New York/Washington: The Trump administration has clarified that the newly introduced $100,000 fee for H-1B visas will apply only to fresh petitions and will not affect existing visa holders. Officials said the amount is a one-time payment. The clarification is a cause of huge relief...
New Delhi: From kitchen staples and medicines to electronics and automobiles, a wide range of goods and services will become cheaper starting Monday as the reduced GST rates on nearly 375 items come into effect. In a bonanza to consumers, the GST Council, comprising Centre...
Melbourne: Australian authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in the country. The government released guidelines on how platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit,...
Motihari: Five foreign nationals were apprehended in a joint operation by the police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from the Ghodasahan area of East Champaran district of Bihar. They are currently being questioned. The apprehended foreign nationals had reached Bihar via Nepal. It is...
New Delhi: Former Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as the new BCCI president, even as some seasoned BCCI administrators and key decision makers held a rather informal meeting here Saturday. The meeting was held to finalise the candidates...
New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has urged industries to make sure they pass on complete GST rate rationalisation benefits to consumers, as India’s indirect tax structure is set to undergo a massive transformation from September 22. The GST Council has reduced...
New Hampshire: A shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, left one person dead and several others injured Saturday, local media reported, citing officials. The country club, located near the Massachusetts border, was hosting events at the time of the attack....
California: California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he has signed a package of laws aimed at protecting immigrants in the US state, with the No Secret Police Act being a first-in-the-nation measure that prohibits officers from wearing masks. Speaking at a high school in...
Kolkata: The body of a researcher was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room in IIT-Kharagpur Saturday, in the fifth suspected case of su*cide at the premier institute this year, officials said. Harsh Kumar Pandey (27), a resident of Ranchi, was found dead...
New Delhi: Mohanlal, the Malayalam superstar behind landmark films such as “Iruvar”, “Vanaprastham” and “Drishyam”, will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2023, the country's highest recognition in the field of cinema, the I&B ministry announced Saturday. In a post on X, the...
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“We're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country,” US President Donald Trump recently told reporters...
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There was no dearth of pomp and ceremony as President Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan took oath of office 3 November...
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A proxy war is being waged in Sudan taking a heavy toll of human lives and leaving behind a trail...
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