APRIL 11, 2023
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a press conference after the arraignment of former president Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the...
APRIL 11, 2023
FILE - An NYSE sign is seen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Wall Street is drifting Tuesday, April 11, with stocks and bonds making only modest moves ahead of reports later in the week with the potential to move markets.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NEW YORK — Wall...
APRIL 11, 2023
Eeconomist Sanjeev Sanyal
Noted economist Sanjeev Sanyal on Monday backed the artificial intelligence, calling it "a great social leveller". "Those who merely invested in learning the right jargon and accent, rather than ideas, will get weeded out," said Sanyal, who is also the Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. "Why is this a bad...
APRIL 11, 2023
A judge rejected a request by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to remain free on bail. - Getty
Elizabeth Holmes' request to remain free on bail was denied on Monday by a US judge.
The judge described Holmes' one-way ticket to Mexico as a "bold move" and "ill-advised."
The Theranos founder is expected to begin serving her sentence...
APRIL 11, 2023
Less than a year after the US Supreme Court ended legal protection for abortions nationwide, clinics that provide reproductive health care across the United States are bracing for more restrictions on the care they provide to women.
If a judge’s ruling takes effect Friday, it may soon be illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, the first in a...
APRIL 10, 2023
A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Reading, Pa. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. - Matt Rourke, AP
The Biden administration Monday announced a $5 billion program to accelerate the development of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.
Like Operation Warp Speed, which developed and distributed vaccines in the early days of the pandemic,...
APRIL 10, 2023
The leak of a trove of classified U.S. military documents, some of which began to spread on chat platforms in recent weeks and more of which have emerged since, has spooked officials around the world — none more so than in Washington, as the defense and intelligence establishment scrambles to assess the damage and the Justice Department...
APRIL 7, 2023
Chennai: At a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aggressively trying to make inroads in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chennai Saturday and inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 5,254 crore.
A five-tier security arrangement was put in place for the high-profile visit, with about 26,000 police personnel...
APRIL 7, 2023
New Delhi: The rise in Covid cases is indicative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus moving into an endemic state in India and behaving like other coronaviruses that cause common cold-like symptoms and can keep reinfecting, say scientists.
Giving the reassurance that a monster spike on the lines of the Delta wave in the spring of 2021 is unlikely due...
APRIL 7, 2023
Layoffs 2023: Amplitude, an American public company that develops digital analytics software, has laid off 99 employees, which accounts for 13 per cent of its workforce, amid tough macroeconomic environment.
Amplitude co-founders Spenser Skates, Curtis Liu, and Jeffrey Wang sent an email announcing the decision to reduce the company’s global team by 13 per cent on the morning...
