MARCH 10, 2021
Indian motorcycles have announced the base price for their new 2022 range of Indian Chief motorcycles that were unveiled recently in the US. While the company had confirmed earlier that it would launch the new range of motorcycles in India in the second quarter of 2021. Now the company has announced that the range will begin at...
MARCH 10, 2021
Michael Regan, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his confirmation hearing on Feb. 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. - Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images
The Senate confirmed Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, putting the North Carolina regulator in charge of restoring the climate and water pollution regulations that...
MARCH 10, 2021
A mall in Southaven, Miss., where the mask mandate ended last week. The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress are betting that providing additional stimulus checks can kick-start a faster recovery. - Rory Doyle/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economic relief plan that is headed to President Biden’s desk has been billed as the United States’ most...
MARCH 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House gave final passage Wednesday to a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package that will deliver $1,400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans, extend enhanced unemployment benefits and boost funding to ramp up vaccine distribution and reopen schools.
The vote of 220 to 211 sends the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature,...
MARCH 10, 2021
Ahead of the Quad meeting between PM Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and other members of the grouping, US has said it was important for the nation to underline the importance Indo-Pacific holds for the current Biden administration.
Leaders of India, United States, Japan and Australia will hold their first summit in a virtual format under the...
MARCH 9, 2021
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle | File photos
Queen Elizabeth and her family said on Tuesday that they were saddened to learn of the experiences of the couple.
After the explosive, tell-all interview of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth and her family said on Tuesday that they were saddened to...
MARCH 9, 2021
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is dropping support for iPhones running on iOS 9, according to a recent report from WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo.
Version 2.21.50 of WhatsApp beta, according to the report, does not support devices running on iOS 9 or previous.
WhatsApp has not updated the change on its FAQ page yet, but it is expected to be updated...
MARCH 9, 2021
Outside Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday. - Frank Augstein/AP
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Pressure built on Tuesday for Buckingham Palace to respond to bombshell allegations from a tell-all interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, that has shaken the monarchy.
Assertions that a member of the royal family had raised concerns about the skin color...
MARCH 7, 2021
The Biden administration is undertaking a “whole of government response” to investigate and respond to the cyberattacks against Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which the Big Tech company assessed are being carried out by a sophisticated Chinese state-backed hacker group.
Microsoft announced it detected “multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in limited and...
MARCH 7, 2021
Silicon Valley giants are drawing battle lines over personal data collection practices and targeted ads as the threat of regulation looms.
As Apple presses ahead with plans to give users greater control over their privacy, companies like Facebook and Google have aligned themselves over the latter's more measured approach to scaling back tracking features.
In what was billed as...
