By Reuters Staff BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov strengthened his grip on power on Saturday by reshuffling top security officials and having his principal opponent, ex-president Almazbek Atambayev, detained again just days after he left prison. The country’s parliament meanwhile struggled to gather a quorum to vote in a new government and end a […]
By Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India has appealed to the country’s top court to let banks classify loans as nonperforming, saying a ban imposed to help borrowers in the COVID-19 pandemic could greatly harm the nation’s financial system. The central bank, in a filing to the Supreme Court late on Friday, […]
By Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – An apparently emotional Kim Jong Un apologised for failing to improve North Koreans’ lives in an address to an unprecedented predawn military parade on Saturday that showcased the country’s long-range ballistic missiles for the first time in two years. The country marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of […]
The statement puts a spotlight again on the government’s approach to the pandemic in India. By Rohini Chatterji The Narendra Modi government’s Ministry of AYUSH has been issuing different protocols regarding Covid-19 in the past few months and much of it has to do with Ayurveda and Unani. Now, after health minister Harsh Vardhan released a list of protocols on “prevention […]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan have begun their first direct talks since clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region flared up again nearly two weeks ago. The talks in Moscow between the countries’ foreign ministers are being mediated by their Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. The UN says it is concerned by reports that populated areas are […]
The staff at Hindu Rao Hospital threatened to stop working from Saturday unless they were paid salaries for last three months. By Akshita Jain Healthcare workers at Delhi’s Hindu Rao Hospital, a Covid dedicated hospital, on Friday continued their protest over non-payment of salaries and threatened to stop working unless they are paid salaries for last three […]
WFP won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger around the world and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. OSLO/GENEVA — The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger around the world and improve conditions for peace […]
Pakistan said it will review its decision subject to a satisfactory mechanism by TikTok to moderate unlawful content. ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Friday blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, the country’s telecommunication authority said in a statement. “In view of number of complaints from different segments of the society […]
News Room His son Chirag Paswan tweeted the news on Thursday night. Union consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan died on Thursday at a Delhi hospital at the age of 74. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader had been ill for some time and had recently undergone heart surgery. His son Chirag Paswan tweeted the […]
US Election 2020 US President Donald Trump has refused to take part in a virtual TV debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Earlier the commission organising the 15 October debate in Miami said it would have to take place remotely. It made the decision after Mr Trump was treated for Covid-19. He has no […]
