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Nepal Parliament to elect House Speaker today
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nepal's Federal Parliament is set to elect the new House Speaker on Thursday, as per the schedule published by the parliament secretariat.
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US Fed chief Jerome Powell tests positive for Covid
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "mild symptoms".
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'We will get to the bottom', US Speaker McCarthy on Biden's classified doc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Monday, US media reported that the president's personal attorneys discovered the first batch of 10 classified documents at a Biden think-tank office, prompting a federal probe into the matter.
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More interest rate hikes needed to fight inflation, says US Fed's Bowman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In December, consumer inflation in the US moderated to 6.5 per cent from 7.1 per cent the previous month but still is way above the 2 per cent target.
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Startups want airlines to bank on cloud-based tools to prevent tech meltdo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
These tools, some originating from startups, offer the potential to make airline systems more automated and less dependent on older technologies that can require manual updates and are increasingly expensive to maintain, airline-industry consultants told the Wall Street Journal.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan scores win in Punjab as federal govt fails to prevent
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On Thursday, Punjab CM Parvez Elahi signed the summary for the dissolution of the provincial assembly. "I Parvez Elahi, chief minister of Punjab, hereby advise you to dissolve the provincial assembly," he said in a brief one-line advice addressed to Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, as quoted
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Ali Wazir: Face of Pakistan's non-violent movement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Wazir has been consistently targeted for his unequivocal criticism of the Pakistani Army and the human rights abuses that the Pashtun ethnic minority face in Waziristan and neighbouring border areas in the former Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), now a part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Ongoing terror attacks by Pak's TTP now create greater concerns for author
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Border provinces of Pakistan adjoining Afghanistan have been facing attacks by the terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. These attacks have claimed 419 civilian and defence personnel's lives in the last year alone.
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US Senator requests hearing on national security concerns about TikTok
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sullivan expressed concern about the availability of US user data from TikTok to China-based employees of parent company ByteDance. Although federal agencies and some state governments have taken steps to restrict TikTok on official devices, more needs to be done to address concerns about th
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US flights grounded: Flight departures resume after overnight system outag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) informed all operators about the airspace system failure.
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Federal Aviation Admin working to resolve system outage, normal air traffi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After all flights got grounded across the US, the Transport Secretary of the US, Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working to resolve the issue of system outage which resulted and assured that air traffic would soon resume normal operations.
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Grounding of all flights across US necessary to avoid any mishap, says avi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
An aviation expert on Wednesday said that the grounding of all flights across the US was important to avoid any accidents because Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a monitoring system for all airports in the country.
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