“CHESS PIECES”: PRINCE HARRY REVEALS HE KILLED 25 AFGHANS DURING HIS MILITARY SERVICE

Fri 06 January 2023: “My number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me,” he wrote. In a soon-to-be-published autobiography, Prince Harry has admitted to murdering 25 people in Afghanistan while operating an Apache helicopter, according to the British media. Harry, the duke of Sussex, served […]

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INDIA’S SUPREME COURT STAYS DEMOLITION OF OVER 4,000 HOMES IN HALDWANI

Thu 05 January 2023: India’s Supreme Court has put on hold the demolition of more than 4,000 homes that were allegedly encroaching on land belonging to the railways in Haldwani town in the northern state of Uttarakhand. “There cannot be uprooting of 50,000 people overnight. There has to be segregation of people who have no […]

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EUROPEAN UNION ‘STRONGLY ENCOURAGED’ TO DEMAND COVID TESTS FROM CHINA PASSENGER

Thu 05 January 2023: EU countries are “strongly encouraged” to demand Covid tests from passengers coming from China, a crisis meeting of European Union experts decided Wednesday. The meeting also recommended that passengers to and from China wear face masks, that EU countries conduct random tests on arrivals and test wastewater from flights from China, according to a statement […]

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WHO CHIEF TEDROS CALLS CHINA AGAIN FOR DATA OF HOSPITALISATION AND DEATH

Wed 04 January 2023: The World Health Organization is “concerned” about the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, urging Beijing again to deliver rapid and regular data on hospitalisation and death there. “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more […]

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EX-GE WORKER JAILED FOR PLOTTING TO STEAL TRADE SECRETS FOR CHINA

Wed 04 January 2023: A former General Electric engineer has been sentenced to two years in prison in the United States for conspiring to steal trade secrets to benefit China. Xiaoqing Zheng, who worked as an engineer specialising in turbine sealing technology at GE Power in Schenectady, New York, conspired to steal trade secrets related […]

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AFGHANISTAN USED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS ON PAKISTAN: DEFENCE MINISTER

Tue 03 January 2023: Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government in Kabul […]

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JAPAN: 7.75M BIRDS CULLED AS BIRD FLU CASES RISE TO RECORD HIGH

Tue 03 January 2023: Japan has reported a record number of cases of bird flu across 23 provinces, with authorities culling approximately 7.75 million birds until Tuesday this season, according to officials. The number of bird flu cases across the nation has increased to 54, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, after […]

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THESE COUNTRIES HAVE IMPOSED FRESH COVID CURBS ON FLYERS FROM CHINA

Mon 02 January 2023: Around a dozen countries have slapped fresh travel regulations on travellers from China, as the world’s most populous nation faces a surge in Covid cases following its decision to relax strict virus restrictions. Here is a run-down of the countries that have imposed mandatory Covid tests and other rules on arrivals […]

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NOTES BAN ORDER “UNLAWFUL”, “VITIATED”: INDIA’S SUPREME COURT JUDGE

Mon 02 January 2023: The government notification on demonetisation was “unlawful” and the process of banning all currency notes of ₹ 1,000 and ₹ 500 could not have been initiated by the Centre, justice BV Nagarathna said today in her strong dissent after a Supreme Court Constitution bench, with 4:1 majority, upheld the demonetisation decision by the Narendra Modi-led […]

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