Delta likely to become dominant strain in US: CDC
Washington, June 19 (IANS) The Delta coronavirus variant is expected to become the dominant strain in America, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and...
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CEO Satya Nadella steps in as Microsoft Chairman too
San Francisco, June 18 Microsoft has elected CEO Satya Nadella as Chairman of the tech giant, a first in two decades when Microsoft’s chairman will...
Big Tech critic Lina Khan begins stint as Biden’s FTC chief
New York, June 17 (IANS) Legal scholar and antitrust crusader Lina Khan has begun her term as the Joe Biden administrations top federal regulator overseeing industry...
Google brings new ‘Insights’ tool for web creators
San Francisco, June 17 (IANS) Google is rolling out a new Search Console Insights tool that provides creators with an overview of how their content is...
US CDC reclassifies Delta Covid-19 strain ‘variant of concern’
Washington, June 17 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reclassified the Delta strain of Covid-19 as a variant of concern, based on...
Biden congratulates Israel’s new PM Bennett in phone call
Washington, June 15 US President Joe Biden has congratulated Naftali Bennett after he was sworn in as the new Israeli Prime Minister. In a phone...
Biden eyes to fortify Turkey relations in first meet with Erdogan
Washington, June 14 (IANS) In a bid to stabilise the troubled ties with Turkey, US President Joe Biden is heading to his first face-to-face meeting with...
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G7 to now focus on Indo-Pacific to address China challenge
New Delhi, June 14: The G7 countries, fresh out of their summit in Cornwall, UK, have spotlighted an arc between Africa and the Indo-Pacific as...
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G7 ‘letdown’ on triple crises of climate, nature, Covid
New Delhi, June 14: The G7 countries, fresh out of their summit in Cornwall, UK, have spotlighted an arc between Africa and the Indo-Pacific as...
G7 leaders to unveil anti-pandemic action plan
London, June 14 (IANS) G7 leaders are expected to unveil a global anti-pandemic action plan on Saturday to ensure that a devastation like the one caused...
Scientists warn G7 economic costs of breaching 1.5-degree mark
New Delhi, June 14 A group of world-leading climate scientists is calling upon global leaders to factor in the economic, environmental and humanitarian costs of...
G7, India, others back open democratic societies
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The G7 countries along with guest countries, including India, on Sunday committed themselves to create open societies and strengthen democracies and...
G7 pledges 870mn vaccine doses, half to be delivered by 2021-end
Geneva, June 14 (IANS) Leaders of G7 countries have agreed in an agreement at their summit to share at least 870 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines...
US suspends tariffs on 6 nations for digital service tax negotiations
Washington, June 4 (IANS) The US announced that it will impose tariffs on certain goods from Austria, Britain, India, Italy, Spain and Turkey over disputes on...
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US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi
New York, June 4 US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will be sending Covid-19 vaccines to India,...
Ocugen gets Covaxin commercialisation rights for Canada too
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) Biopharmaceutical company Ocugen Inc will have exclusive co-development, manufacturing, and commercialisation rights to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in Canada, in addition to its...
Under Obama-Biden, US spied on top German leaders
New Delhi/Copenhagen, May 31 (IANS) Under President Barack Obama and then Vice President Joe Biden’s administration, the US was spying on Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel from...
Jaishankar meets Blinken, affirms strong US ties
New York, May 29 (IANS) Amid the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging India and the rising global tensions, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has capped two days of...
Twitter trying to dictate terms, undermine India’s legal system : IT Ministry
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday hit back hard at Twitter’s latest statement raising concerns over the ‘potential threat’ to freedom of speech,...
WhatsApp sues Indian govt over chat ‘traceability’
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Taking the user privacy war to the court over new IT rules, Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the...
Working hard to meet Indian IT rules for social media: Facebook
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) With the deadline to comply with the new IT rules meant for big social media platforms in India ending on Tuesday,...