The travel bans imposed by the U.S. on countries including India, China and the U.K. lack a clear sense of purpose and don’t make sense, said former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb.“I’m not sure what we are hoping to accomplish. If the goal is to try to prevent the introduction of virus into the U.S., there’s plenty of virus here,” Gottlieb said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.Responding to the U.S. ban on most travel from India, due to go into effect on Tuesday, he said, “If the goal is to try to prevent the introduction of a new variant…
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(Photo : Pexels/Pixabay) Facebook app and iOS 14 Facebook is continuing it campaign against the privacy updates of Apple’s iOS 14, adding a notice within its iOS app telling users that the information it collects from other apps and websites can help keep Facebook free of charge. A similar message was seen on Instagram’s iOS app. Technology researcher Ashkan Soltani first noted the new pop-up notices on May 1 on Twitter. They appear as part of an explanation of the updates to iOS 14 rules. Apple iOS 14 Tracking The pop-up screen reads that this particular version of iOS requires…
Following the Inited States’ decision to drawdown troops from Afghanistan, Washington will soon no longer need Islamabad, which could lead to efforts within US Congress to help designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terror, said US-based scholar Michael Rubin.In an opinion piece in National Interest, Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), said Pakistanis often complain that the US is a fair-weather friend and such criticisms are correct as Islamabad has long been America’s second choice.”The United States embraces Pakistan and demands solidarity when Washington needs Islamabad but turns on a dime to punish Pakistan when the…
The United States on Sunday immediately denied a report by Iran’s state-run television broadcaster that deals had been reached between the Islamic Republic, Washington and the United Kingdom that would see prisoners swapped and Tehran receive billions of dollars.The announcement by state television, relying on an unnamed source, comes amid a wider power struggle between hard-liners and the relatively moderate government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. That conflict only has grown sharper as Iran approaches its June 18 presidential election.The broadcaster long controlled by hard-liners has aired similarly anonymously sourced reports contradicting diplomats in Vienna trying to negotiate a return…
A Texas Republican backed by former President Donald Trump has advanced to a runoff election to fill a U.S. House of Representatives vacancy left by the death of her husband, while Democrats appeared in danger of being shut out of the contest.Susan Wright, whose husband Ron Wright in February became the first sitting member of Congress to die of Covid-19, was the top vote-getter on Saturday in a crowded field of 23 candidates vying to represent the state’s 6th Congressional District.Wright appeared likely to face another Republican in the expected runoff in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs, a longtime Republican-held district.Democrats…
(Photo : Flickr/Aafreen butt) Apple Music HiFi launch New leaks suggest that Apple is planning to launch another feature alongside the AirPods 3, and this is a significant upgrade to Apple Music that won’t cost subscribers to pay more. Apple Music HiFi Leak According to Hits Daily Double, Apple Music will add a new high-fidelity, lossless audio streaming tier taking streams above the current 256kbps AAC format. That means people with high-end speakers or headphones should be able to hear the difference when it is introduced. The exact audio quality is not specified in the report, but the move should…
The proposal was moved by India and South Africa at the WTO in October last year By Yashwant Raj, Washington UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2021 01:00 AM IST The Biden administration on Sunday indicated a “way forward” could be found in the coming days on a proposal moved by India and South Africa at the WTO to temporarily waive provisions of the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – such as patents – to Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics to ensure equitable access to them around the world, especially in developing countries.The “way forward” could include, but may…
At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the city’s top security official said Sunday.More than 20 different rallies took place in the German capital on Saturday and the vast majority of them were peaceful. However, a leftist march of 8,000 people through the city’s Neukoelln and Kreuzberg neighborhood, which has seen clashes in past decades, turned violent. Protesters threw bottles and rocks at officers, and burned garbage cans and wooden pallets in the streets.“Violence against police officers and a blind, destructive rage has nothing to do…
UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Sunday said that Britain will help India with “whatever they ask for” amid speculations over vaccine donation. Raab told Sky News that he recently spoke to external affairs minister S Jaishankar and assured him help in whatever way possible. He stressed that the UK was “doing everything that our Indian friends need in their hour of need.”The ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday morning said that 3,92,488 new Covid-19 cases and 3,689 related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The huge spike in Covid-19 cases has overwhelmed India’s health care…
According to the latest data received from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), as many as 7,137 new cases of Covid-19 were detected while conducting RT-PCR tests on 16,147 people in the past 24 hours. PTI | PUBLISHED ON MAY 02, 2021 06:45 PM IST Nepal on Sunday reported a record 7,137 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily surge in the country.According to the latest data received from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), as many as 7,137 new cases of Covid-19 were detected while conducting RT-PCR tests on 16,147 people in the past 24 hours.There are…