Two senior Republican lawmakers, Representatives Michael McCaul and Mike Gallagher, have urged the Biden administration to enforce stricter export controls on advanced computing chips and their manufacturing tools being sent to China. They argue that recent developments by China’s top chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), demonstrate the need for updated rules to close...
Read MoreThe defending champion Houston Astros are preparing to face the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the MLB playoffs. Twins shortstop Carlos Correa, a former Astros player, is drawing attention due to his history with the team. Astros second baseman Jose Altuve acknowledges Correa’s talent and leadership but emphasizes the need to beat...
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass status quo order on Bihar caste survey, saying that restraining the state government from taking policy decision would be wrong. The Supreme Court told the plea of petitioners that Bihar’s caste survey being violative of right to privacy may not right but the important issue was...
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A constable, who was declared deserter by the Chhattisgarh police, managed to change his identity with fake papers and become a police officer in Uttar Pradesh. The constable, Manoj Kumar, applied for a job in the UP police recruitment board using a different name after being declared dead based on a fake certificate. The...
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Police in West Bengal have issued a public alert saying that due to the Sikkim floods, firearms and explosives belonging to the Army have been washed away and may end up on the Teesta riverbank. Police said they were stepping up vigil along the riverbanks.
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Twinkle, the wife of gangster Amit Dagar and the operations head of the Kaushal gang, has been taken into custody by the police in Gurgaon. This is the second time she has been arrested, with the previous arrest being in connection with extortion. Twinkle, a lawyer by training, became involved with the gang in...
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Two young men from Uttar Pradesh flew down from Delhi to commit a series of robberies on trains in Southern Railways. The duo snatched gold ornaments from passengers on different trains before being arrested in Mangaluru. CCTV footage from various railway stations was analyzed by the Railway Police Force in Kerala to identify the...
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The SC-bench, comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala & Manoj Misra, also issued notice to the Centre, Election Commission (EC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the PIL alleging taxpayers’ money have been used to bribe voters ahead of assembly polls. The top court asked the Centre, states and the...
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