JANUARY 9, 2021
Representational photo The new rules will be effective 60 days after publication in the federal register Friday, making it likely that they will cover H-1B applicants for the new fiscal year starting April 1. - ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
ABOUT A fortnight before its term ends, US President Donald Trump's administration has once again...
JANUARY9, 2021
New authorities from the recently enacted defense bill are expected to help the U.S. government in its response to the SolarWinds hack believed to be perpetrated by Russia.
The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which became law this past week after Congress overrode President Trump's veto, formally established a cyber czar position at the White House, in addition...
JANUARY 9, 2021
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham called on President-elect Joe Biden to immediately call Democratic congressional leaders and "the squad" and request they cease any discussion of President Donald Trump being impeached for a second time. - STEPHEN J. BOITANO / Stringer/Getty Images
Lindsey Graham called on President-elect Joe Biden to immediately contact Democratic congressional leaders and "the...
JANUARY 9, 2021
Ronna McDaniel was re-elected as chair of the Republican National Committee despite the party’s loss of the presidency and the Senate. - Pete Marovich/NY Times
AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA — In Washington, Republicans were dealing with a burgeoning crisis in their ranks, with high-profile resignations and bitter infighting over how to deal with an erratic and isolated president....
JANUARY 9, 2021
President Trump faces mounting pressure for his immediate ouster after he incited Wednesday’s violent siege at the Capitol — an increasingly louder drumbeat chastising his actions that threatens not only to prematurely end his waning tenure but to put him in legal jeopardy once he leaves office.
In Congress, a growing cadre of House Democrats is pushing to...
JANAURY 9, 2021
Email communication in today’s world is often treated like an afterthought even though online businesses completely depend on it. Major email providers not only mine user data but also use this data to display ads or sell to third parties.
Sunit Kumar Nandi (26), who is pursuing PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati, has launched...
JANUARY 8, 2021
On Thursday, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the First Advance Estimates (FAE) for the current financial year.
According to MoSPI, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) — the total value of all final goods and services produced within the country in one financial year — will contract by 7.7 per cent in 2020-21.
What are the First...
JANUARY 8, 2021
Chennai: Privacy conscious smartphone users are opting for Telegram and Signal messaging apps to chat and communicate as the most popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has explicitly mentioned sharing data with parent company Facebook.
Downloads of Signal app have seen a 79% increase from India during the period January 1 to 6 compared to Dec 26 to 31, data...
JANUARY 8, 2021
Donald Trump supporters stand in the office of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, where a laptop was stolen. - Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
At least two computers were stolen from the Capitol when a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building on Wednesday – including one from the office of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi – raising...
JANUARY 8, 2021
Sasse says Trump was 'delighted' and 'excited' by reports of Capitol riot. - Greg Nash
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was "delighted" to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly.
"As this was unfolding on television,...
