Vietnam’s National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, on Thursday voted to dismiss two deputy prime ministers from their posts, a government statement said, in what analysts suspect is a new escalation in the country’s anti-corruption crackdown.
Controversy in Nepal over China’s BRI project
A controversy has erupted in Nepal over Chinas Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu unilaterally declared that the Pokhara International Airport is a “flagship project of China-Nepal BRI cooperation”.
US pledges USD 30 million to Moldova hit hard by war
The US will provide USD 30 million in aid to Moldova to help the small country tackle an energy crisis and other economic hardships “caused by the Kremlin’s unprovoked and unjustified war”
Ukraine rejects Russia’s ‘trivial’ ceasefire offer
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russia’s “trivial” Christmas ceasefire offer, saying it was a cover for Moscow to stop Ukrainian advances in the eastern Donbas
Huge haul of gold at chennai airport
Customs officials seized gold worth Rs 1.10 crore at the Chennai airport and arrested three passengers on Thursday.
DMK MLAs meeting at Anna Arivalayam called on Jan 10
Chief Minister MK Stalin will chair a meeting of the party legislators at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam on Tuesday, January 10. DMK chief whip Govi Chezhian
OPS’ mother admitted to hospital
Ousted AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam’s mother has been admitted to a private hospital in Theni on Thursday.
‘Incident report’ filed by prison officials says Jain threatened them
Tihar jail officials on Thursday said that jailed minister Satyendar Jain has been abusing them and threatening them with dire consequences once he gets out of prison.
Bharat Jodo Yatra not an event but movement: Jairam Ramesh
The Bharat Jodo Yatra is a medium to fight the ”divisive” ideology of the BJP and the RSS, and it is not an event but a movement that will continue, Congress general secretary in-charge of communication Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
Man allegedly masturbates next to girl on bus in Delhi
A man “masturbated” in front of a girl in a bus in Rohini area in the national capital, a DTC marshal alleged in a video that has gone viral on social media.

