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Teenager Signs Government Contract To Provide Army Drones

A teenage boy has clenched a deal with the government in the Indian state of Gujarat to to make anti-landmine drones for the army. The 14-year-old prodigy had already made three prototypes before managing to sign a deal with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, to produce drones that will detect and defuse land mines on battlefields. The teenager says the idea came to him while watching TV and seeing a high number of casualties among soldiers trying to defuse landmines.

Trump Team Responds: May Move White House Briefings To Accommodate More Than Just "Media Elite"

Trump Team Responds: May Move White House Briefings To Accommodate More Than Just "Media Elite"

The overnight report by Esquire magazine that the incoming Trump administration is "seriously considering" a plan to evict the press corps from the White House prompted a frenzied response by the White House Correspondents Association, and led to a scramble among Washington's press elite to demand if this report was accurate.

Russian Foreign Ministry: "Obama Still Has A Few Days Left To Destroy The World"

Russian Foreign Ministry: "Obama Still Has A Few Days Left To Destroy The World"

There is a reason Vladimir Putin and the Russian top political echelon has been avoiding the media following the onslaught of allegations lobbed at the Kremlin, and Trump: as AP writes, careful not to hurt chances for a thaw in U.S.-Russia relations, President Putin and other Russian officials "have deferred questions about their plans for future contacts with Trump and any agenda for those talks until he takes office on Friday." In short, the "Kremlin is counting the days to his inauguration and venting its anger at Barack Obama's outgoing administration, no holds barred."

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