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ELECTRONICS May 24, 2016 Electronics giant Samsung may enter US drug market with Remicade biosimilar
By: sristy SahaElectronics giant, Samsung group said on Tuesday that its application for the approval of biosimilar (replicas of biological drugs) of Johnson & Johnson’s arthritis drug, Remicade has been accepted by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (USFDA).Pictured: People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Samsung […]
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NEWS May 21, 2016 Mexico to extradite drug boss El Chapo to US
By: sristy SahaA report photograph of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in Mexico. picture: Reuters Mexico city: Mexico approved the extradition of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the usa on Friday after receiving guarantees he could no longer face the death penalty, and the kinkgpin’s legal professionals vowed to block the move. Juan Pablo […]
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NEWS May 19, 2016 Uber Settles magnificence movement fit With US Drivers
By: sristy SahaUber has agreed to pay up to $one hundred million (kind of Rs. 666 crores) to settle two class movementfits filed by means of drivers who said they have been employees entitled to benefits, rather thanunbiased contractors. The suits challenged a pillar of the business version of the pioneer of the so-referred to as gig […]
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NEWS April 13, 2016 Isro Says Chandrayaan II Will Be Indigenous, Take Minor Help From US
By: sristy SahaOpting to go solo in its ambitious Chandrayaan II project, India has decided not to take Russia on board and keep the mission completely indigenous with “minor” help from the US. Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar said Chandrayaan II, having an indigenously built Lander and Rover, will be launched by December 2017 or first […]
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NEWS March 23, 2016 For Google, India to be bigger market than US by next year: Pichai
By: sristy SahaSundar Pichai, global chief executive at Goggle, the giant search engine, believes India will become a bigger marketfor the company than the US sometime in the middle of 2016. In an interaction with half a dozen journalists here on Wednesday, he said it was not only with regard to the use of Android-based phones that […]
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NEWS March 21, 2016 Apple Said to Have Hired a Corporate Security Officer Amid Legal Battle With the US
By: sristy SahaApple Inc, amid a pitched battle with the US government over law enforcement’s desire to crack into iPhones, has hired a new security executive to oversee its corporate digital defences, people familiar with the matter said. Apple appointed George Stathakopoulos, formerly vice president of information security at Amazonand before that Microsoft Corp’s general manager of […]
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ELECTRONICS March 19, 2016 Toshiba Says Cooperating With US on ‘Accounting Problem’
By: sristy SahaToshiba’s American units are cooperating with US authorities over alleged accounting irregularities, the embattled firm said Friday, a day after its shares tumbled on a report it was under investigation. The company has been roiled by a profit-padding scandal, in which high-handed bosses for years systematically pushed their subordinates to cover-up weak financial figures. Toshiba, […]
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ALL DEALS March 12, 2016 US to Blame Iran for 2013 Cyber-Attack on New York Dam: Report
By: sristy SahaThe Obama administration is planning to publicly blame Iranian hackers for a 2013 cyber-attack against a small dam in New York state, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against the hackers, two of the sources said, and a public announcement could come as soon as next […]
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ALL DEALS March 12, 2016 Internet Address Gatekeeper Icann Approves Plan to Break From US
By: sristy SahaThe gatekeeper of Internet addresses on Thursday approved a plan to break from US oversight, shifting those symbolic functions to the broader global online community. The plan, which now heads to the US government for approval, aims to maintain Internet governance under a “multi-stakeholder” model which avoids control of the online ecosystem by any single […]
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ALL DEALS March 11, 2016 China’s ZTE Says Suppliers Need to Apply for US Export Licence
By: sristy SahaChinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp said on Wednesday its suppliers must seek licences to provide materials, in line with newly imposed US restrictions on the company. The news, confirming a Reuters report on Tuesday, comes a day after the US Commerce Department slapped export restrictions on ZTE for alleged Iran sanctions violations, a move […]
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ALL DEALS March 9, 2016 US Police Say Criminals Like Apple’s iPhone Because of Encryption
By: sristy SahaSome criminals have switched to new iPhones as their “device of choice” to commit wrongdoing due to strong encryption Apple Inc has placed on their products, three law enforcement groups said in a court filing. The groups told a judge overseeing Apple’s battle with the US Department of Justice on Thursday that, among other things, […]
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ALL DEALS March 9, 2016 US Appeals Ruling on Accessing Data in New York iPhone Case
By: sristy SahaCalling a New York judge’s ruling “an unprecedented limitation” on judicial authority, the Justice Department asked a Brooklyn federal court on Monday to reverse a decision that said Apple Inc. wasn’t required to pry open a locked iPhone. The government’s 45-page brief comes a week after US Magistrate Judge James Orenstein issued his decision in […]