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Vivo eyes Desktop acquisition - report

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) Brazilian telecom operator Vivo (Telefonica Brasil) is negotiating the acquisition of Desktop, a Sao Paulo-based fibre internet provider with over 1 million subscribers, claims Neofeed...

A woman could be Mexico's next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers

Times Union 

Some 2.5 million Mexicans — mostly women — are domestic workers, a profession that has come to encapsulate gender and class divisions long permeating Mexico. These women play a fundamental role in Mexican society, picking up the burden of domestic labor as a growing number of women professionals enter the workforce. Despite reforms by Mexico’s current president, many continue to face conditions some equate to “modern slavery.” Many are hoping that electing Mexico’s first woman president might shift the balance in their favor.

T20 World Cup: Can cricket make inroads in America?

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

The T20 World Cup brings cricket back to North America, aiming to attract locals unfamiliar with the gentleman's game that was popular in the US in the mid-1800s.

Northrop Grumman extends Intelsat deal for docking satellite vehicles for another four years

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) Northrop Grumman has signed a four-year extension to continue supplying satellite dock servicing vehicles to satellite operator Intelsat. Under the agreement, Intelsat will redeploy Northrop's satellite docking vehicle MEV-1 to a different spacecraft in its fleet following the retirement of its existing GEO satellite Intelsat 901...

Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal breaks down in court during Bibhav Kumar's bail hearing

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

During the hearing of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea case in Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court, Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sawti Maliwal broke down. She expressed concern that if the accused is released on bail, there would be a threat to her and her family. The court reserved the order on bail after arguments from both sides. Senior advocate N Hariharan argued that Maliwal trespassed into the CM's residence without an appointment and called Kumar, who wasn't present.