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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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
S...
SII RELEASES FAQ FACTSHEET FOR COVISHIELD VACCINE
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- SII has released FAQ Factsheet for Covishield Vaccine.
- The new factsheet details information for vaccine recipients regarding the benefits and common side-effects of the Covishield vaccine.
- The Covishield has been approved for re...

PANEL’S CONCLUSION: CHINA AND WHO SLIPPED UP IN SAVING WORLD FROM CONTAGION
- A panel of experts initiated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has blamed China and other countries for not taking timely action to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier.
- It also put in jeopardy whether the UN health agency should have labelled it a pandemic...

BMW TO LAUNCH ITS ‘BMW M4’ CONVERTIBLE BEFORE SUMMER IN GERMANY
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- The company BMW is going to launch be launching its BMW M4 convertible car in Germany before summer
- In a press release, the company has added that, the BMW M4 Convertible is going to be launched before the summer season
T...

CHINA VICTORIOUS ONE YEAR AFTER WUHAN LOCKDOWN
- “People Power, Life Power” reads a legend at a Wuhan exhibition, the place guests are welcomed by an ode to China’s conquest of the pandemic and the agility of its communist management in fallout of epic proportions.
- Saturday marks one year ever since began th...

NEW ZEALAND HEALTH CHIEF SAYS COVID TO STAY FOREVER BUT WITH LESS HARM
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- Coronavirus is probably not going to vanish, even with inoculation endeavors, however, it could turn out to be more contagious and less destructive, New Zealand's chief general of wellbeing has cautioned
If you consider flu, whic...

A MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF CHINESE STUDENT IN NSW
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- A man has been accused of the homicide of a 19-year-old Chinese woman a year ago, in what was one of three asserted killings of global understudies during the pandemic
In any event, three female worldwide understudies were purportedl...

AUSTRALIAN WEATHER TO DETERIORATE AS BUSHFIRE AND SEVERE HEAT WAVES FORECASTED
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- An eruption of warmth is set to burn a lot of Australia in front of the Australia Day long end of the week, sending temperatures taking off and starting bushfire concerns
The Bureau of Meteorology is gauging an extreme heatwave to se...
AMPLUS LAUNCHES ‘THE MILES CHALLENGE’ FOR CLEAN ENERGY
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- For Indian startups, Amplus Solar has launched The MILES Challenge.
- The MILES Challenge can deploy solutions in the Clean Energy ecosystem.
The MILES Challenge has been launched by Amplus Solar for Indian start-ups. It is ...

S. KOREA TO PROVIDE $34.9 BILLION AS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HOUSEHOLDS, COMPANIES
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- S. Korea to provide $34.9 billion as financial support to households, companies.
- The financial support would be given ahead of the Lunar New Year's holiday in February.
- Commercial and state-run banks as well as the ce...

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...