Trump, Melania quarantined, await Covid result after top aid tests positive

Donald Trump has said that he and the first lady Melania are awaiting their coronavirus test results and would quarantine themselves after one of their close aides tested positive for Covid

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Badly planned, poorly communicated: Agri, labour reforms were too rushed

Prime Minister Modi is unwisely ignoring the central difficulty of reform in India: While you can't wait for everyone to agree before you make changes, you can't impose them with zero agreement

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US judge blocks Trump's H-1B visa ban, says Prez exceeded his authority

A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of the H-1B visa ban issued by President Donald Trump in June this year, saying the president exceeded his constitutional authority

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57 mn e-way bills generated in Sep; signs of economic growth: Finance Secy

Finance Secretary said more than 57.4 million e-way bills have been generated in September and these are affirmative signs of economic growth

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PM Modi to inaugurate global summit on artificial intelligence on Oct 5

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a global virtual summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020 - 'Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020' on October 5, according to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.The summit is scheduled to be held from October 5 to 9, 2020 and is being organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog.The inauguration event will take place in the presence of Minister of Electronics & IT, Communications and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, eminent global AI expert Professor Raj Reddy, Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna among others.According to the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Reddy will hold a session about developing voice-enabled AI that removes linguistic barriers on October 6, the second day of the summit. Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai, and Brad Smith, President & Legal Head, Microsoft Global will also participate

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Union Budget 2021: Finance Ministry to start budgetary exercise from Oct 16

The Finance Ministry issued a Budget circular on Thursday evening, which contains necessary instructions and deadline for submission of details by different central ministries and departments

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Facebook steps up promotion of groups content in feeds, around the web

Facebook app chief Fidji Simo said Facebook would also start showing conversations from public groups outside the app, such as in web searches

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