5 hacking groups targeting Microsoft’s email servers
San Francisco, March 9 (IANS) At least five different hacking groups, including one from China, are currently attacking vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s email servers — described by...
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US return to 2015 Paris Agreement becomes official
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The US return to the 2015 Paris Agreement became official on Friday, paving the way for climate actions through its domestic...
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ENVOYS OF FIVE NATIONS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT OF INDIA THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, accepted credentials from Ambassador/High Commissioner from the Republic of El Salvador, Panama, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and the...
British pound hits new high against USD since 2018
London, Feb 11 The British pound increase to 1.3855 against the US dollar, marking the highest level since April 2018. Wednesday’s spike was mainly driven...
AWS head Andy Jassy to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO
San Francisco, Feb 3 (IANS) In a surprise development, Jeff Bezos who made Amazon one of the most dominant tech firms in the world has announced...
Huge relief for spouses of H1B workers, Biden nixes Trump plan to kill H4 work permits
New York, Jan 27 (IANS) “Withdrawn”. A single word on a thick bureaucratic file on the seventh day of the Biden administration delivered a huge win...
Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine works against new variants
New York, Jan 26 US-based drugmaker Moderna on Monday said its Covid-19 vaccine retains neutralising activity against emerging variants first identified in the UK and...
Former US general Austin will be first African American Def Secy
New York, Jan 23 The United States Senate on Friday confirmed a former Army general, Austin Lloyd to become the Defence Secretary, making him the...
US to operationalise India as Major Defence Partner: Austin
New Delhi, Jan 23 US Secretary of Defense nominee, Lt Gen Lloyd Austin (retd) has said that he would further operationalise India’s major “Major Defence...
Biden appoints Jagadesan as acting USIDFC head
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) President Joe Biden as appointed Dev Jagadesan as the acting head of the US International Development Finance Corporation (USIDFC), the White...
Blinken indicates US to continue backing India against China incursions
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) Anthony Blinken, who is President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be the secretary of state has indicated that the US would continue...
Biden names Indian-American Uzra Zeya as Under Secy at State Dept
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against the outgoing...
Biden names Vidur Sharma Covid testing adviser
New York, Jan 15 (IANS) US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named health policy expert Vidur Sharma as the testing adviser on his Covid-19 Response Team....
Garima Verma named digital director for Jill Biden
New York, Jan 15 (IANS) A media strategist, Garima Verma, has been named the digital director for Jill Biden, who will become the First Lady next...
Sonia Aggarwal to be Biden’s climate policy adviser
New York, Jan 14 (IANS) An expert on energy and climate change, Sonia Aggarwal, was named on Thursday by President-elect Joe Biden as the senior advisor...
Trump urges Congress to amend ‘wasteful’ Covid relief bill
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has urged the Congress to amend a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill to more than triple its stimulus...
Two more Indian Americans in Biden team: Gautam Raghavan, Vinay Reddy
New York, Dec 23 US president elect Joe Biden has named two more Indian Americans to plum appointments in the post-Trump world: Gautam Raghavan is...
Trump awards highest military decoration of US to Modi
New Delhi/Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has presented America’s highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his...
Lockheed Martin acquires Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion
New York, Dec 22 (IANS) Amid increasing competition in the space and defence sector in the US, America’s largest defence contractor Lockheed Martin on Monday announced...
Amazon now biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy: Bezos
San Francisco, Dec 11 (IANS) Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has said that his company has become the largest-ever corporate purchaser of renewable energy after...
US govt, 48 states sue Facebook for ‘illegally’ maintaining ‘monopoly power’
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) In a landmark anti-trust action headlined by bipartisan support, the US federal government and 48 states led by the New York...