In conclusion, Nvidia's response to the antitrust investigation underscores its commitment to ethical business practices, compliance with the law, and dedication to maintaining a fair and competitive market environment. As the investigation unfolds, Nvidia will continue to work closely with regulatory authorities to address any issues that may arise and to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to upholding the highest standards of corporate conduct. By staying true to its principles and values, Nvidia is confident that it can overcome any challenges it may face and emerge victorious, ensuring its continued success and leadership in the global technology industry.On December 18, the United States Department of State announced that the US had sanctioned four Pakistani entities, including the National Development Complex responsible for developing Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme. The other three entities are private firms “which have worked to supply equipment and missile‐applicable items to Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme.” “In light of the continuing proliferation threat of Pakistan’s long-range missile development, the United States is designating four entities for sanctions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.” The next day, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) responded by terming the announcement “unfortunate and biased.” The ministry also stated that “The latest installment of sanctions defies the objective of peace and security by aiming to accentuate military asymmetries,” a clear reference to US support for India’s nuclear, missile, and space programmes. With reference to nonproliferation, which was the thrust of the State Department’s announcement, MoFA pointed out that “Such double standards and discriminatory practices not only undermine the credibility of non-proliferation regimes but also endanger regional and international peace and security.” The same day as MoFA put out its statement, lame duck US President Joe Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor, Jonathan Finer, spoke at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the Administration’s WMD Policies and made negative public remarks about Pakistan’s missile programme. Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programmes have historically been sanctioned by the US. The latest instalment, to use MoFA’s term, is the fourth round of sanctions against Pakistan within a year The crux of Finer’s remarks, available on the Carnegie website, is that “Pakistan has developed increasingly sophisticated missile technology, from long-range ballistic missile systems to equipment that would enable the testing of significantly larger rocket motors.” According to him, if these trends continue, “Pakistan will have the capability to strike targets well beyond South Asia, including in the United States.” Federal Govt Suggests 5-Year Jail, Rs 1m Fine For Fake News Offenders He went on to say that Pakistan’s conduct had raised “real questions” about the aims of its ballistic missile programme and “Candidly, it’s hard for us [the US] to see Pakistan’s actions as anything other than an emerging threat to the United States.” Let’s try and unpack Finer’s remarks that move from the premise of Pakistan testing big-diameter rocket motors to reach the conclusion that such testing is definitively for developing an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capability and then jump to the prediction that such long-range missile capability is meant to attack the US. But first a word about sanctions. Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programmes have historically been sanctioned by the US. The latest instalment, to use MoFA’s term, is the fourth round of sanctions against Pakistan within a year. The earlier three rounds also targeted certain Chinese entities in Oct 2023, April 2024 and September 2024, respectively. But the sanctions date back to 1985 with the Pressler Amendment which barred any US aid to Pakistan unless the US President could certify that Pakistan did not possess a nuclear explosive device. The amendment was Pakistan-specific and at the time was meant to bypass the Glenn-Symington Amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which required Congressional scrutiny. In 1989, Pakistan tested Hatf-1 and Hatf-2 ballistic missiles, and Pakistan and China also signed a “ten-year cooperation agreement in defence science, technology and industry, including joint procurement, research, and development, production and technology transfer.” The next year, in 1990, US President George H Bush withheld the certification under Pressler about Pakistan’s nuclear programme, resulting in the US suspending all military aid to Islamabad. By 1991, the United States had sanctioned two Chinese entities and Pakistan’s Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission for missile proliferation activities. Trump’s Victory: A Watershed Moment For The Republican Party The list of US sanctions is long and details can be picked up from the US State Department. The point here is that this development is not new and, frankly, not unexpected either. The other point that needs to be flagged is the transactional nature of US-Pakistan relations which are responsible for the crests and troughs in this relationship. Allied with this is the fact that states operate on the basis of interests and Pakistan’s and the US’s interests align and diverge in multiple ways, depending on the immediate context. But let’s get back to the immediate and compare the US approach to India. The comparison is not meant as a lamentation but simply to make two points: one, that India now has a strategic partnership with the US because of latter’s peer competition with China. In an ideal world, the US would want India to act single-mindedly as a counterweight to China. Whether and to what extent India can or would like to do that is a separate discussion. Two, the US approach because of the China factor is pushing it into taking positions that, far from serving the interests of non-proliferation, are exacerbating current