Rachel Hollander | May 24, 2021
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Sri Lanka Opening To Indians Soon: Are You Ready?
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India and Sri Lanka have established an air bubble, which means you could be back in the island nation soon
It’s a good thing we love Sri Lanka so much, because, frankly, getting there under the new bilateral air bubble arrangement is going to be quite a pain. This air bubble pact between India and Sri Lanka allows international passenger flights to operate in each other’s territories. Regular scheduled flights between the two countries have been suspended since March 23, 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic gained ground last year.
With former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial ending in an acquittal after five days of deliberation, many people wonder what the end of the trial could mean for the $1400 stimulus checks.
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Feb 09, 2021 04:02 AM EST
Federal investigators are currently hunting down the man behind the shocking Florida water hack where the perpetrator tried to poison the water supply of Pinellas County remotely through a computer hack.
According to the authorities who are in the case, the breach was first noticed on Sunday by those who were monitoring the water plan in Oldsmar in Tampa Bay.
Based on the investigations, the Florida water hack was being executed by a hacker or hackers who were controlling the mouse of the computer system. It was also noted that the hack targeted the level of sodium hydroxide in the water supply to poisonous levels.