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Senate to block Trump’s UAE arms sale

“It’s ready, it has privilege on the floor. We are gathering support for it and I would think sometime next week,” the Senator was quoted as saying in the statement…reports Asian Lite

4 December 2020

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Biden chooses Brian Deese as director of NEC

The announcement came after Biden on Monday unveiled key members of his economic team, including nominating former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as the next treasury secretary…reports Asian Lite News US President-elect

4 December 2020

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TIME names Indian American teen Gitanjali Rao ‘Kid of the Year’

Rao’s latest innovation is Kindly, an app and a Chrome extension – which uses machine learning technology to detect early traces of cyberbullying…reports Nikhila Natarajan TIME magazine has put an Indian American

4 December 2020

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US Court scraps Trump’s H1-B restrictions

The US Chamber of Commerce and several universities were among the parties that sued the Trump administration over the rules issued during the middle of the presidential election campaign…reports Asian Lite News

3 December 2020

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US limits service animals on flights

In a revision to its Air Carrier Access Act, the Department said on Wednesday that it”defines a service animal as a dog, regardless of breed or type, that is individually trained to

3 December 2020

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California sees record spike in daily Covid cases

California, home to around 40 million residents, became the second US state to reach the grim milestone of 1 million confirmed cases last month…reports Asian Lite News California reported a record single-day

3 December 2020

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US varsities demand $120bn Covid-19 aid

“Over 63 per cent of college students have experienced financial losses directly or within their families due to the pandemic,” the letter said…reports Asian Lite News A coalition of US colleges and

3 December 2020

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US CDC cuts quarantine period

The revision marked a significant change from the CDC’s guidelines since the start of the pandemic, which recommended a 14-day quarantine after last exposure…reports Asian Lite News The US Centers for Disease

3 December 2020

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Democrats urge immediate negotiations on Covid relief bill

Senior Democrats, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have signaled willingness to embrace a trimmed-down Covid-19 relief bill, urging Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to join

3 December 2020

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US Gears Up To Vaccinate 100Mn People

The chief advisor of the US Covid-19 vaccine development programme is confident that at least 100 million people would have got coronavirus shots by the end of February 2021 and this operation

3 December 2020

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