GOVT SETS BALL ROLLING, FOR ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION Setting the ball rolling on its party’s manifesto promise of working towards simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country, the govt Friday announced a committee that would submit its report to Parliament. W
CHINA'S 10-DASH LINE? MARCOS JR SAYS PHILIPPINES WILL 'RESPOND' MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Friday said the Philippines would respond to China on its new "standard map" that encroached over the country's territory in the South China Sea, that several countrie
THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM, OF INDIAN DESCENT, TRIUMPHS IN SINGAPORE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Singaporean economist Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who has Indian roots, clinched victory in the recent Singapore presidential election. This marked the country's first contested presidential race since 2011
PUTIN DIALS MODI, SAYS UNABLE TO ATTEND G20 MEET In their first conversation after the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the G20 summit, PM Narendra Modi reviewed progress with him on a number of issues of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on
POLL REVEALS CONCERNS OVER BIDEN'S AGE AND CALLS FOR AGE LIMITS IN POLITICS In a recent poll, a substantial majority of Americans appear to share a common concern amid the current divisive political climate: they believe that Joe Biden, as he approaches his 80th year, is too old to effectiv
PH, JAPAN SIGN LOAN AGREEMENT FOR DISASTER RECOVERY Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Senior Vice President Nakazawa Keiichiro signed the loan agreement of the Post Disaster Stand-by Loan Phase 3 in Tokyo. The loan supports swift recovery af
IMRAN KHAN ADMITS LOSING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT Islamabad : Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently incarcerated, has confessed to misplacing the diplomatic cipher that he had previously alleged was part of a conspiracy against his government by the US. This admission occurred
3 US MARINES DEAD AFTER AIRCRAFT CRASHES DURING DRILLS IN AUSTRALIA DARWIN, Australia — Tragedy struck during war games as three US Marines lost their lives in an Osprey aircraft crash on a remote tropical island situated north of Australia. Amid the chaos, five Marines were successfu
NEERAJ CHOPRA CREATES HISTORY AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships when he pipped Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem in the men's javelin on Sunday. Chopra won Olympic gold in Tokyo but managed on
‘CONFIDENT RUSSIA WILL LOSE THIS WAR’: ZELENSKY Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Denmark brought a surge of optimism as Denmark and the Netherlands pledged to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. The initial six F-16s are set to arrive around New Year, following
