Rahul harbouring bitterness over loss of political power: Ravi Shankar
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad charged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with harbouring ‘talkhi’ (bitterness) over loss of political power and speaking of ‘mohabbat’ (love) during the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ to hide the same. The former Union minister also made a veiled reference to leaders like Kanhaiya Kumar, saying “people who have ‘nafrat’ (hatred) for […]
China’s health system braces for Covid peak
BEIJING: China is expecting a peak in Covid-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country’s health system even as they downplay the disease’s severity and continue to report no fresh deaths. In the face of a surging outbreak and widespread protests against its “zero-Covid” regime of […]
‘Faux pas’ insult by Ardern raises $63,000 for charity
WELLINGTON: A signed transcript of a parliamentary exchange in which New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a political rival an “arrogant prick” raised more than $63,000 for charity when bidding closed on Thursday in an online auction. “Can’t say I expected this,” Ardern posted on social media after what she described as her “faux […]
Rahul attacks BJP
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted the BJP, saying while one ideology gives benefits to a select few, another is the voice of the people, farmers and labourers. As the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him crossed over into Haryana from Rajasthan this morning, Gandhi also said that inflation and unemployment are the biggest […]
Thousands without power after quake rattles California
SAN FRANCISCO: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday injured two people, damaged a bridge and several roads and left thousands of homes and businesses without power. The earthquake struck at 2:34am local time and was about 10 miles (16.1 km) deep, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. […]
31 sailors go missing as Thai navy ship sinks
PRACHUAP KHAN: Thai military frigates and helicopters kept up the search late on Monday for 31 sailors missing after a naval vessel sank, with dozens of others already hauled from the choppy waters. The HTMS Sukhothai capsized late on Sunday as it was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, about 37 kilometres off the Southeast Asian […]
Japan embarks on defence overhaul to counter China’s ‘strategic challenge’
TOKYO: Japan approved a major defence policy overhaul on Friday, including a significant spending hike, as it warned China poses the “greatest strategic challenge ever” to its security. In its largest defence shake-up in decades, Japan vowed to increase security spending to two percent of GDP by 2027, reshape its military command, and acquire new […]
Russia fires scores of missiles in one of its biggest attacks on Ukraine
Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday in one of its biggest attacks since the start of the war, knocking out power in the second-biggest city and forcing Kyiv to bring in emergency blackouts nationwide, Ukrainian officials said. Two people were killed when an apartment block was hit in central Kryvyi Rih […]
Himachal Pradesh Assembly to start winter session on 22 Dec
The 3-day long winter session of the 14th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly will be held at the Tapovan in Dharamshala on 22 December where the newly elected MLAs would take oath of office and secrecy. Himachal Pradesh Governor, Rajender Vishwanath Arlekar, in a notification issued here on Friday stated that the winter session will be […]
Two opposition leaders arrested in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Two top leaders of Bangladesh’s main opposition party were arrested by police on early Friday, a day before a planned rally to call for the prime minister’s resignation. Bangladesh Nationalist Party general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas, a former minister and member of the party’s top decision-making body, were taken from […]