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FBI launches probe into widespread Twitter hack
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 17 (ANI): Following a massive attack during which several high-profile accounts were hacked, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched a probe into the widespread hack.
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Zydus gets Mexican regulator nod to conduct clinical trials with Pegylated
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 17 (ANI): Pharmaceutical major Zydus said on Friday it has got approval from Mexico's Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) to conduct clinical trials with its biological therapy 'Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b' for the treatm
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US senator urges Twitter to work with fed agencies to secure site after ma
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 16 (ANI): American Senator Josh Hawley urged Twitter to cooperate with federal law enforcement and take necessary measures to secure the site before the cyber breach hacking accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies in an apparent B
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Killings by police 'public health crisis': George Floyd's family files civ
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Minnesota [United States], July 16 (ANI): Lawyers representing George Floyd's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the police officers involved in Floyd's death.
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US Senate Committee to vote on bill banning Tik Tok
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 16 (ANI): A United States Senate committee is likely to vote on a bill next week from Republican Senator Josh Hawley that would ban federal employees from using the social media app TikTok on government-issued devices.
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After Universities, now 17 US states sue Trump Administration's internatio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's international student ban on Monday, seeking to halt the new federal rule that strips international students of their visas if their coursework is entirely on
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Boatload of amicus briefs filed in case against Trump administration order
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Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): A large number of amicus briefs were filed on Monday in a case related to student visa restrictions that US federal authorities announced last week.
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US budget deficit hits record high of $864 billion in June
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (Sputnik/ANI): The US federal budget deficit hit a record $864 billion in June amid the coronavirus pandemic, bringing total deficits for the year to an all-time high of $2.7 trillion, the Treasury's monthly statement showed on Monday.
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Production of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine to launch no earlier than fall: Vi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The industrial production of a coronavirus vaccine in Russia can be expected in the fall at the earliest, albeit forecasting a definite time frame is still premature, Sputnik has learned from Mikhail Schelkanov, the head of the microbe ecology lab at t
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Imposing of UGC guidelines is assault on federalism: JNUSU
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Saturday called the revised guidelines by the UGC over examinations as an "assault on federalism".
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US Judge halts first federal execution in 17 years over COVID-19 concerns
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 11 (Sputnik/ANI): A US federal judge in the state of Indiana has halted the first federal execution in 17 years that was scheduled to take place next week, court documents revealed.
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Siddaramaiah condemns HRD Ministry's decision to drop chapters on citizens
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 9 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday condemned the decision of the HRD Ministry to drop chapters on citizenship, secularism and federalism from Class 11 political science syllabus, stating that this will "de
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