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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the rule after it notified the Seoul government of the decision to designate the two chipmakers as “verified end users (VEU)” — a status that reduces the licensing burden on the Korean firms with operations in China.In October last year, the United States published the rule restricting exports of certain advanced chipmaking tools to China-based facilities in an apparent bid to slow Beijing’s technological advances.The two Korean chipmakers received a one-year waiver, which would have expired this month, reports Yonhap news agency.”Samsung’s and SK hynix’s PRC facilities are Validated End-Users.…

The ‘Captain America’ star made the comments in his first public outing a month after it was reported that he got hitched to the 26-year-old actress, with the actor also sharing they had two wedding ceremonies, reports aceshowbiz.com.”I got married. It was really, really great,” Chris told fans as he spoke about the double celebration while flaunting his wedding ring at the New York Comic Con.”We kind of had two ceremonies. We had one on the East Coast, we did one in Portugal – my wife’s Portuguese. But they were just… wonderful and beautiful. It’s a lot planning a wedding…

Pakistan looked on track to set India a challenging target as they cruised to 155-2, before a shocking batting implosion, losing eight wickets for just 36 runs in 13 overs, that had them all out for 191 on Saturday. This was Pakistan’s worst collapse for the last eight wickets in their history of playing in the Men’s ODI World Cup. In response, India skipper Rohit Sharma (86) then led the way as the hosts brushed aside the Pakistan attack to clinch an emphatic victory with almost 20 overs to spare.Speaking on the latest episode of The ICC Review podcast, Raja…

Khanna took up Ramaswamy’s offer of debate with “a smart Democrat who’s willing”, and wrote to him on X: “The University of Chicago Institute of Politics wants to have a civil discourse with the two of us on race, identity, and the American dream”.”I accepted. I assume, as a speech advocate, you’re game @VivekGRamaswamy?” Khanna posted this week.Calling the 47-year-old California congressman a “solid dude”, Ramaswamy, 38, responded by saying that he’d be glad to have a discussion.”You’re a solid dude with whom I disagree on a lot, and I’d be glad to have a discussion at some point, just…

Former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, (then) Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Rajesh Faldesai, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes, are the eight legislators who switched parties by joining BJP on September 14, 2022. This political development had reduced Congress party to mere three MLAs in the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly.Former Congress Chief Girish Chodankar had pleaded before the Apex Court to direct the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly to dispose of the disqualification petition filed before him 11 months back. Hearing the matter on Friday, the Apex Court served notices to defectors and the…

The enforcement agencies have seized cash, gold, liquor, etc., valued nearly Rs 75 crore across the state since October 9 when the model code of conduct came into force for the November 30 Assembly election.The authorities seized Rs 48.32 crore cash and 37.4 kilograms of gold, 365 kilograms of silver and 42.203 carat diamonds all worth Rs17.50 crore.During the checking across the state and on inter-state border, the agencies seized 1,33,832 liters of liquor worth Rs 4.72 crore, 900 kilograms of ganja valued Rs 2.48 crore, 627 sarees, 43,700kilograms of rice, 80 sewing machines, 87 cookers and two cars and…

The elephant died on Saturday night and the post-mortem will be conducted on Sunday.The elephant, which is a tuskless Makhana, was a ferocious elephant and had killed 23 people in Kerala before it was captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department in 1998. The Kerala Chief Wildlife warden had then issued a shooting order against the animal, which entered into Tamil Nadu forest areas and killed two more people.However, the then Tamil Nadu veterinary surgeon, Dr. Krishnamoorthy had then prevailed upon the Tamil Nadu government that it was a rare elephant and that it should be captured instead of being…

Recently, she was given a dais to manage the stage and speak in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was in Jaipur.Diya also led the women’s delegation that walked ahead of PM’s convoy thanking him for passing the Nari Vandan Bill.Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was also present in the programme. However, she did not get the same attention as that of Diya which triggered speculations that the party has plans and projections to elevate Diya and replace Raje for both of them come from erstwhile royal families which have a strong connection with people of the…

Heavy rain and gusty winds lashed the state capital Thiruvananthapuram leading to inundation in many parts. The road at Chakka in the city leading to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport was flooded with vehicles struck in water.Ramesh Nair, a commuter to New Delhi while speaking to IANS said, “The approach road to the airport is inundated and I had to walk towards the airport. The vehicles are stuck in the road and mobility is affected.”The prestigious Technopark campus at Kazhakootam in Thiruvananthapuram, which houses several software companies, was also inundated.Job Thomas, a software professional with a leading global tech company while speaking…

San Francisco, Oct 15 (IANS) The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has alleged in a complaint that Elon Musk-run X violated labour laws when it fired an employee who criticised the company’s return-to-work policy.The X (formerly Twitter) employee Yao Yue encouraged others in the company’s Slack group to let it fire them instead of quitting, she was fired for breaking an unspecified company policy. “After 12 amazing years and 3 weeks of chaos, I’m officially fired by Twitter. Never expected I would have stayed this long, and never expected I would be this relieved to be gone,” she posted…