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The Biden-Harris Administration launched today a cybersecurity certification and labelling programme to make it easier for Americans to choose smart gadgets that are safer and less vulnerable to intrusions. The new “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark” programme proposed by FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel would raise the bar for cybersecurity across common devices such as smart refrigerators, smart microwaves, smart televisions, smart climate control systems, smart fitness trackers, and others. This is the latest example of President Biden’s commitment on behalf of hardworking families, ranging from cracking down on hidden trash fees to enhancing cyber security and preserving people’s privacy in their...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien were among 11 Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed from three states on Monday. Apart from Jaishankar, three BJP candidates – Babu Desai and Kesaridevsinh Jhala – were elected unopposed from Gujarat, while O’Brien was one of six TMC candidates elected from West Bengal. Jaishankar has won the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat for the second time in a row. Desai and Jhala have been elected to Parliament’s Upper House for the first time.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the White House on Tuesday was intended to highlight America’s unwavering support for Israel and its security 75 years after the country’s inception. However, the Oval Office conversations served to highlight the ongoing difficulties between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who has yet to visit Washington since taking office last year. Tensions between Biden and Netanyahu’s right-wing administration have been simmering for months, owing in part to contentious plans for a judicial overhaul and what Biden sees as radical positions espoused by Netanyahu’s government members. The US has also...

Twitter has lost nearly half of its advertising revenue since Elon Musk purchased it for $44 billion (£33.6 billion) last October, according to its owner. He stated that the company did not observe the predicted growth in sales in June, but that July was “a little more promising.” In an effort to save costs, Mr Musk fired over half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees when he took over in 2022. According to some estimates, rival app Threads now has 150 million users. Its built-in Instagram connection instantaneously grants the Meta-designed platform access to a potential two billion users. Meanwhile, Twitter is...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will use video conferencing to officially open the new integrated terminal building at the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair on 18 July (Tuesday) at 10:30 a.m. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Civil Aviation Minister, will arrive at the airport at 9 a.m. The new integrated terminal building cost roughly Rs 710 crore and covers an area of around 40,800 sqm. The new terminal would be able to handle at least 50 lakh people per year.

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France on July 13 and 14, the two nations agreed to expand collaboration in areas such as defence and laid out a plan for the next 25 years of India-France ties. We talked about the bigger ramifications of the visit with Professor Gulshan Sachdeva of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Centre for European Studies in New Delhi. This visit commemorates the 25th anniversary of India and France’s strategic cooperation. PM Modi praised the two countries’ ties as “excellent shape,” saying they are “strong, trusted, and consistent.”

Rahul Gandhi spoke with farmers in Madina village in Haryana’s Sonipat on July 8. The women farmers had expressed a desire to visit Rahul Gandhi’s home in Delhi at the time. The women farmers not only got their desire granted, but they also got to dance and dine with Sonia Gandhi.

In his latest push to protect online data and information, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must establish a “solid” security barrier around its internet under the control of the ruling Communist Party. Xi said in instructions presented to officials attending a two-day cybersecurity meeting in Beijing that ended on Saturday that China must continue to manage, operate, and provide internet access in accordance with the law.

The joint statement issued following bilateral meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron has been changed, with the new version released on Friday lacking critical details on pending arms accords. References to a roadmap for the combined development of a combat aircraft engine and the construction of three further Scorpene submarines were among the omissions. They also unveiled a roadmap for combined actions in the Indo-Pacific region, where both countries have vital stakes, and stated that they are nearing completion of an Indo-French development fund to jointly finance sustainable development initiatives by other countries in the...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to visit West Bengal in August, a month after the state’s panchayat elections were marred by violence, according to BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday. Majumdar, who visited Shah in Delhi on Friday, told reporters at the airport here upon his return from the national capital that Shah does not want a single fatality in West Bengal as a result of political violence.