asymmetries, as noted in the MoFA statement. India makes a 2.8 m diameter solid motor for the Polar and Geostationary Space Launch Vehicle (PSLV/GLSV). China recently tested a 3.5 m diameter solid rocket motor. That's much bigger than an ICBM needs to be. On February 20, 1962, President John F Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral to tour the Mercury Control Center after the MA-6 flight. The flight was the first American spaceflight to orbit the earth with a human onboard. The Atlas family of Space Launch Vehicles (SLV) was developed from the Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. President Kennedy was once asked the difference between the Atlas SLV and an Atlas ICBM. He punned: “Attitude.” The point is simple. A large-diameter solid rocket motor can become the basis for a space programme as well as an ICBM. China, France, the Soviet Union/Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States developed SLVs from ICBM rocket motors. India did the opposite, adapting an SLV as a ballistic missile. In the 1980s, India’s SLV-3 became the Agni medium-range ballistic missile. The Powers That Be Should Worry About Their Own Violence More Than Crushing PTI Point two: India habitually describes its nuclear and missile programmes as civilian until it can’t deny their military character. It described its 1974 test, Smiling Buddha, as a peaceful nuclear explosion, even as it was working on weaponising its nuclear capability. Agni was dubbed “technology demonstrator,” even as it was working its SLV for military application. Now Agni V has a claimed range of more than 5000 kms and is supposed to hit targets in China, which, presumably is perfectly fine by the United States. Not all experts in the US are on the India bandwagon, though. Many in the US have been queasy about Indo-US space and technology cooperation which an assessment by the Arms Control Association in the noughties described as a “glide path to ICBM trouble.” Ironically, on December 17, a day before Finer was to jump at absurd conclusions about Pakistan’s programme, the White House put out a factsheet titled “The United States and India Advance Growing Space Partnership.” Following President Biden and Prime Minister Modi’s June 2023 commitment to work together to “reach new frontiers across all sectors of space cooperation” and India’s signing of the Artemis Accords, our two nations reached an inflection point on collaboration across civil, security, and commercial space sectors. This is despite the fact that India has used his Polar SLV and Geostationary SLV for building and honing its missile capabilities. But the best assessment of Finer’s comments came in a Twitter thread by Dr Jeffery Lewis @ArmsControlWonk, a leading US expert. Here’s what he said: DNSA Jon Finer at @CarnegieEndow said Pakistan is developing a large-diameter solid rocket motor for an ICBM that, in the Q&A, he characterises as “fundamentally focused on us,” adding “that is an inescapable conclusion.” That last conclusion I find rather easy to escape. More Than Money: The Quality, Quantity, And Purpose Of Climate Finance I am sure Pakistan is developing large diameter solid rocket motors (>1.4 m, the diameter of the Shaheen III), but it is a HUGE LEAP to suggest that the only reason for doing this is to develop an ICBM capable to [sic] targeting the United States. Space launchers can be really big. India makes a 2.8 m diameter solid motor for the Polar and Geostationary Space Launch Vehicle (PSLV/GLSV). China recently tested a 3.5 m diameter solid rocket motor. That's much bigger than an ICBM needs to be. Given modern commercial and military requirements, space technologies are equally crucial for communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Another problem is that Pakistan might want an ICBM class motor to use as an intermediate range ballistic missile like the SS-20. Russia just used the first two stages of the Yars ICBM (1.86 m) to deliver conventional warheads against Ukraine just 1,000 km away. Countries develop big motors for all sorts of reasons. There are strategic reasons like “I need an ICBM” or “I want to put a satellite in orbit,” as well as other sorts of political reasons like “I want to work on cool technology” or “India has one, it's not fair.” So, bottom line: I am sure Pakistan seeks large-diameter solid rocket motors. I am sure China is helping. But I don't think we should simply assume that Pakistan is building a large-diameter motor solely to target the US absent additional information. Back in 1999, writing for The Friday Times , I had argued that deterrence must have a global outreach. Given modern commercial and military requirements, space technologies are equally crucial for communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Finer didn’t play off his own bat. He was expressing the Biden administration's policy vis-a-vis Pakistan. Its public expression at this point could also be to lock the coming administration into this policy. 'A Dead Imran Khan Is More Dangerous Than A Living One' There’s a big corpus of literature on why sanctions don’t work, especially when they are devised to thwart a weaker state from pursuing its vital security interests. Iran and North Korea are good examples. Pakistan needs to develop comprehensive deterrence as also space capabilities. India has already demonstrated its anti-satellite capability. There’s no way that Pakistan would allow strategies of coercion to kick into play. For Finer to posit Pakistan’s testing of big-diameter rocket engines as an adversarial act is not about Pakistan’s intentions but the US’s inimical approach. Such approach, were it to become a staple of the US policy towards Pakistan, could end up as a self-fulfilling prophecy. The answer to the theoretical question of How would Pakistan deter an adversarial US? would be By acquiring global deterrence outreach. This, essentially, is the problem with creating inimical scenarios where none (should) exist. Unfortunately, the US’s policies in various regions have recurrently been grounded in precisely this approach. Just look at the mess around the world and you would agree.
