AUSTRALIA WALKS BACK 'RACIST' INDIA BAN AFTER BACKLASH Australia's prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands Tuesday, as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape Covid-wracked India.
INFLATION STEADY AT 4.5 PERCENT IN APRIL MANILA— Inflation in April remained unchanged from the previous month as food prices began to stabilize after rising for several months, the state statistics bureau said on Wednesday.
DELHI HC COMES DOWN HARD ON CENTRE OVER OXYGEN SHORTAGE Asking why contempt action should not be initiated against it for not complying with judicial orders on oxygen supply to the Capital, the Delhi High Court Tuesday told the Centre that it might choose to “dig its head
SRI LANKA CABINET CLEARS PROPOSAL FOR BURQA BAN Sri Lanka’s Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a proposal to ban all forms of face veils in public places “due to national security concerns”.
SPUTNIK V COVID-19 VACCINE DELIVERY POSTPONED - PALACE MANILA – The supposed delivery to the Philippines of 15,000 Sputnik V COVID-19 shots from Russia on Wednesday will be postponed, Malacañang confirmed.
150 DISTS WITH 15%+ POSITIVITY RATE MAY GO UNDER LOCKDOWN A proposal has been drawn up for a lockdown, with exemptions for a set of defined essential services, in around 150 districts with Covid-19 positivity rate of over 15% as health systems in these areas are seen to be under
IRAN'S ZARIF CRITICIZES GUARDS IN LEAKED AUDIO In a leaked recording, Iran's top diplomat complained that the nation’s elite Revolutionary Guards had more influence in foreign affairs and the country's nuclear program than him.
480K DOSES OF SPUTNIK ARRIVING APRIL 29 MANILA — The second tranche comprising 480,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine will arrive in the country on April 29, accoding to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. of the National Task Force against COVID-19. Galvez ye
JOE BIDEN PLEDGES SUPPORT TO PM MODI ON VACCINE INPUTS, KEY SUPPLIES US President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday and pledged America’s “steadfast support for the people of India” hit by the unprecedented surge in Covid cases.
INDIA WELCOMES ASEAN'S INITIATIVE TO END MYANMAR CRISIS India on Sunday welcomed an initiative by ASEAN to end the ongoing crisis in Myanmar which has been in turmoil since its military grabbed power in a coup in February.
