Implications and future stages of the Energy Conservation Bill 2022

India has set aggressive climate targets as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to address the global problem. These include short- and long-term actions such as reducing emissions intensity by 45%, adding 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity, and establishing a net-zero economy ...

African medicines regulators benefit hugely with more than 100 million euros from Team Europe and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The European Union, including the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency, and the EU Member States Belgium, France, and Germany, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will mobilise over 100 million euros within next five years to maintain the newly created African M...

US SENATOR WIENER ANNOUNCES THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE PET ACT

US Senator, Scott Wiener, announced the reintroduction of Senate Bill 879 today. The legislation is also known as the Prohibiting Extraneous Testing Act.

The PET Act aims at ending the suffering of household pets such as cats and dogs by prohibiting their use in toxicity tests for pesti...

Google introduces new features for India such as COVID-19 vaccine booking, hinglish support for Google Pay and much more

Google at the Google for India 2021 event has introduced an end-to-end COVID-19 vaccination booking flow via Google Assistant. The company has announced its partnership with MOOC platform Coursera for offering online certification courses in the country.

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Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures funds on farming robots in Silicon Valley

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• A Silicon Valley startup is using robots to grow produce more sustainably
• The startup has raised US$50 million in a funding by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures

A Silicon Valley startup has raised US$50 million ...

Johnson & Johnson’s HIV vaccine fails trials

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• The HIV vaccine has failed its trials done in Africa
• The HIV is an unique and much more complex virus as it uses the host’s machinery for replication

On Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson said, its experimental vaccine h...

TENNESSEE: FIRST US STATE TO ALLOW CARRYING GUNS FREELY

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• An open bill was signed by Governor Bill Lee and will become effective from July 1

• As per the Tennessean report, though this bill has been backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), leading law enforcement groups in the state are opposing it

2 BILLS PASSED IN KENTUCKY TO ATTRACT CRYPTO MINERS

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•     Each bill seeks to keep the crypto miners interested and retained

•     The miners are tempted by tax incentives and sales tax breaks

In its drive to become an example of emerging industries for the ...

BILL GATES: BTC INVESTMENT IS FOR THE RICH LIKE MUSK

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•             Bill Gates finds BTC bad for the environment as mining it consumes a lot of energy

•             He calls bitcoin a mania...

INDIAN GOVT. FIRM ON BANNING CRYPTOCURRENCIES

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• The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 will be introduced in the budget session
• Investors are likely to be given 6 months to take care of their cryptocurrencies

India's stand on cryptocurrencies remai...

NASHVILLE EXPLOSION WAS AN INTENTIONAL ACT SAID AUTHORITIES

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• Mayor of Nashville, John Cooper said at least 20 buildings were damaged, while the police said three people were hospitalized with injuries

• Police and firefighters had responded to an area near Second Avenue and Commerce Street at around 6:45 a.m. on F...

MICROSOFT PLEDGES TO END PASSWORDS BY THE END OF 2021

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• Microsoft has invested in many solutions like Windows Hello, Microsoft Authenticator, FIDO2 security keys along with a palm vein authentication system and few other

• As per the company, last year in November around 100 million people had used to Microso...

PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN LIKELY TO NOMINATE MICHAEL REGAN TO HEAD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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• If selected, the North Carolina's top environmental regulator will be making a comeback to Washington to take over the agency that he worked at during the presidency of Clinton and Bush

• A week back Biden announced that as soon as he takes over the office, the US...

OBAMA, BUSH, CLINTON ALONG WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN VOW TO TAKE COVID VACCINE ON CAMERA

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• Biden in his recent interview said he is willing to be vaccinated in public after government approval of vaccines as it’s important to communicate to the American people it’s safe

• Former American President Obama during his interview with Si...

TWO NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS SHOT IN QUEENS: REPORTS

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• The police said that one of the officers was left bleeding heavily from a wound to his leg, while the other officer was shot in the hand

• Reports state that the wife of the shooter, who was apparently killed in the confrontation ended up notifying the p...

NOT BILL GATES, BUT ELON MUSK IS THE SECOND RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET

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• The net worth of Musk jumped $7.2 billion on Monday to $127.9 courtesy of yet another surge in price of Tesla’s shares

• Musk's advancement in terms of wealth is majorly driven by Tesla, whose market value is speedily inching towards the $500 b...

PRESIDENT TRUMP OPENS TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST TO LOGGING

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• According to a notice posted on Wednesday, the United States President Donald Trump has decided to strip protections from Alaska’s Tongass National Forest in order to open it to logging and other forms of development

• Tongass National Forest is on...

JERRY JEFF WALKER, SINGER-SONGWRITER PASSES AWAY AT 78

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• The man who penned the hit “Mr. Bojangles” and known as a pillar of Texas’ country music, Jerry Jeff Walker took his last breath at the age of 78 on October 23

• Several people from the music fraternity have paid their tributes to late ...

NEW YORK GOV. CUOMO ORDERS SHUTDOWN OF SCHOOLS IN NINE BROOKLYN & QUEENS NEIGHBORHOODS

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• This decision was taken in the wake of sudden spike in the number of new COVID-19, while on the other hand, restaurants and other nonessential businesses in the COVID-19 hotspots can continue to operate

• Gov. Cuomo said that they are going to close the ...

KILL BILL ACTOR CLARK MIDDLETON PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 63

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• The 63-year-old actor had acted in several TV shows, films and stage plays including Sin City, Fringe and Kill Bill: Vol. 2, and was last seen in The Blacklist aired in April where he played character Glen Carter

• Elissa Middleton thanked everyone for t...