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Federated learning is said to have application in healthcare, where hospitals and pharmaceutical companies can exchange data for treating diseases without sharing private clinical information.

Walt Disney increases planned layoffs to 32,000 as coronavirus hits park attendance

The layoffs will be in the first half of fiscal 2021, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pakistan Cabinet approves chemical castration of rapists; Special Courts for rape trials

According to Law Minister Farogh Naseem, it is mandatory under the international law to take consent of the convict before castrating him

Former Sudan Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of COVID-19

Sadiq al-Mahdi was the country's last democratically elected leader

Memorial plaque for Jewish victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks unveiled at Israel synagogue

Rav Hecht and First Secretary at the Embassy of India in Israel Rohit Mishra unveiled the plaque mounted on a wall inside the synagogue

Foxconn to shift some Apple production to Vietnam to minimise China risk

Foxconn is building assembly lines for Apple's iPad tablet and MacBook laptop at its plant in Vietnam's northeastern Bac Giang province, to come online in the first half of 2021.

U.N. decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data

Many police use “predictive” profiling systems that lead to identity checks, traffic stops and searches, based on previous arrest data about a neighbourhood.

Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules

Google and Facebook dominate digital advertising, accounting for around 80% of 14 billion pounds spent in 2019, Britain's competition regulator the CMA said.

India discusses further opportunities to work with UAE in a ‘changing world’

Both sides reviewed their cooperation on various facets of their comprehensive strategic partnership including trade, investment, infrastructure, energy, food security and defence.

Israel, India partners in quest for future with low carbon, pollution levels: Netanyahu

The Israeli PM was addressing digital conference of the India-led International Solar Alliance

U.K. asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions

Some scientists have expressed concerns about gaps in the data and the way the results were reported.

Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if Electoral College votes for Joe Biden

The Electoral College is due to meet on December 14.

Coronavirus | AstraZeneca likely to run new global trial on COVID-19 vaccine, says report

AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate.

Over 300 jailed for life in Turkey’s 2016 coup trial

A Turkish court jailed 337 former pilots and other suspects for life in one of the largest trials stemming from the bloody 2016 coup attempt against

Troops ordered to move into Tigray capital: Abiy

PM warns people to stay indoors

U.S. top court backs religious groups on virus rules

They had challenged New York State’s new curbs; Trump-appointee Justice Barrett casts deciding vote

“U.S. presidential transition a fraught period”: expert

Weeks have passed since the 2020 U.S. presidential election, yet the ferment in politics continues in Washington as outgoing President Donald Trump

Biden seeks unity as U.S. battles virus

‘We need to remember we’re at war with the virus, not with one another. Not with each other’

Top news of the day: Punjab farmers brave Haryana Police water cannons as they move towards Delhi; Nivar weakens into cyclonic storm, and more

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Xiaomi, Boat earbuds top India's wireless hearable shipment list, report says

The overall wireless hearables shipment grew over 700% in the quarter compared with the previous year as working and studying from home continued to boost demand, the report noted.

Pakistan summons senior Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’

The Indian side was called upon to respect the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding

We’re at war with the virus, not each other: Biden in Thanksgiving address

Biden urged fellow Americans to forgo high-risk holiday traditions, as cases of the virus continue to surge in the United States

Analysis| With self-reliance push, China looks to reframe relations with the world

The move is to make China less reliant on the world and to make the world more reliant on China

Foreign Secretary Shringla and Nepalese leaders discuss boundary issues

Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali says Nepal wants both India and China as partners

Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free

Scottish Labour MP Monica Lennon, said: “Scotland will not be the last country to consign period poverty to history, but we have the chance to be the first”

France orders tech giants to pay digital tax

France last year applied a 3% levy on revenue from digital services earned in France by companies with revenues of more than 25 million euros here and 750 million euros worldwide.

Trial of leading Saudi women’s rights activist transferred to terrorism court

Loujain al-Hathloul is among a dozen other prominent women’s rights activists arrested in May 2018.

U.K. judge refuses Johnny Depp permission to appeal libel ruling

The actor is seeking to overturn the judgement

SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service

Elon Musk has said the Starlink service will be a crucial source of funding for his broader plans, like developing the super heavy-lift Starship rocket to fly paying customers to the moon and eventually trying to colonize Mars.

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