Immigrants in a spot as US looks to vet old green card approvalsUSCIS director Joseph B Edlow this weekend said the agency will reopen old cases to vet Biden-era green cards for fraud. This comes amid ti...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
TCS and five other firms empanelled to build & run AI for govt departmentsThe Centre has empanelled six partner firms, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), to develop and deploy AI solutions across governmen...
10 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
The Sultanate of Nur-Sultan: How ‘Elbasy’ Nazarbayev’s ‘Constitution Day’ led to his befall; a look into why the 30th Anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Constitution should be most celebratedSix constitutional amendments, thirty years of independence, Constitution Day is celebrated every year, but, for the right reasons? Read mo...
01 Sep, 2025, 07.33 PM IST
Comprehensive Guide: Responding to an RFE questioning STEM degree qualificationFor F-1 students applying for a STEM OPT extension and receiving an RFE questioning their degree's STEM qualification, a well-prepared resp...
02 Sep, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
Global giants take AIm at India’s GPU ambitionNvidia, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks were among parti...
31 Aug, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
Taliban imposes restrictions on Afghanistan's Sikh, Hindu minoritiesUnder the Taliban, Sikhs and Hindus have faced severe restrictions, including on their appearances, and have been banned from marking their...
26 Aug, 2023, 12.04 PM IST
Russia's war breathes new life into a Cold War symbolRussia's invasion of Ukraine last February both shook up Radio Free Europe's operations and highlighted its mission's importance. Within da...
25 Jan, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Chinese investment drying up in Pakistan, RussiaAccording to the RFE/RL, these are the findings of a new report from the Green Finance and Development Center at Fudan University in Shangh...
02 Aug, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
Islamic State claims rockets fired from Afghanistan into TajikistanThe Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) news agency reported that an IS press release claimed the militants fired seven rockets from the Khawaja Gha...
08 May, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
US Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sets out to break Russian 'propaganda wall'The West has repeatedly accused Russia of spreading disinformation to justify its cause, while Russia says the Western view of the crisis i...
29 Jan, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
BRI in Russian Far East impacts locals as Beijing seeks to maximise profitsSeveral Russian projects were unable to secure Chinese capital, including the Eurasia Railroad that was estimated to connect Beijing, Mosco...
11 Sep, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Government plans to ease procurement rules for desi software product firmsAccording to a top government official, a government committee is drafting a model Request for Proposal (RFE) document for software product...
09 Jun, 2020, 08.40 PM IST
US agency slows H-1B denials as lawsuits mountLawyers say the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is seeking more Requests for Evidence from visa applicants than before.
25 Feb, 2020, 02.49 PM IST
US okayed more H-1B visas this year despite stricter scrutinyThe US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) this year, s...
14 Oct, 2019, 10.59 AM IST
Extreme US scrutiny of H-1B aspirants continuesThis decline of nearly 2 percentage points shows that vetting of H-1B applications, for both initial applications and extensions (for those...
13 Jun, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
H-1B premium processing starts from June 10USCIS announced that the immigration agency will offer premium processing in a two-phased approach to better manage these requests.
09 Jun, 2019, 09.56 AM IST
- 200 agencies to enroll citizens for UID
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday released the list of its empanelled enrolment agencies, who will carry out...
16 Jul, 2010, 06.32 AM IST