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- India
India, US agree to launch defence supply chain for priority needs
New York: India and the US have agreed to launch defence supply chain cooperation to quickly meet each other’s priority needs, according to Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Unveiling several defence initiatives between…
- India
India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report
New Delhi: India has 103 active or defunct spacecraft and 114 objects categorised as ‘space debris’ in orbit and it has embarked on a research to reduce such fragments from outer space.…
- Technology
US paid millions of dollars to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine
San Francisco: The US government paid millions of dollars to send Elon Musk-run satellite internet service Starlink terminals to Ukraine, a report has claimed. SpaceX had earlier denied any such move. The…
- India
Number of Indian students in US rose by 12 per cent, from China dropped by eight per cent
Washington: The number of Indian students in the United States increased by over 12 per cent in 2021, while those from China which accounts for the largest number, dropped by more than…
- World
Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
Bucha: Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some…
- World
Pak shares excellent ties with US but it doesn’t believe in ‘camp politics’: Army chief Bajwa
Islamabad: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday said that Pakistan shares a “long and excellent” strategic relationship with the US but it does not believe in “camp politics” and the…
- World
US welcomes United Nations mediated truce in Yemen
Washington: The United States on Friday welcomed the United Nations-mediated truce in Yemen, with President Joe Biden saying that the initiative is a long-awaited reprieve for the people of the country. I…
- Telangana
KTR receives invite to speak at Milken Institute Global Conference in US
Hyderabad: Information Technology (IT) and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) received an invitation to speak at the 25th annual Milken Institute Global Conference which will be held from 1 May 2022…
- World
US to release million barrels of oil per day from strategic reserve for 6 months to tame gas prices
Washington: The US will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from its strategic petroleum reserve for the next six months, President Joe Biden has announced, as he tried to keep…
- World
US announces additional humanitarian aid of USD 204 million for Afghans
Washington: The United States on Thursday (local time) announced an additional USD 204 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, bringing the total donated since its withdrawal in August last year to USD…
- India
EAM Jaishankar holds talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, a day after the US warned of consequences over attempts to “circumvent” American sanctions against…
- Technology
Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat
San Francisco: In a bizarre incident, thousands of mobile users in the US received spam texts from their own phone numbers, and leading telecom carrier Verizon Wireless now say there are “bad…
- Technology
Motorola becomes third largest smartphone brand in US for 1st time
New Delhi: Motorola has emerged as the third largest smartphone brand in the US for 2021 for the first time, as it gained from LGs decline. According to Counterpoint Research, this is…
- World
US concerned as COVID-19 cases surge
New York: There is wide concern in the US that another wave of Covid-19 is lurking somewhere ahead over the looming dominance of the BA.2 subvariant, though figures and rates currently give…
- World
COVID: Population dropped in 73 percent of US counties, reveals Census
New York: The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease in 2021 in the population of nearly three-quarters of US counties versus the two previous years, the US…
