Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, the Justice Department’s second-ranking official, and FBI Director Christopher Wray are pushing Congress to increase the FBI’s role under a major cybersecurity bill.Driving the news: The bill passed the Senate this week and is being discussed in the House.Why it matters: The bill is “the most significant cyber legislation in…Continue Reading

Data: FlightAware; Map: Jacque Schrag/AxiosThe Russian invasion of Ukraine is turning into a seismic event for the aviation industry just as it emerges from the COVID-19 downturn. Why it matters: The closure of vast stretches of airspace from North America to Russia has airlines scrambling to determine what routes are still feasible and which flights…Continue Reading

Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on March 03 in Delhi, while addressing the briefing by the Health Ministry, informed that 92 per cent of the deaths in 2022 have been due to the unvaccinated individuals. He also said that India is the second country which has a vaccine tracker. “Vaccine…Continue Reading

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that the Government of India is in constant touch with the Ukrainian authorities to bring back the mortal remains of an Indian national who died in Kharkiv shelling. Speaking at the special briefing on Operation Ganga, to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine amid…Continue Reading

Eyeing each other warily across negotiating tables, U.S. and Russian diplomats never much trusted each other. Yet even during the Cold War, they hashed out agreements on the biggest issues of the day. Now the fierce, mutual hostility over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises a critical question: Is U.S.-Russian diplomacy effectively dead? The answer is…Continue Reading

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled eastern Mexico on Thursday, seismologists said, triggering the early warning alarm system in the capital several hundred kilometers (miles) away. The epicenter was near the municipality of Isla in Veracruz state, at a depth of 113 kilometers, the National Seismological Service reported, revising an initial estimate of 6.2 magnitude. The tremor…Continue Reading

SynopsisDuring the hearing, the agency conceded that there was a mistake in its earlier remand plea which had alleged that Malik paid Rs 55 lakh to late Haseena Parkar, Ibrahim’s sister, and it should be read as Rs 5 lakh.Malik had been arrested on February 23 following extensive interrogation.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left red-faced…Continue Reading