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I have purchased over and over again!" — AmazonQueen23 Get a pack of eight (it comes with a bonus mask!) from Amazon for $25.99 (available in 10 other sets). 27. A heated eye massager with so many bells and whistles, it's worth the investment and *then* some — not only does it come with five different massage modes and a 15-minute timer, but it has Bluetooth music so you can vibe with your eyes *and* your ears. Reviewers swear by this to help combat eye strain, headaches, puffy under-eye circles, and dry eyes, and insomnia. Promising review : "I saw this product on one of Amazon’s must-have TikTok videos, and I knew I had to get it. It was so worth it — even though the price may seem higher compared to other sellers, this is for sure a good investment piece. The quality is top-notch, the strap that goes around your head is comfortable, and most importantly, the duration of each mode is long enough that it doesn’t interrupt your rest. I work a 12-hour night shift as a nurse, and this technology has helped me get through the night easily.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽" — Amazon Customer Get it from Amazon for $55.99 (available in three colors). 28. A set of affordable lavender shower steamers so you can have a dose of ~calm~ to cap off a long day of capitalism and help your poor overworked brain getting into de-stressing mode. Read more about aromatherapy and stress and tension at Johns Hopkins . Promising review : "Hubby bought these for me because I work full time and just decided to go back to school full time, and he figured I'd be a little stressed, haha . They all smell wonderful, they work great, they'll definitely help me calm down especially during exam time at school or budget season at work." — Tyleena Gloeker Get a set of six from Amazon for $12.99 (available in three styles). 29. A Gaiam starter set for yoga complete with all the basics, including a yoga mat, a yoga block, and a stretching strap, so you can tune into free yoga classes you gain access to with the set. Achieving mindfulness and flow in a chaotic world? Bring it om. Promising review: "I am not very limber and I have chronic spine issues, so having a block and strap was essential for me to do yoga. Before using this, I always ended up hurting myself or feeling bad about myself because I couldn't complete the stretches and would just give up. This kit made everything go so smoothly; I can adjust the block or the strap to help me stretch without hurting myself (or falling over). And I highly recommend the sitting techniques in the DVD as well as the meditation." — blightheavy Get it from Amazon for $29.98 . 30. A cult-fave, high-quality 100-piece Dog Park Puzzle so full of adorable details that it's just going to be a constant stream of serotonin every time you push another piece into place. Reviewers love not just the whimsical art style, but the fact that it's so well-made that there's never any glare on the image or "puzzle dust" when they put it together. Antelope is a small business that specializes in high-quality, unique jigsaw puzzles. Promising review : "This was my first time putting a 1000-piece puzzle together myself. Once I sorted the pieces out in sorting trays (highly recommend), I thought maybe this was a bit much for me. I started it a week ago and worked a little bit each day. I really enjoyed this. The pieces are very good quality. The details and colors are outstanding. I was constantly discovering something new I hadn’t noticed before . I’m actually kinda sad I’m done, but I’ll pack it away and bring it out again in about six months and have fun all over again." — ScubaReader Get it from Amazon for $22.99 (available in six other whimsical designs and in multisets). 31. A compact, beginner-friendly watercolor palette that comes with everything you need to start creating your own masterpieces, including 100 (!!) colors to choose from. Next stop, the Louvre. Each set comes with a 100-color palette, a sketch pencil, a sponge, a swatch sheet, and three water brush pens. Promising review: "Love collecting watercolor sets, and this one is amazing — so many exquisite colors to paint with. Creativity is everything, and imagination with all these colors is unlimited. Pure happiness!" — pve Get it from Amazon for $25.99 . 