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NEW DELHI: Tenders worth Rs 40,000 crore was cancelled or modified due to discriminatory and restrictive conditions with an aim to promote 'Make in India' in government procurement, according to the commerce and industry ministry. Releasing its achievements for 2020 on Friday, the ministry also said that unique products with…

Ben Murray-Bruce, Nigerian business mogul, has taken to his verified Twitter page to mourn Nigerian filmmaker, Chico Ejiro. The former lawmaker used his Twitter page to send his condolences to Nollywood and the family of the deceased.He wrote, “I mourn the death of Nollywood legend and filmmaker, Chico Ejiro. My…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped the holiday celebrations of NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo but left its role of more than two decades untouched.The Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission was launched in 1999 at the end of a war between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serbian forces. More…

Police in Fargo, North Dakota, say they have positively identified the ax-wielding suspect in the vandalism of the offices of U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.).Police have identified a suspect in connection to the incident at Senator John Hoeven's office.Fargo Police Dept.Surveillance video from Friday evening showed a masked man walking…

President Donald Trump may have one month remaining in the White House. Regardless, Trump still seems to be on a mission from his 2016 campaign: Drain the swamp. That mantra could possibly threaten his own political party just as he is likely to leave the White House.Trump on Tuesday threatened…

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With Sen. Kamala Harris about to become Vice President Kamala Harris, California is getting a new U.S. senator for only the second time in 25 years. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he would appoint Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Harris’s soon-to-be vacant seat. For months, Padilla…

Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday to be a United States senator, a pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state’s history.A video released by Mr. Newsom’s office showed Mr. Padilla becoming emotional after Mr.…

Dec. 21 (UPI) -- State-sponsored hackers, believed to be Russian, broke into the emails of the Treasury Department's most senior staff in a cyberattack the damage from which is still unknown, the top Democratic senator of the Senate finance committee said Monday. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced in a statement…

President Trump lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night for acknowledging Joe Biden won the election, sending a slide to Republican lawmakers taking credit for saving McConnell's career with a tweet and robocall.Why it matters: It's an extraordinary broadside against McConnell by the sitting president and…