The trial on a charge of inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his supporters before they attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 will then feature up to 32 hours of debate beginning on Wednesday at noon Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, on a charge of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, is to begin on Tuesday with a debate on whether the proceedings are unconstitutional because he is no longer president, a source said.The trial on a charge of inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to his supporters before they attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 will…
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He was elected to Congress in 2018 and had seats on the House Foreign Affairs and Education and Labor Committees. U.S. Representative Ron Wright died after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, his office said on Monday, making him the first member of the U.S. Congress to die from the pandemic disease that has claimed nearly 464,000 American lives.Wright, a 67-year-old Texas Republican, had also been battling cancer. He was elected to Congress in 2018 and had seats on the House Foreign Affairs and Education and Labor Committees.Dozens of lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House ofRepresentatives have contracted COVID-19…
Amid speculation over Cabinet expansion, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said it would be done when the list of (BJP) candidates comes. Earlier on Saturday, State BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal had said the Cabinet expansion would be done before the Assembly session, commencing from February 19. “It will be done when the list of [BJP] candidates comes. It will be done soon,” Mr. Kumar told mediapersons in Patna. Mr. Kumar, earlier too, had said that whenever the BJP would hand over him the list, the expansion of the Cabinet would be done. “It has never been so late…
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed its February 2 interim order to Future Retail Limited (FRL) and various statutory authorities to maintain status quo with regard to its assets sale deal with Reliance Retail.The bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said that statutory authorities such as the National Company Law Tribunal, Competition Commission of India, and the SEBI, cannot be restrained from proceeding in accordance with the law with regard to the deal. The order came on an appeal filed by FRL challenging the February 2 interim order by a single judge bench directing status…
Uprising against military coup gathers pace; police fire water cannon at crowd in capital Naypyitaw Myanmar’s Generals issued a stern warning on Monday against further protests as an uprising against their coup gathered pace, with hundreds of thousands on the streets demanding the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The junta has so far refrained from using deadly force to quell the demonstrations sweeping most of the country, but with pressure building riot police fired water cannon in an attempt to disperse thousands gathered in Naypyitaw.The military last week detained Ms. Suu Kyi and dozens of other members…
China’s President Xi Jinping urged the Chinese military “to enhance combat readiness” as he inspected a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force division, ahead of a major national holiday in China.Following Mr. Xi’s call, the PLA had been carrying out exercises near Taiwan while “high-altitude border defense troops of the Xinjiang Military Command received several new weapons and equipment, including advanced howitzers and assault vehicles as holiday gifts”, Communist Party-run Global Times reported. Mr. Xi, who is also Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the PLA Air Force in the southwestern province of Guizhou last week in his last…
Sri Lanka’s recent decision to pull out of the East Container Terminal (ECT) deal with India and Japan is not the only challenge to New Delhi’s interests emerging this year. A week before reneging on the 2019 Colombo Port terminal agreement, Sri Lanka cleared a Chinese energy project in three islands off Jaffna peninsula that are barely 50 km from the Tamil Nadu coast. On January 18, the Cabinet approved a proposal to involve Sinosoar-Etechwin Joint Venture in China to install ‘hybrid renewable energy systems’ in Nainativu, Delft or Neduntheevu, and Analaitivu, located in the Palk Bay. The islands are…
Government didn’t explain reason for decline in the number of both women and children. The government’s anganwadi programme has seen a decline in the number of beneficiaries by nearly two crore, according to the latest data submitted before Parliament recently. In 2014-2015, there were 10.45 crore pregnant women, lactating mothers and children in the age group of six months to six years enrolled at nearly 14 lakh anganwadi centres. Over the years, this number has seen a steady decline and dropped to 8.55 crore by March,2020, according to Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.The Integrated Child Development Scheme…
Disappointed with lack of solution to farmers’ agitation, says Opposition. The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply in Rajya Sabha to the motion of thanks to the President’s Address had neither substance nor offered any solution to the on-going farmers’ agitation over the new farm laws.On Mr. Modi’s comment that the people didn’t understand the contents of the farm laws, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge termed it “misleading”, and asked, “Are we all fools?” Mr. Kharge was speaking at a joint press conference with his Rajya Sabha colleagues — Deepender Hooda, Shaktisinh Gohil, Akhilesh Prasad Singh and…
PM asks other members of the Upper House to follow Congress leader’s example of non-abrasive brand of politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered fulsome praise on senior Congress leader and leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, asking other members to follow his example of non-abrasive brand of politics. He also used the opportunity to take a dig at internal differences within the Congress. Mr. Azad is retiring on February 15 and will deliver his farewell speech on Tuesday. While addressing the House in response to the motion of thanks debate, Mr. Modi appreciated Mr. Azad…