimpur Kheri v
