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US Senate votes to block controversial crime bill
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"This joint resolution nullifies the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022, enacted by the council of the District of Columbia (DC). The act makes a variety of changes to DC criminal laws, including providing statutory definitions for various elements of criminal offences, modifying sentencing g
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Under PM Modi, India more likely to give military response: US Intelligenc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations. "Crises between India and Pakistan are of par
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India emerges as US's new destination for "friend-shoring" pharmaceutical
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Given the recent economic liberalisation measures in India, the expanding alliance between New Delhi and Washington, and India's position as the "pharmacy of the world," the pharmaceuticals sector, whose significance was increased by the pandemic, is a good possibility
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Biden administration prepares new rules for US investment in China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The US Treasury and Commerce departments said they were considering a new regulatory system to address US investment in advanced technologies abroad that could pose national security risks.
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US blacklists 37 Chinese, Pakistani firms
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 37 entities to its blacklist for allegedly contributing to Russia's military and defence industrial base, supporting China's military modernisation, and facilitating or engaging in human rights abuses in Myanmar and
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"We condemn any form of violence, extremism": US on attack on Hindu temple
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Ned Price said that religious pluralism is one the core value of the US and stressed that Washington condemns any movement that seeks to carry out acts with a different vision.
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Malaria infection harms wild African apes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"We don't yet have a good handle on the symptoms and mortality risk," said Emily Wroblewski, an assistant professor of biological anthropology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Chinese surveillance balloons a new threat to reckon with globally: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the month of January, what looked like the moon during daylight turned out to be a massive, unidentified, high-altitude white balloon, flying over U.S. territory and allegedly carrying surveillance equipment. The U.S. shot down the massive Chinese alleged surveillance high-altitude balloo
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Chinese warplane intercepts US Navy plane over South China Sea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A Chinese J-11 fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted the US Navy reconnaissance jet over the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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'Queen banking' can help beekeepers deal with climate change
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Queen banking, the process of storing extra queens in the spring to replenish colonies in the autumn, can be made more stable and labour-efficient by keeping queen bees frozen in indoor refrigeration units, according to a Washington State University research. It could also improve honey bee
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Newspapers across US drop Dilbert comic strip after creator's racist remar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The USA Today Network which operates hundreds of newspapers said it had pulled the plug on the long-running comic strip. The Washington Post and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland said they would no longer carry the comic.
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Threat from China extends beyond spy balloons, country now targets your cr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Yet the same lawmakers are not batting an eye at the thought of millions of credit card users' personal financial information being sent to a Chinese government-owned payment processing firm under orders from the US government, reported The Washington Times.
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