The era of the defectors
Ajit Pawar became deputy chief minister, and a handful of MLAs who defected with him were given ministerial posts. The venal move is presumably aimed at foiling opposition unity.
Ajit Pawar became deputy chief minister, and a handful of MLAs who defected with him were given ministerial posts. The venal move is presumably aimed at foiling opposition unity.
British MPs will on Monday vote on an inquiry report by a UK Parliamentary committee that revealed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has deliberately misled the House of Commons over breaches during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Johnson said that he was "bewildered and appalled" after receiving a letter from the from a House of Commons committee.
The new Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak officially become the British prime minister following his meeting with King Charles III, where he was asked to form the next government.
Sunak had thanked supporters who backed him in the Conservative Party race and said now it was time for all of them to unite behind the new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Global infections have soared past 54 million with more than 1.3 million deaths, and the worrying spikes have forced governments to reimpose deeply unpopular and economically devastating restrictions on movement and gatherings.
According to the Office for National Statistics' latest data on ages, there were 10 deaths recorded as "due to Covid-19" among those aged 19 and under in England and Wales between March and June - and 46,725 deaths among those aged 20 and over.
Six people were taken to hospital but their injuries are not believed to be serious.
Last week, Johnson promised an "independent" inquiry into the pandemic, but no details have been given of its scope or timing.
Mr Johnson has described as “absolutely absurd” suggestions that his government was sleeping at the wheel, even as the report highlighted that Russian intelligence views UK as one of its top targets.
