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Reddit, a popular social news aggregation and discussion platform, has suffered a second significant outage within 24 hours, impacting thousands of users across the United States. The issue was tracked by Downdetector, which reported over 70,000 outage reports, primarily from Reddit users in the US. The outage left many unable to access both the website and mobile app, disrupting the usual activity on the platform.

Google is set to position India as a significant export hub for its Pixel range of smartphones, targeting markets in Europe and the United States, according to a report by Moneycontrol. The tech giant has already initiated trial production in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices.

The Biden administration is set to announce significant tariffs on a range of Chinese imports, encompassing electric vehicles (EVs), semiconductors, solar equipment, and medical supplies. According to sources familiar with the plan, these tariffs are part of a broader strategy aimed at addressing concerns over China's manufacturing practices, particularly in areas of overcapacity and potential threats to U.S. jobs and national security.

In a surprising turn, US consumer prices experienced a notable increase, throwing a wrench into expectations of potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this month. According to data released by the Labor Department on Tuesday, the consumer price index (CPI) surged by 3.2 percent annually in February, marking a significant jump from the previous month's figures. Additionally, the CPI climbed by 0.4 percent in February alone.

In a significant development for China-US relations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who announced that an agreement on "some specific issues" had been reached during their extensive talks. The meeting took place on the final day of Blinken's two-day high-stakes visit to Beijing, as tensions between the two countries remain high.

India is set to acquire 31 MQ-9B high altitude long endurance (HALE) drones from the United States in a phased manner, with an initial focus on technology absorption and intelligence capabilities. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the acquisition will commence with a batch of 10 drones, initially unarmed, along with the establishment of three tri-service intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance command centers strategically positioned across the country.

The US would welcome any effort that could lead to an end of hostilities in Ukraine,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. New Delhi:  The United States today said there is still time to stop the Ukraine war and added that it welcomes any effort that could lead …

After more than ten years on Mars, the Curiosity rover is still operating normally and discovering facts that contradict earlier theories. NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the Martian surface, has discovered evidence that lakes once existed in an unexpected region of the Red Planet. The US space agency …

The display of the weapons and his daughter sent a message to the world that North Korea won’t be bargaining away its nuclear arsenal any time soon. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed his latest assets to protect his reign: quick-strike missiles that can carry a nuclear warhead to …

State of the Union 2023: Biden declares US democracy ‘bruised but unbowed and unbroken’; Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been a test for the ages, says the US President. State of the Union 2023: US President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Wednesday. While addressing the gathering, he said …