PARLIAMENTARY PANEL ENDORSES ONE POLL The government’s “one nation, one election” plan yesterday got a boost with the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice endorsing it, besides batting for common electoral rolls for the Lok Sabha, state and l
DOZENS DEAD AFTER BLOODY DAY IN MYANMAR Activists say 38 protesters have been killed in one of the bloodiest days yet in Myanmar since the military toppled the government. Security forces opened fire in an area of Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, with protesters usin
JAISHANKAR ON INDIA’S DEMOCARCY DOWNGRADE: ‘CUSTODIANS CAN’T STOMACH WE DON’T WANT THEIR APPROVAL’ Days after reports by two international organisations criticised India over freedom and democracy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar slammed
CORONAVIRUS | DENMARK, NORWAY, ICELAND SUSPEND USE OF ASTRAZENECA VACCINE Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as the manufacturer and Europe's me
PHILIPPINES TO CONTINUE ASTRAZENECA VACCINATIONS AMID SUSPENSIONS IN EUROPE MANILA - Philippine health authorities said on Friday they saw no reason to halt using the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country despite suspension of inoculations in Denmark, Norway and Iceland due to
ANOTHER REPORT THAT CASTS A SHADOW OVER INDIAN DEMOCRACY The fifth annual democracy report by Sweden’s V-Dem Institute, titled ‘Autocratisation goes viral’, has downgraded India from “the world’s largest democracy” to an “electoral a
BIDEN'S $1.9TN COVID RELIEF BILL PASSES US CONGRESS President Joe Biden's $1.9tn (£1.4tn) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has cleared its final hurdle in Congress. The House of Representatives approved the massive ec
CABINET PAVES WAY FOR RAISING FDI LIMIT IN INSURANCE SECTOR TO 74% In less than six weeks since Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced major financial sector reforms in the Budget for 2021-22, the Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Insurance Act, 1938,
QUAD LEADERS' VIRTUAL SUMMIT TO BE HELD ON MARCH 12 The first ‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’, also known as the Quad leaders' virtual summit, is all set to take place on March 12. On Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in an official
INDIA SUMMONS ENVOY OVER UK DEBATE ON FARM LAWS India summoned the British high commissioner on Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the "unwarranted and tendentious" discussion on India's agri reforms in the UK Parliament, describing it a "gross interference" in politics of anothe
