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FIIDS urges Trump administration to ease H-1B visa delays

Washington: A leading Indian American policy organization has urged the Trump administration to adopt a more calibrated approach to expanded social media vetting for H-1B and H-4 visa applicants, warning that widespread…
BJP proposing elimination of Indian Constitution: Rahul Gandhi in Berlin

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the BJP is proposing “elimination of the Constitution” that grants equal rights to all and vowed to create a system of opposition’s resistance…

India–New Zealand conclude free trade talks, to sign deal in 2026

New Delhi: India and New Zealand on Monday said they have concluded talks on a free trade deal that will give India tariff-free access to the island nation’s markets, bring in USD…
Tragedies in the snow: Bodies pile up on Mount Everest

Will the world’s highest mountain peak become the world’s highest pile of dead bodies soon? The rate at which the tragedies are unfolding, that day may not be far off. It is…
After Osman Hadi, another student leader shot in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Unidentified gunmen on Monday shot in the head Motaleb Shikder, a second leader of Bangladesh’s violent student-led 2024 uprising. The attack took place in southwestern Khulna city, days after the killing…
‘I’m on unpaid leave’: Thousands of H-1B visa holders stranded in India share their woes

Thousands of Indian H-1B holders are left stranded in India after US consulates abruptly cancelled or postponed their renewal appointments, with many of them sharing their ordeal online. The disruptions follow the…
Israel bars Save the Children from working in Gaza

Israel has barred Save the Children, a leading non-profit organisations, from carrying out relief work in Gaza after it introduced new rules that mandate international NGOs to register under its new framework,…

Pak’s Asim Munir conferred with Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has been awarded Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellence. Munir is currently on an official visit…
Quran with bullet holes found outside Sweden’s Stockholm mosque

A defaced copy of the Quran with six bullet holes and chained to the railings of the stairs of the Stockholm Mosque in Sweden, was found at its premises. Calling it a…
Rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses growing problem for schools

Washington: Schools are facing a growing problem of students using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform innocent images of classmates into sexually explicit deepfakes. The fallout from the spread of the manipulated photos…
Bondi beach shooting: Gunman had firearms training, Australian media reports

Melbourne: A suspected gunman accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach conducted “firearms training” in an area of New South Wales outside of Sydney with his father and recorded a…
Over 5,400 Afghan refugees deported from Iran, Pakistan in single day

Kabul: Over 5,400 Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Sunday. Sharing the High Commission for Migrants’ Issues report on X,…
No specific info on prime suspect in Hadi’s killing: Bangladesh police

Dhaka: Bangladesh Police has said they have no “specific information” on the whereabouts of the prime suspect in the killing of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The remarks came a day…
Imran Khan calls for nationwide potests after 17-year sentence

Islamabad: More than 1,300 police officers and security personnel were deployed across Rawalpindi on Saturday to maintain law and order after former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan urged his supporters to launch…
Bangladesh ‘rejects’ MEA comments over demonstration in New Delhi

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday rejected India’s comments over demonstration in front of its high commission in New Delhi, questioning how the protesters were allowed to come so close to the installation in…