NEPAL SUPREME COURT REINSTATES PARLIAMENT Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of Parliament, which was dissolved in December last year – a ruling that is likely to thrust the Himalayan nation into a political crisis.
DUTERTE INSISTS DAUGHTER SARA NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2022; SLAMS TRILLANES ANEW MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated Tuesday he is against the idea of daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, running for President in 2022, as he once again assailed long
COURT GRANTS DISHA BAIL, CALLS TOOLKIT PROOF ‘SCANTY, SKETCHY’ In a blow to Delhi police, a trial court Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media re
India's health sector received an extraordinary allocation in Budget 2021, PM Modi said as he was addressing a webinar on effective implementation of Budget provision in the health sector. Congratulating both government and private health sectors of the country in fighting Covid-19 pandemic in the
CHINA REJECTS UIGHURS GENOCIDE CHARGE, INVITES UN’S RIGHTS CHIEF China on Monday rejected "slanderous attacks" about conditions for Muslim Uighurs living in Xinjiang, as European powers and Turkey voiced concerns and called for U.N. access to the remote western region.
HOUSE APPROVES VACCINE INDEMNIFICATION FUND MANILA — Voting 225 with six abstentions, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 8648 (Emergency Vaccine Procurement Act), which expedites vaccine procurement and allocates P500 million as
CONGRESS LOSES POWER IN PUDUCHERRY The Congress govt in Puducherry collapsed yesterday after losing its majority and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned. After a series of resignations from the Congress, Mr Narayanasamy was asked to face a trust vote last Thursday.  
DEMOCRATIC SEN. JOE MANCHIN SET TO DERAIL NEERA TANDEN’S NOMINATION; COULD TORPEDO VIVEK MURTHY AS WELL Two days after the nomination of Neera Tanden (Joe Biden's pick as the director of the Office of Management and Budget in his administration) was thrown into doubt,
DEBATES ON ORAL ARGUMENTS ON ANTI-TERRORISM LAW RESET TO MARCH 2 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court on Monday reset the fourth day of the oral arguments on the Anti-Terrorism Act petitions to March 2. “Considering that some of the Justices are on se
SURGE IN COVID CASES: UDDHAV WARNS OF LOCKDOWNS From monitoring mutant strains to increasing the proportion of RT-PCR tests, the Centre has written to the five states - Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh - reporting a surge in cases to implement a multi-
