RBI KEEPS POLICY RATES UNCHANGED, SAYS THE WORST IS OVER FOR THE ECONOMY Keeping the benchmark interest rate unchanged, the RBI yesterday announced several additional measures to revive the economy, including a Rs 1 lakh crore liquidity chest for banks for lending via bonds and commercial
PEOPLE-CENTERED CONCEPT TO CHART NEW ROAD MAP The idea of a people-centered development concept, a prominent feature of President Xi Jinping's economic thought, demonstrates China's pragmatic and people-oriented policy approach to restore social and economic activities amid the COVID-19 pan
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: HARRIS TILTS AT TRUMP OVER VIRUS; PENCE TARGETS TAXES US Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris squared off in the first and only vice presidential debate ahead of the US polling day on November 3. While sparks flew from both sid
43 PHILHEALTH OFFICIALS RESIGN, RETIRE AMID ALLEGED ANOMALIES MANILA - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Thursday said a total of 43 senior officers have either tendered their courtesy resignation or retired from service. In a statement, PhilHealth said 43 officers re
SC PULLS UP CENTRE FOR EVASIVE, NONSENSICAL TABLIGHI AFFIDAVIT The Supreme Court Thursday said freedom of speech and expression is the most abused right in recent times. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which was hearing pleas of Jamiat Ulama I Hind and others alleging
CHINA TO SEE SURGE IN TRAIN TRIPS AS HOLIDAY DRAWS TO CLOSE China will see a surge in train trips on Thursday as an eight-day national holiday draws to a close, according to the China State Railway Group Co Ltd. On Thursday, 13 million train trips are expected, and 1,234 additional
SCIENTISTS WIN HISTORIC NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE FOR 'GENETIC SCISSORS' This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system, which has-for the first time-enabled scientists to make precise changes in the long stretches of DNA that make up
CABINET TO TACKLE REOPENING OF ECONOMY MANILA The proposal of economic managers to further reopen the economy to address the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, including higher hunger incidence and malnutrition among children, would be discussed by President Duterte during the Cabinet me
CAN'T OCCUPY PUBLIC SPACE 'INDEFINITELY': SC ON SHAHEEN BAGH PROTEST Maintaining that "democracy and dissent go hand in hand", the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that roads and public spaces can't be blocked indefinitely and demonstrations expressing dissent have to be in designated pl
NEW CFA JUDGE SHOWS TRUST IN HK'S JUDICIARY A top foreign judge accepting an offer to serve on Hong Kong's highest appellate court showed the international community's trust in the city's judicial system, Hong Kong's leader and a legal expert said on Monday.
