International

Washington: The United States has warned that employment-based first-preference green cards for Indians could become unavailable within weeks because of heavy demand, adding fresh pressure to an already severe backlog that has left another major category closed to Indian applicants. The State Department, in its...

Kathmandu/New Delhi: As many as 166 Indian nationals have been rescued, including three individuals Wednesday, as New Delhi continues to extend humanitarian assistance to Nepal in the wake of devastating floods which have claimed over 1,100 lives so far. According to the Ministry of External...

Asheville: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra participated in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Asheville, in the US state of North Carolina, engaging with global counterparts on key economic and financial priorities. The Governor also met Federal Reserve Chairman...

Cairo: At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, were killed Wednesday in a passenger bus crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, authorities in both countries said. Twenty-eight others were injured. The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in...

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah Wednesday called for stronger international attention to growing climate-related risks in the Himalayan region as the death toll from devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi River crossed 1,100. Addressing the House of Representatives, Shah said Nepal must highlight more forcefully...

Islamabad: Pakistan's cultural hub, Lahore, has been named the Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-27 by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The decision was announced at the 26th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, attended by Pakistan Prime...

New Delhi: India Wednesday dispatched a fifth tranche of over five tonnes of essential medicines to flood-ravaged Nepal, alongside an 11-member rescue team. The death toll from last week's flash floods in Nepal has risen to over 1,000 after rescue workers recovered more bodies from...

Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and discussed the global economic outlook and India's evolving growth trajectory. Sitharaman met Georgieva on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville, Tuesday. "The discussion...

Kathmandu: Nepalese authorities Wednesday urged people living in the central, western, and eastern parts of the Himalayan Nation to remain alert after water levels in three major rivers have crossed their alert levels following rainfall in different parts of the country. According to the Department...

Dubai: United States military struck targets in Iran Tuesday as hostilities flared after a month without military action. Iran fired missiles and drones in response, Iranian semiofficial media said. The Fars and Tasnim news agencies, seen as close to Iran's security forces, reported late Tuesday...