US FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN ALL SET TO TRAVEL TO JAPAN TO ATTEND TOKYO OLYMPICS

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• The American first lady’s visit to Japan comes at a time when country is witnessing a spike in the number of new cases of the COVID-19 infections

• According to Michael LaRosa, press secretary for the first lady, she will not have to quarantine in ...

HAITI SEEKS HELP FROM UN, US, REQUESTS TO SEND TROOPS

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• According to Reuters, the Prime Minister of Haiti’s office said in a letter to the UN offices on July 7

Report claim that to control the haywire situation in the country courtesy of the assassination of President Jovonel Moise, the government of Haiti h...

JANUARY 6 CAPITOL COMPLEX RIOTS WERE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS SAYS US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

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• He said “Together, let us demonstrate to ourselves, and to the world, the enduring strength and the limitless capacity and goodness of who we are as Americans.”

Talking to the country on the occasion of the six-month anniversary of the unfortunate...

CDC SAYS US HAS ADMINISTERED OVER 331 MN DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE

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• The federal agency said these numbers have gone up from the 330,604,253 vaccine doses that were administered by July 4

• This number announced by the CDC includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech  and single dose of Johnson & John...

US ECONOMY ADDED 850,000 NEW JOBS IN JUNE

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• This addition happens to above the average of the last three months.

• The Thursday’s Labor Department report stated that unemployment claims went down by 51,000 to 364,000

Bright signs of the American economy are clearly as the employers...

FORMER PENTAGON CHIEF DONALD RUMSFELD DIES AT AGE OF 88

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• Rumsfeld’s family said in a statement that he “was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico.”

• Rumsfeld was known for being smart and combative, patriotic and politically cunning among his circuit

Former US Secret...

INDIAN-AMERICAN KIRAN AHUJA IS NEW HEAD OF THE US OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

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• Vice President Harris said "The Senate being evenly divided, the Vice President votes in affirmative.”

• Ahuja, a lawyer by profession is the first Indian-American to serve in this top position in the US government

As soon as the Uni...

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS DELTA VARIANT OF COVID-19 IS GREATEST THREAT TO US

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• Delta variant currently makes more than 20 percent of cases reported in the country said Fauci

According to a statement given the United States’ top infectious disease expert and the director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

US TO BUY ADDITIONAL 200 MN DOSES OF MODERNA’S COVID-19 VACCINE

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• Moderna on Wednesday announced the purchase and said that it expects to deliver 110 million of the new doses in the fourth quarter of this year, and remaining 90 million in the first quarter of 2022. 

In order to stay prepared for any sort of situation, ...

US, EU BURY THEIR HATCHET OVER TARIFFS ON AIRBUS & BOEING

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• Tariffs imposed on the companies would be lifted for five years by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as per the agreement would lift for five years

• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said I’m very positive and convinced that toge...

NO NEED TO WEAR MASKS AT APPLE STORES & OFFICES FROM NEXT WEEK IF YOU ARE VACCINATED

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• According to Bloomberg, the smartphone and computer maker told its employees not to ask customers for verification of vaccination

• In a memo sent to its corporate employees, Apple said the requisite of face coverings will also be dropped at some of Appl...

NOVAVAX COVID-19 VACCINE WAS 90 PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN PHASE 3 US TRIAL

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• As per phase 3 trial which was conducted the US and Mexico, the vaccine had an overall efficacy of 90.4% in a group of 29,960 participants across 119 sites in the country

According to a report released by US-based company Novavax on the basis of ongoing phase...

G7 LIKELY TO REALLOCATE $100 BN FROM IMF TO COVID AFFECTED COUNTRIES: US

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• The White House also said that the issue will be discussed when G7 leaders plan to help steer the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

• A day before the summit started the UK PM Boris Johnson said that his country will be donating 100 million dose...

MCDONALD’S IN US, TAIWAN & SOUTH KOREA SUFFERED DATA BREACH

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• McDonald’s said that some customer and employee information was exposed by a data breach that affected its markets in South Korea, Taiwan and the United States

• The McDonald’s breach follows the cyberattack on JBS USA, the American subsidiar...

US PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO THREE-YEARS PRISON OVER CHARGES OF TAMPERING WITH COVID-19 VACCINE

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• Along with sentence of three years, R. Brandenburg, was also ordered to pay nearly $83,800 in compensation to the hospital where he was working

According to the statement given by the United States Justice Department on Tuesday, a pharmacist from Wisconsin ha...

JSW STEEL FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST THREE AMERICAN COMPANIES

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• Since the tariffs were imposed in 2018, it hasn’t been able to get enough semi-finished steel slab from suppliers outside the U.S. said JSW

According to Indian steelmaker JSW Steel Ltd., three of the United States' largest steelmakers  are cons...

INDIAN NAVY TO RECEIVE FIRST SET OF MULTI-ROLE CHOPPERS FROM THE US

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• The two countries had signed a deal worth Rs 16,000 crore for 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from Lockheed Martin in the year 2020

• These multi-role choppers would be equipped with multi-mode radars and night-vision devices along with Hellfire missiles, tor...

RECYCLING USED BATTERIES: PART OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLAN

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• Review of gaps include the minerals that are used in EV batteries and consumer electronics, and the  administration is finding ways to bring down metal usage in new battery chemistries.

According to the government officials, the strategy drafted by the U...

DEUTSCHE BANK ASKS ITS US EMPLOYEES TO RETURN TO OFFICES BY SEPTEMBER 6

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• Companies Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have already asked their employees to return in coming weeks

According to Bloomberg, investment banking firm Deutsche Bank is calling back its bankers in the US to the company’s offices by ...

WALMART INC. IS GIVING SAMSUNG MOBILES TO 740,000 US STORE WORKERS FOR FREE

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• The US-based Walmart said over 740,000 workers would be entitled to receive Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro smartphones, cases and protection plans

• Walmart in a blog post said the employees will only be able to access work apps during their shifts, but can u...