NORTH KOREA'S KIM SAYS MILITARY CARRIED OUT 'SIMULATED DRILLS FOR REAL WAR' North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a military drill that fired off “a powerful volley” of missiles simulating a strike on enemy airports, state-run media said Friday, just days ahead of la
SOLONS ROLL OUT ECONGRESS FOR INTEGRATED LEGISLATION Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Thursday launched the eCongress—a digital platform that will strengthen and streamline the coordination and partnership between the chambers of Congress—at th
INDIA A TOP-TIER SECURITY PARTNER, OPEN INDO-PACIFIC IS OUR NEED: AUSTRALIA PM In the first bilateral visit by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to India since he entered office in May last year, New Delhi and Canberra are looking to expand cooperation in defence, clean energy, edu
AHEAD OF US OFFICIAL'S INDIA VISIT, CHINA SLAMS 'ASIAN NATO' The US announced the four-day visit of its Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to India to take forward the Indo-Pacific economic framework on a day China denounced its attempts in this direction which, it said, were “bound to
TRANSPORT GROUPS END STRIKE AS MARCOS ADMIN AGREES TO 'STUDY REVISION' OF PUV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM Transport groups Manibela and PISTON have ended what should have been a week-long nationwide transport strike after a meeting at the Palace on Tuesday. Public utility vehicles will resu
BJP, CONG CONTINUE TO SPAR OVER RAGHUL GANDHI’S WORDS IN LONDON The BJP yesterday accused Rahul Gandhi of insulting India's democracy from foreign land and lashed out for his trenchant criticism of the govt and RSS at events in Britain, claiming it is its clear conviction that he is c
G20 TALKS END WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR A meeting of top diplomats of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended Thursday in New Delhi without a consensus on the Ukraine war, India’s foreign minister said. The meeting, held under India's presi
MALAYSIA'S ANWAR CALLS FOR COMMON ASEAN POSITION ON CHINA, SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim believes it will be beneficial for all the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the organization takes a common position on the issue
BJP AND ALLIES WIN ALL THREE STATES The ruling BJP managed to notch up a morale-boosting win on its 'Mission Northeast' on Thursday by retaining Tripura emphatically, despite anti-incumbency and newcomer Tipra Motha playing spoilers to its party, while also piggy-backing to power
FBI CHIEF SAYS CHINA LAB LEAK LIKELY CAUSED COVID-19 PANDEMIC FBI director Christopher Wray said his department previously concluded that the Covid-19 virus most likely originated from a “potential lab incident” in Wuhan, China, contradicting scientific claims that it emerged na
