The development comes amid allegatons of corruption and human rights abuses against the Prayuth Chan-ocha-led government Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha survived a no-confidence vote Saturday in Parliament amid allegations that his government mismanaged the economy, bungled the provision of COVID-19 vaccines, abused human rights and fostered corruption.Nine other Ministers also survived the vote.It marked the second no-confidence test the Prayuth’s government has faced since taking office in July 2019, following a contested election after Prayuth seized power in a 2014 coup as the army chief. In February last year, Prayuth and five Cabinet ministers easily defeated a no-confidence vote…
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China passed a law last month explicitly allowing, for the first time, its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels. The U.S. voiced concern over China’s recently enacted coast guard law, which it said may escalate the ongoing territorial and maritime disputes in the region and can be invoked to assert unlawful claims.China passed a law last month explicitly allowing, for the first time, its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels.“The United States joins the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan and other countries in expressing concern with China’s recently enacted coast guard law, which may escalate the ongoing territorial and…
The bill creates an earned roadmap to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants, providing dreamers, TPS holders, and some farmworkers with an expedited three-year path to citizenship, and giving all other undocumented immigrants an eight-year path. Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi hailed the legislative move to eliminate country quota for employment-based green card asserting that these reforms will help the U.S. retain top talent from across the world while ensuring growth of the economy.“As an original cosponsor of the Fairness For High-Skilled Immigrants Act, I am proud to announce that this immigration package has incorporated our bill’s fundamental reforms, including…
The social media giant is locked in a battle with Australia over legislation that would require FB, Google to pay news outlets The United States considers Australia’s dispute with Facebook Inc a business negotiation between private companies and the Australian government, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.U.S. ally Australia is locked in a pitched battle with Facebook. The U.S.-based social media giant blocked news feeds and other pages – including those of charities, and health and emergency services – as part of a dispute over a proposed law that would require Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pay news…
ATK Mohun Bagan cemented its position on top of the current Indian Super League by convincingly outplaying its traditional rival SC East Bengal 3-1 at the Fatorda Stadium on Friday. Mohun Bagan tallied 39 points from 18 outings to take another step closer to claiming the League winner’s shield. ATKMB produced a blitz of attacks in the first quarter of the action pinning East Bengal back to defending for a great part. The Mariners utilised the early advantage to garner the lead which came off its most prolific striker Roy Krishna in the 15th minute. The Fijian forward showed his…
Fans can cast their votes on sportstar.thehindu.com/aces-awards/popular-awards. The Sportstar Aces Awards 2021 celebrate consistency in performance and impact of sports stars in the decade between 2011 and 2020.The nominees:SPORTSMAN OF THE DECADE (CRICKET, MEN)M.S. Dhoni: He led India to glory at the 2011 World Cup and followed it up with the Champions Trophy crown in 2013. He is arguably the best finisher in ODIs and one of the best captains the country has ever had.Virat Kohli: Has had an astonishing decade, scoring 66 hundreds and amassing more than 20,000 runs in international cricket. His consistency across all three formats has…
Many villagers were forced to sell about 400 acres of land to private builders at throwaway prices The Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth ₹281.42 crore of several accused persons and their associates in connection with the Gurugram land scam, in which a large number of villagers were forced to sell about 400 acres of land to private builders at throwaway prices.The attached assets include 54% of a project in the name of Dove Infrastructure Private Limited pertaining to the main accused, Atul Bansal, and the ABWIL Group companies, worth ₹108.86 crore; and 50% of one “Business Bay Project” in…
The 46th session of the Human Rights Council is set to begin next week. In the nearly 12 years since her husband surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army, E. Sumathra has seen many sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva come and go. Half a dozen resolutions on Sri Lanka have been adopted since, but she is no closer to finding out where he is. Ahead of the 46th session of the Council beginning next week, the Sri Lankan government, Tamil polity, civil society, and diaspora groups are frantically lobbying member countries, hoping for different outcomes. But Ms.…
Alfiya Pathan (81+kg), Geetika (48kg) and Raj Sahiba (75kg) have entered the finals of the 30th Adriatic Pearl boxing tournament in Budva, Montenegro.Advancing to the semifinals were Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Vinka (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (69kg), Neha (54kg), Sanamacha Chanu Thokchom (75kg), Preeti (57kg) and Lucky Rana (64kg) among women.In the men’s section, Priyanshu Dabas (49kg) and Jugnoo (91+kg) have also reached the semifinals and are assured of at least a bronze each.Meanwhile, India’s Arambam Naoba Singh (52kg), Sumit (69kg) and Vishal Gupta (91kg) lost their respective quarterfinal bouts and bowed out of contention. You have reached your limit for free…
‘As an alternative or complement to storage in an ultra-low temperature freezer’. On Friday, the U.S.-based Pfizer claimed that its COVID-19 vaccine is stable when stored in low temperatures of minus 25°C to minus 15°C, which are commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers and refrigerators. In a release, the company said data had been submitted to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to support a proposed update to the U.S. Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Prescribing Information. It claimed that the vaccine could be stored at low temperatures for a “total of two weeks as an alternative or complement to storage in an…