US Government Current Affairs, GK & News

US Senate passes bill to avert Government Shutdown

December 3, 2021

The US Congress recently passed a stop gap bill to avert government shutdown. The bill extended the funding through mid – February. The bill is usually passed so that the US Government does not run out of money. Why was the bill passed? The bill was passed to overcome brinkmanship over vaccine mandates. Brinkmanship is ..

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US provides military airwaves for 5G wireless networks

August 11, 2020

The US Defence Department has planned to free up a big chunk of its military airwaves so that high-speed internet services can be provided in the country. The move is aimed at giving a fillip to the 5G network infra in the country and also to develop the same at the earliest, ahead of China. ..

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US bans transactions with TikTok and WeChat

August 7, 2020

The US President has issued a couple of executive orders that would ban any US transactions with the Chinese companies that own TikTok and WeChat as the country is interested in aggravating the measures in the interest of national security. What will the ban imply? This order prohibits any kind of transaction by any person ..

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