FACEBOOK WANTS NEGOTIATION WITH PUBLISHERS BEFORE THE MEDIA CODE GOES ON FLOOR

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• Facebook has requested that the Australian government consider giving computerized stages six months to make deals with media sources to pay for content before hitting organizations with the huge news media code

Before appearing on F...

AMAZON INDIA AND FLIPKART ANNOUNCE REPUBLIC DAY SALE 2021

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• E-Commerce stores have announced discount sales for 2021 Republic Day.
• They are discounts on Apple's AirPods, iPhone SE, and smart TVs.
• Bank card offers and attractive deals on electronics such as iPhones, laptop, Smart TVs e...

IS PINK SALT REALLY HEALTHY? LETS FIND OUT

Let’s start with a fun fact. Irrespective of "Himalayan" in its name, Himalayan pink salt is not found in Himalayas but in Pakistan. Recently most of the celebrities are endorsing pink salt and the product is actually getting a hype. Himalayan pink salt is basically a form of salt...

U.S., INDIA HAVE VERY STRONG POTENTIAL TO WORK TOGETHER: SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE BLINKEN

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• India has been a bipartisan success story of the US successive administrations said Blinken

• Blinken said Prime Minister Modi has been a very strong advocate of renewable energy and different technologies. I think there is very strong potential for our ...

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 ...

ONTARIO ASKS U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN FOR A MILLION VACCINES

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• The premier of Ontario, Doug Ford said he is angry and has asked Joe Biden to help Canada out

• Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin said the US pharma giant Pfizer is still expected to meet its contractual obligation to ship four million doses to Canada by the end of ...

JENNIFER LOPEZ'S SHOTGUN WEDDING FINDS NEW GROOM IN JOSH DUHAMEL?

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• Actor Josh Duhamel has been selected to replace Hammer in the Lionsgate romantic action comedy, though it hasn’t been confirmed as of now

• Shotgun Wedding starring Jennifer Lopez is being directed by Jasoon Moore, while the story has been penned b...

WWW INVENTOR TIM BERNERS-LEE IS AGAINST AUSTRALIA’S NEWS PAYMENT POLICY

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• Berners-Lee said that he is concerned that the code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online.

• On Tuesday, the President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Australi...

NETFLIX NOW HAS OVER 200 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

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• In the times when most of the movie theatres were closed, almost everyone turned towards online streaming platforms and this led to their boom

• In the COVID-struck year, Netflix was successful in adding over 36 million subscribers, of which 8.51 million...

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...

BITCOIN SLIDES 5% AFTER "CRYPTOCURRENCY USED BY TERRORISTS’ “STATEMENT

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-         Bitcoin’s bull run continues even as it slides 5%

-         Bitcoiners are still buying unfazed by the drop

The de-centralised, unregulated, and volatile chara...

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...

LAUNCH OF ETH 2.0, ETH SHOWS SHIFT

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• ETH 2.0 is an upgrade 
• ETH reached a new all-time high of $1,440

In December, Ethereum launched Ethereum 2.0. It is a parallel staking network, which is fundamentally an upgrade. Ethereum 2.0 is significant due to its adoption o...

CONSUMING BALANCED CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM FOR HEALTH

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• Consuming balanced Calcium, magnesium, potassium for health.
• Potassium is said to help in muscle function and the relaxing of the blood vessels.
• Magnesium helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, and muscle and nerve f...

STOLEN PAINTING OF LEONARDO DA VINCI RECOVERED IN ITALY

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• The police of Italy have found a 500-year-old painting of Leonardo da Vinci that have been stolen
• The police have returned the painting to the church, which was not having any idea that it had been stolen

The police in It...

SPAIN: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO LAUNCH ‘VACCINATION CERTIFICATE’ TO RECOVER TOURISM INDUSTRY

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• Spain is also going to be includes in the list of the European countries that are planning to launch a ‘vaccination certificate’
• The government of Spain has started the planning for recovering the tourism industry of Spain
...

JAPAN REPORTS FALL IN SALES AT 7 MAJOR CONVINIENCE STORES IN 2020

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• Japan reports a fall in sales at 7 major convenience stores in 2020.
• Japanese convenience store sales fell 4.5 percent to $103 billion.
• Newly opened convenience stores in 2020 sales fell by 4.7 percent to 10.16 trillion y...

EUROPEAN STOCKS HAVE CLOSED HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY

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• The European stocks have been closed higher on Wednesday ahead of the inauguration of the new president of US ‘Joe Biden’
• The pan-European Stoxx 600 have been increased by 0.6 percent in the early trade along with the stocks of...

SVYATLANA TSHIKHANOUSKAYA TO ADDRESS UNITED NATION'S SECURITY COUNCIL OVER CRACKDOWN IN BELARUS

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• Svyatlana Tshikanouskaya is going to be addressing the United Nation’s Security Council in this week
• She will be addressing the council over the ongoing crackdown on the independent media and protestors in Belarus

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