DELETE AND RESET: MODI’S BIG RESHUFFLE His govt’s image hit by a crisis of capacity and credibility during the second Covid wave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday signalled a reset effecting the most sweeping change in his Council of Ministers since he took cha
U.S. LEFT AFGHAN AIRBASE WITHOUT NOTICE The US left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure mor
HOUSE PANEL DECLARES PORTION OF PHILIPPINE RISE A PROTECTED AREA MANILA — A House panel approved Wednesday to declare a portion of the Philippine Rise a protected area despite strong objections from a House leader over concerns that the measure may limit the country’
GOVERNORS SHUFFLED; CABINET EXPANSION LIKELY TODAY The appointment of four new Governors and the transfer of four others Tuesday, has set the stage for the much-anticipated expansion of the Union Council of Ministers.
OPEC+ IN CRISIS AS SPECTER OF DESTRUCTIVE INFIGHTING LOOMS The OPEC+ oil cartel is facing its biggest crisis since a price war at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The UAE, the group’s fourth-biggest producer, argued against a deal proposed by Saudi Arabia and Russia
EASING TRANSPORT COSTS TEMPER INFLATION TO 4.1% IN JUNE MANILA — A slower increase in transportation fares tempered inflation in June, a welcome reprieve to consumers still reeling from pandemic-induced economic shocks and giving the central bank enough reasons to sustain
PM MODI OFFERS CO-WIN MODEL TO REST OF THE WORLD Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered India’s Co-WIN platform to the world for adaptation to local use. Speaking at the global Co-WIN conclave being attended by health and technology experts from abroad, Modi
TALIBAN SEIZE KEY KANDAHAR DISTRICT Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar. after fierce night-time fighting with government forces, officials said, just two days afte
PHILIPPINE MILITARY PLANE CRASH SEES DEATH TOLL CLIMB TO 50 MANILA - Fifty people have died and dozens more have been injured after a military plane crashed in the Philippines. The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft was carrying 96 people, mostly troops, when it overshot a
PAK ACCUSES INDIA OF CARRYING OUT BLAST NEAR LET CHIEF HAFIZ SAEED’S HOME Pakistan on Sunday ended its four-month pause on accusations and attacks against New Delhi, describing the June 23 bomb blast near the home of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as “India-sponsor
