PHILIPPINES TO GET UP TO 10M OF MOSTLY ASTRAZENECA JABS FROM COVAX FACILITY UK ENVOY MANILA Filipinos will be among the first to receive coronavirus vaccines from the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility, the British embassy said Friday. British Ambassador to the Philippin
TOLD FARMERS WE CAN AMEND LAWS. ISSUE IN ONLY 1 STATE: NARENDRA TOMAR Signalling that the govt is ready to amend the three agriculture laws at the centre of protests by farmer unions, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Parliament Friday that he had made such a suggestion
UK SCIENTISTS LAUNCH 'MIX AND MATCH' CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TRIAL British scientists on Thursday launched an unprecedented trial to find out if two doses of different COVID-19 vaccines yield an immune response that matches - or exceeds - the effect of two doses of the same vaccine. The gove
PHILIPPINE INFLATION QUICKENS TO 4.2 PERCENT IN JANUARY MANILA - Philippine inflation quickened in January driven by higher food prices, the state statistics bureau said on Friday. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the consumer price index rose at a faster annual pace of 4.2
US BACKS REFORM, FLAGS INTERNET CUT; INDIA DRAWS RED FORT-CAPITOL PARALLEL In its first reaction to the ongoing farmers' agitation, the new US administration on Thursday said it encourages that any differences between the parties be resolved through dialogue even as it backed steps that c
CHARGES SLAPPED ON SUU KYI, FACES DETENTION UNTIL FEBRUARY 15 Police levelled their first formal charge against Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, members of her party said on Wednesday, giving military authorities who staged a coup a legal reason to detain her at least through th
1 DEAD, 59 IN HOSPITAL AFTER AMMONIA LEAK IN NAVOTAS COLD STORAGE PLANT MANILA - One died while 60 residents from a bayside community in Navotas City were rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon following an ammonia leak in a cold storage facility owned by the family of Navotas City Ma
DON'T MAKE IT A PRESTIGE ISSUE, REPEAL FARM LAWS: OPPOSITION Asserting that the new farm laws were passed after extensive deliberations in Parliament, the BJP said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the government's doors were always open for farmers to resolve the issue amicably, and
First Sitharaman clarified that only Indian income of NRIs is proposed to be taxed under the new provision, and later the tax department issued a statement to say that "the new provision is not intended to include in tax net those Indian citizens who are bonafide workers in other countries".
CONCERNED WITH BEIJING'S INTIMIDATION ATTEMPTS': US In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing's ongoing attempts to "intimidate" its neighbours and said it was closely monitoring the situation.
