New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Reacting to the ruckus-marred recently-concluded monsoon session of Parliament, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) president HD Deve Gowda on Thursday said that senior leaders must work together to run House proceedings in the next session in November.
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Supreme Court jailed a firebrand opposition leader for a year on Thursday for defaming a former prime minister, overturning two previous court rulings, in 2012 and 2014, that dismissed the charge against him.Jatuporn Prompan is a key leader of the “red shirt” supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister,.
This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency (Asia News Network) on April 5, 2021 shows former prime minister and Vietnam s newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) taking oath during the National Assembly s spring session in Hanoi. HANOI, April 5, 2021 (AFP): The man behind Vietnam s successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was formally sworn in as president in Hanoi on Monday.
Phuc, 66, was Vietnam s prime minister for the last five years, a period in which the economy boomed, and his government s Covid-19 response won plaudits at home and abroad.
Following secret voting on Monday, Phuc scored the maximum votes among the almost 500-member rubber-stamp national assembly.