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On Wednesday, the White House held a private briefing with some US senators on the catastrophic risks to the American economy posed by semiconductor supply chain concerns, as it seeks $52 billion in funds from … Read more
SEC: According to the Wall Street Journal, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking into how Amazon.com Inc handled employee disclosures about the company’s use of third-party sellers’ data to bolster its own … Read more
Cryptocurrency: The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Meta Platforms Inc is preparing plans to integrate virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies into its family of apps, with the goal of using such virtual tokens for rewarding … Read more
The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will dispatch a team of experts to Pawanpur village in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district to investigate what are thought to be the remains of a disintegrated Chinese rocket. “Inputs on … Read more
BluSmart Mobility Receives Funding: The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), India’s largest lender in the renewable energy sector, has approved a loan of Rs. 267.67 crores to BluSmart Mobility for the purchase of … Read more
The System for Pensions Administration – RakSHa (SPARSH) has reached a major milestone with the successful onboarding of nearly 500,000 Defence Pensioners. The Ministry of Defence implemented System for Pensions Administration – RakSHa for retirees … Read more
Make in India: The proposals that were given Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) under the Buy (Global) category of Capital Acquisition in the past have been reviewed as per DAP-2020, and the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) … Read more
Germany: German authorities announced Tuesday that they had taken down the servers of Hydra, the world’s largest illegal darknet bazaar, and confiscated bitcoins worth $23 million. The BKA federal police said in a statement that … Read more
Elon Musk in Twitter: According to a regulatory filing Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought a 9.2 percent interest in Twitter, totaling 73.5 million shares. Mr. Musk’s Twitter holding is classified as a passive investment, … Read more
Three Russian cosmonauts arrived on Friday at the International Space Station wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, which appeared to match the Ukrainian flag. The men were the space station’s first new arrivals since … Read more