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NewsANINadda meets Nishad party chief ahead of 2022 UP polls
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Ahead of upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Tuesday held a meeting with Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD) chief Sanjay Nishad and his son Praveen Nishad, currently a BJP MP from Sant Kabir Nagar.
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U.S. Senators Want Commerce Dept To List Tech To Keep Away From China
A group of 10 Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to direct her department to work faster to identify new American technologies that China's government could misuse if exported to that country.
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Wide Disagreements, Low Expectations As Biden, Putin Meet
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs.
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Big Tech Critic Khan Becomes U.S. FTC Chair
Lina Khan, an antitrust researcher focused on Big Tech's immense market power, was sworn in on Tuesday as chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a victory for progressives seeking a clampdown on tech firms who hold a hefty share of a growing sector of the economy.
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Sweeping Bill To Address China Tech Threat Likely To Take Weeks In U.S. House
A highly touted bill to boost the United States' ability to compete with Chinese technology could take weeks to get through Congress, as U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers planned to write their own legislation, which must then be combined with what was approved by the Senate this month.
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Car Bomb Explodes Inside Colombia Military Base
A car bomb exploded Tuesday inside a military base in the Colombian border town of Cucuta, according to several media outlets based in that city.
NewsNews18US West Swelters In Record-busting Heat, Risking Wildfires
Dangerous, recordbusting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of high pressure hovered over a large swath of the region, pushing temperatures into the triple digits this week and intensifying the risk for wildfires amid a longrunning drought.
NewsANINSUI urges Goa govt to hold online exams of final year polytechnic students
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 16 (ANI): The National Students' Union Of India (NSUI), Goa along with diploma (polytechnic) students met the secretary director of Director of Technical Education, demanding to conduct final year exams in online mode.
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Coroner: Jail Death Of Black Man Changed To A Homicide
A coroner has changed the death certificate of a mentally ill Black man who died in a South Carolina jail earlier this year to say he died by homicide, attorneys for the man's relatives said Tuesday.
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Biden Names Ambassadors To Sensitive Posts In Israel, Mexico
President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his first major batch of foreign ambassador nominations to signal a desire to strengthen U.S. relationships to deal with challenges in the Middle East, Central America and with Russia.
NewsANIMinority Commission seeks detailed report of post-poll violence in WB from DGP
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Taking cognisance of the post-poll violence in West Bengal, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday asked the West Bengal's Director General of Police to submit a detailed report on the matter within 21 days.
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Biden To Name Big Tech Critic Khan As U.S. FTC Chair -sources
President Joe Biden will name Lina Khan, an antitrust researcher focused on Big Tech's immense market power, to chair the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, sources said on Tuesday, a key win for progressives who have pushed for tougher laws to tackle monopolies and growing corporate power.
PoliticsNews18Noem Says She Will Try Again For Mount Rushmore Fireworks
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem indicated Tuesday that she will try again to hold a fireworks display over Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day on the heels of President Joe Biden's announcement that the White House will be hosting its own independence from the virus bash.
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Big Tech Critic Lina Khan To Be Named U.S. FTC Chair -sources
President Joe Biden will name Lina Khan, an antitrust researcher who has focused on Big Tech's immense market power, to chair the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, sources said on Tuesday.
NewsNews18Navalny Fans Protest In Geneva Ahead Of Putin-Biden Summit
There was a barechested man in a Vladimir Putin mask doling out fake bills as mock corruption payments, and a Czech fitness instructor, who endured eight hours of tattooing to put a likeness of Putin critic Alexey Navalny on his chest.
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Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos Dies At 93
Former Nicaraguan president Enrique Bolanos, a conservative who challenged corruption on the right even as he remained a steadfast adversary of his leftwing successor Daniel Ortega, has died at the age of 93, his family said on Tuesday.
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Oldest Party Wins Most Seats In Voting For 'New Algeria'
Algerias oldest party, previously thought to be on the wane, won the largest number of seats in weekend legislative elections, the country's electoral authority announced Tuesday.
NewsNews18Colombian Protest Leaders Call Off Anti-government Marches
Protest leaders in Colombia said on Tuesday that they will stop organizing marches in the countrys largest cities following seven weeks of antigovernment demonstrations that have resulted in at least 50 deaths.
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Mozambique Urged To Investigate Abduction Of Rwandan Exile
A Rwandan opposition leader apparently arrested in Mozambique last month should be immediately charged in court or released, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
NewsANIEarthquake of magnitude 3.0 hits Assam's Tezpur
Tezpur (Assam) [India], June 16 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 on the Richter scale hit Assam's Tezpur on Tuesday night, as per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
NewsANIWe want our survival, dignified life of future generations, says MQM leader Altaf Hussain
London [UK], June 15 (ANI): Founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has said that they want their survival and dignified life for future generations and do not want to get deprived of their rights.
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NCRTC to use blended renewable energy for Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI) The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) announced on Tuesday that it will use blended renewable energy for the Delhi-Meerut RRTS corridor.
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Delhi health minister thanks AIF for its help in tackling Covid 2nd wave
New Delhi, June 15 (PTI) Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday thanked the American India Foundation (AIF) for helping in tackling the second wave of coronavirus in the national capital.
NewsANIFreedom fighter's widow passes away sans pension, Covid care in Odisha
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Meera Devi, spouse of late Gour Chandra Mohapatra, a renowned freedom fighter from Bhadrak district of Odisha, passed away on Tuesday morning.
NewsANIMigrated Pakistani nationals to get jab against COVID-19, says Indore immunisation officer
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Pakistani nationals, who are staying in Indore after migration from the neighbouring country, will soon be administered doses against COVID-19, an official said.
