The first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security once confirmed, Mayorkas said he would study the authority the federal government has in ending the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, a signature of Trump's harsh immigration policy. "We don't need nor should we have a monolithic answer to that varied and diverse challenge" at the U.S. southern border, he said. … [Read more...] about Biden’s key national security nominees appear in Senate confirmation hearings
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Fact Check: Posts claiming Lok Sabha Speaker’s daughter getting into UPSC without exam fake
New Delhi, Jan 19: Anjali Birla, the daughter of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla cleared the country's top civil services examination in 2019. However, Facebook was flooded with posts claiming that Anjali passed the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) exam without even taking the test. … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Posts claiming Lok Sabha Speaker’s daughter getting into UPSC without exam fake
Instagram passwords stored in readable form
Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, revealed last month that the unencrypted passwords of hundreds of millions of users had been stored, putting the number of Instagram users affected in the tens of thousands. The social network’s handling of user data has been a flashpoint for controversy since it admitted last year that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, used an app that may have hijacked the private details of 87 million users. … [Read more...] about Instagram passwords stored in readable form
Chang’e 5 orbiter heads to new mission in space
Lagrange Point 1 is an ideal position for monitoring solar activities, he said. The point is a place where the gravity from the Earth and the sun balance, so that the probe may orbit the sun in synchronization with the Earth without spending much of its fuel. … [Read more...] about Chang’e 5 orbiter heads to new mission in space
ASEAN trade corridor to help develop western areas
The corridor uses Chongqing and Chengdu as logistics hubs to connect with another important freight train passage, between China and Europe, which is a key project of the Belt and Road Initiative to connect Europe and northwestern China. … [Read more...] about ASEAN trade corridor to help develop western areas