32. A lil' flat cat heating pad you can cook up in the microwave for some much needed relief from cramps or just the chill in the air. Promising review : "This was so much better than I anticipated. The quality is really nice and there is a removable cover that you can remove and was h. It is soft and comfortable and comes in the cutest little box. So cute and functional. Heat is a humid heat but not too intense right out of the microwave." — brittany Get it from Amazon for $17.99 (available three sizes and four other styles). 33. An "Everyday Mindfulness"-themed word search book full of unique, relaxing puzzles designed to keep you engaged without stressing you out. Promising review: "This is exactly what I was looking for! It lays flat to easily complete the word search and not have to fight with the book. There are different types of puzzles, and some have extra secret searches! It’s great for the slow days at work!! I will definitely be buying more of these word searches!" — Roy Y Hahn Get it from Amazon for $8 . 34. Or Murdle, Volume 1 , a true essential for anyone who relaxes to true crime podcasts or Only Murders in the Building. The book is full of murder 100 mystery-themed logic puzzles with four different levels of difficulty that you can do solo or with pals, and in order or out of order (although if you do it in order, you get the full scoop on Deductive Logico and Inspector Irratino, whose hilarious misadventures guide you through the book). The best part?? Once you finish "Murdling," you can use your sleuthing skills on Volume 2 , Volume 3 , and a whole BUNCH of other themed Murdle books ! Promising review: "The puzzles are a lot of fun but the characters, story lines, and other details take the Murdle experience to another level. I have no idea how the author came up with all of this creativeness! You can Murdle solo or with friends. I look forward to future volumes but this one will keep me busy for awhile!" — Liz Gately Get it from Amazon for $10.25 . 35. A northern lights projector for anyone whose heart is in the magic of the cosmos, but whose butt would much rather be snuggled on a couch than freezing by a glacier. Bonus: This also plays soothing noises and doubles as a Bluetooth speaker! Promising review: "I love this light! The stars are beautiful, the colors are beautiful. I like that it shuts off in four hours. I use it in my house so I don’t have to turn the lights on all the time. I like it so much, I just ordered three more to give to my grandchildren. It also has sounds like the sound of rain, or ocean waves. And you can even play your regular music on it . Don’t be afraid to try it! It’s like having the northern lights anytime you want." — Amy J Nelson Get it from Amazon for $29.99 (available in five colors). Reviews have been edited for length and/or clarity.
MERACH Exercise Bike, Smart Magnetic Stationary Bike with Bluetooth APPAfter much speculation and anticipation, it has been officially confirmed that Chris Evans will be making a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the highly anticipated Avengers 5. Fans around the world were overjoyed to learn that Evans will once again don the iconic red, white, and blue suit to reprise his role as Captain America.
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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd on Saturday (December 21) said its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Digital Health Ltd (RDHL) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a 45% equity stake in Health Alliance Group Inc. (HAGI) for a total consideration of $10 million. HAGI is a US-based healthcare company incorporated on December 21, 2023, as a Delaware corporation. It specialises in designing technology-driven solutions for the underserved in the United States, India and the rest of the world. HAGI operates at the intersection of healthcare, information technology and innovation. The investment will empower RDHL to develop a virtual diagnostic and care platform, expanding access to healthcare for underserved communities. The investment is not a related party transaction and none of the company’s promoter/promoter group/group companies have any interest in the above transaction. “The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in around 2 weeks. No governmental or regulatory approvals are required for the above transaction,” Reliance Industries said. On Friday (December 20), shares of Reliance Industries Ltd ended at ₹1,206.00, down by ₹24.60, or 2.00% on the BSE.Title: Man Buys 3357 Yuan Airline Ticket on Third-Party Platform, Actual Price 1070 YuanCongress faces government funding deadline after Thanksgiving
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