United States
- Business
Indian IT faces heat as US hikes H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000
New Delhi: The USD 100,000 annual fee imposed by the US on H-1B visas will escalate costs and erode competitiveness for heavy H-1B users and may potentially disrupt business models and revenue…
- India
New H-1B visa rules to choke US innovation, turbocharge India’s growth: Kant
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa will choke innovation in America, while benefitting Indian IT and tech firms, former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant…
- Telangana
Telangana man alleges racism in viral post days before being shot dead by US police
Hyderabad: A LinkedIn post by a software engineer from Telangana, days before being shot dead by the United States police, is going viral, where he alleged racial discrimination in his workplace and…
- World
US-led coalition kills top ISIS operative in Syria
Baghdad: The US-led coalition said its troops killed a top militant from the Islamic State group in central Syria early on Friday. The IS figure was described as in charge of planning…
- Middle East
Iran drops IAEA resolution against attacks on nuclear facilities amid US lobbying
Vienna: Iran decided at the last minute Thursday to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it had put forward along with China, Russia and other countries for a vote…
- World
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil challenges US judge’s deportation ruling
Palestinian rights defender and former Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, has challenged a Louisiana immigration judge’s September 12 decision to deport him to Syria or Algeria, citing his alleged failure to…
- World
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate
New York: After a confrontation with US President Donald Trump, the Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by a quarter per cent in a balancing act to prevent inflation while staving off…
- World
71-year-old US citizen who came to Punjab to marry NRI man killed: Police
Ludhiana: A 71-year-old woman, a US citizen of Indian origin, was allegedly killed shortly after she arrived here from Seattle to marry a 75-year-old UK-based NRI man, police said on Wednesday. The…
- World
US President Donald Trump, First Lady arrive in UK
London: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived in London on Tuesday evening for a historic second State Visit to the UK at the invitation of King Charles III,…
- Business
Nifty, Sensex open flat as investors wait for fresh cues, US Fed meet outcome
Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices opened on the flat note with a positive bias on Monday, on the back of positive domestic inflation data and growing expectations of a US Federal Reserve…
- World
US President Trump slams immigration policy after Indian-origin’s murder
Houston: President Donald Trump has decried immigration policy forged under his predecessor, Joe Biden, in the wake of the brutal beheading of an Indian-origin motel manager in Dallas, allegedly by an undocumented…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad student dies in US; kin urge consulate for visa
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad student who suffered serious injuries in a road accident in Connecticut, US, five days ago, died while undergoing treatment, and his kin have urged the consulate in the city…
- Business
Inflation likely rose last month as Trump’s tariffs boost goods prices
Washington: US inflation likely ticked higher last month as the Trump administration’s import taxes have lifted the price of goods, potentially putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot when it meets…
- Middle East
Gold prices in Dubai slight rise ahead of key US inflation data
Dubai: Gold prices in Dubai opened slightly higher on Wednesday, September 10, reflecting modest market movement ahead of key United States (US) inflation data due later this week. According to the Dubai…
- World
‘Won’t end well’ for India: White House trade advisor’s latest rant against Delhi
New York: In a fresh outburst, White House trade advisor Peter Navarro on Monday said India “must come around” at some point on trade negotiations with the US or else it “won’t…
