Impeachment
Chief Justice of Nepal-Impeachment Motion
Cholendra Shumsher Rana is the current Chief Justice of Nepal. He recently faced “impeachment procedure”. He is the second Chief Justice of the country to face impeachment in seven years. What happened? Chief Justice Rana was suspended. After his suspension, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
Impeachment of Donald Trump
The US President Donald Trump has become the first president of the country to be impeached twice. Impeachment of Donald Trump The House of Representatives of the United States recently voted to charge President Trump with inciting mob attack on ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
US President Donald Trump acquitted at the Senate
On February 5, 2020, US President Donald Trump who had been impeached by the House of Representatives has been acquitted at the Senate trial. He now becomes the third President in the US history to be impeached by House of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Trump Impeachment Trail in Senate on Tuesday, 21st January 2020
Mitch McConnell, the leader of the United States (US) Republican Party in Senate (Upper House of the US Parliament/Congress) has confirmed on Tuesday, 14th January 2020 that the impeachment trial of the US President Donald Trump will begin on next ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
US President Donald Trump impeached
On December 18, 2019, Donald Trump became the third President to be impeached by the US House. He was accused of enlisting foreign government to investigate political rival before 2020 election. Highlights The House called for voting process alleging that ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Park Guen-hye impeached
South Korean Parliament passed an impeachment motion against the President Park Guen-hye for her involvement in a corruption scandal by colluding with a close friend Choi Soon-sil. The motion was passed by 234 votes to 56. This passes all the ..
South Korean opposition introduce Impeachment Motion against President
South Korean opposition which controls much of the Parliament has introduced an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye over her involvement in a corruption scandal. The voting in the respect will be held on Friday. Impeachment vote must be held ..
Thailand impeaches former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand’s military-appointed legislature has voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She was impeached for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars. More than three-fifths i.e. 190 legislatures voted against Yingluck in ..