LLOYD AUSTIN GETS SENATE CONFIRMATION, BECOMES FIRST BLACK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

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• Retired General Lloyd Austin had led the US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and then went up to the US Central Command to be the first African-American secretary of defense

• He required special approval from the Senate due to a federal law that needs milita...

CONTINUUS PHARMA BAGS $69.3 MILLION CONTRACT TO MANUFACTURE 3 DIFFERENT DRUGS

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*  This contract was granted by the US Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Health and Human Services
*  It will also be used for construction of the US' first GMP-certified facility for ICM-driven facility of small-molecule marketed drugs, investig...

BuyUCoin DETAILED USER DATA LEAKED TO THE DARK WEB

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•             Independent cryptocurrency researcher discovers BuyUcoin leaked data in the dark web

•             The company says the l...

U.S. XPRESS TO INVEST IN TuSimple, A SELF-DRIVING TECH COMPANY

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• U.S. Xpress has also started actively testing the technology on select shipping lanes, and the President and CEO Eric Fuller is now part of TuSimple’s Executive Advisory Board

• CEO of TuSimple, Cheng Lu said U.S. Xpress has been a valuable partner...

EVERYTHING ABOUT DOUGLAS EMHOFF, US' FIRST ‘SECOND GENTLEMAN'

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• A lawyer by profession, Douglas today is a dedicated father and a proud husband

• After earning a B.A. from California State University, Northridge and a J.D. from California State University of Southern California, Douglas has worked for around 30 years...

‘DONALD TRUMP WROTE A VERY GENEROUS LETTER' SAYS U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

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• Talking to the reporters at the White House, Biden said “The president wrote a very generous letter.”

• While it was unclear that whether the Republican would maintain the tradition of leaving notes for their successors, after he decided to s...

FORMER US VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE RETURNS TO HIS INDIANA HOMETOWN

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• On Tuesday, the Indiana Republican Party had said that Pence, his wife Karen along with daughters Charlotte and Audrey will be flying into the Columbus Municipal Airport

• Barbara Hackman, the Bartholomew County Republican chairwoman had said that the gr...

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE NOMINEE AVRIL HAINES GETS U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION

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• The United States Senate confirmed Biden’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, making her the first approved Cabinet member

• The former deputy director of the CIA is all set to become a core member of the security team of ...

U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN REVERSES MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN ORDERED BY TRUMP

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• Biden ended the ‘Muslim travel ban' ordered by his predecessor Donald Trump which blocked travel to the US from many Muslim and African countries

• The Democratic President signed 17 executive orders that included end of the Muslim travel ban

TWITTER SUSPENDS CHINA’S EMBASSY ACCOUNT OVER A TWEET RELATED TO XINJIANG POLICY

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• Twitter on Wednesday suspended the account of China’s US embassy over a tweet that defended Beijing’s policies in the Xinjiang region

• The tweet was taken down by Twitter and was replaced by a label which states it was no longer available

GOOGLE ASKS US JUDGE TO TRANSFER ANTITRUST LAWSUIT FILED BY STATES TO CALIFORNIA

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• Google has asked a US judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states to a court in California

• The first case that alleged it monopolised online display advertising was filed in the month of May by an advertiser, and it was followed ...

JOE BIDEN WILL SIGN 17 ORDERS AND ACTIONS TO SET NEW POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION & CLIMATE

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• Biden will be signing 17 orders and actions to break from policies of outgoing President Donald Trump and set new policies on the environment, immigration, economy and battling against COVID-19

• The President-elect also plans to send a bill to Congress ...

NO BOMB THREAT AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, IT IS ALL-CLEAR: AUTHORITIES

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• According to the reports, the United States Supreme Court was given an all-clear immediately following a bomb threat that alerted the authorities

• Though the court is closed at present in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, initially it was reported that the...

JOE BIDEN TAKES OATH AS THE 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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• Biden took oath as the 46th President of the United States, while his deputy Kamala Harris took oath as the new Vice President at the Capitol on Wednesday

• Before his inauguration, Biden marked his attendance at Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Wa...

IT GIANT COGNIZANT TO TAKE OVER MAGENIC TECHNOLOGIES

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• According to the reports, the transaction is all set to close in the first quarter of 2021, though the financial details of this deal were not revealed

• This acquisition will help in expansion of Cognizant's software product engineering presence and...

U.S. WILL NOT LIFT TRAVEL BAN: JOE BIDEN’S TRANSITION TEAM

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• Trump in a statement had said that he would be lifting the travel ban on Europe and Brazil, and it would remain in place for China

• “On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26” wr...

U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN NAMES TRANSGENDER DR. RACHEL LEVINE AS ASSISTANT HEALTH SECRETARY

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• Levine will be assisting to Xavier Becerra, who has been nominated to head the US Department of Health and Human Services

• The nomination of Levine will require the confirmation from the US Senate and if this happens she would become the first openly tr...

AROUND 15 PERCENT U.S. HEALTHCARE WORKERS REFUSE TO GET VACCINATED FOR COVID-19: SURVEY

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• The survey called “U.S. Healthcare Workers: COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Attitudes” consisted a total of 2,504 participants and was conducted between December 12 and December 30 last year

• Of these 15 percent, 31 percent cited their main reas...

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY NOMINEE JANET YELLEN TO PRESENT $1.9 TRILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE

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• The Senate Finance Committee's hearing is expected to feature several topics like foreign-exchange policy to taxes

• The most important topic in this hearing will be the President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan

U.S. ASKS AUSTRALIA TO SUSPEND PROPOSED LAWS THAT FORCE GOOGLE, FACEBOOK PAY FOR NEWS

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• Trump administration has asked the Australian government to scrap proposed laws that force social media giant Facebook Inc and Google to pay for news sourced from local media

• As per the proposed law, Google and Facebook will be subject to mandatory pri...