The joint resolution, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Rand Paul, a former Republican presidential candidate, asking the lawmakers to block the sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan was defeated by 71 to 24 votes.
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IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are major beneficiary of H-1B, a non-immigrant visa in the US which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations
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In moves that briefly pushed the euro 1 per cent down against the dollar, the ECB cut its deposit rate deeper into negative territory and increased monthly asset buys to 80 billion euros from 60 billion euros
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The new law is likely to help Prime Minister Narendra Modi achieve his election promise of providing homes for all Indian families by 2022
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The sun has magnetic fields and electrical currents surrounding it in a region known as the heliosphere
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The policy makes exploration easier by offering a uniform licence for all fuels such as natural gas, crude oil and shale
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The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna aims to provide not only insurance coverage to farmers against natural calamities and pests, but also encourages them to adopt innovative modern agricultural practices
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Gadkari says inland waterways will offer a much cheaper and environment-friendly mode of transportation
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While Pyongyang has boasted of mastering miniaturisation before, this is the first time Kim has so explicitly claimed a breakthrough
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The government in the revised draft policy, unveiled on October 30 last, had proposed a 2 per cent levy on all airfares to mop up funds for its regional connectivity scheme
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