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US bill targets H-1B pipeline, seeks to end route to permanent residencyA Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation to overhaul the H-1B visa program, aiming to end its use as a pathway to permanent residen...
US Trade Representative retains India on priority watch list on IPR; Vietnam faces toughest scrutinyThe US Trade Representative has identified Vietnam as a Priority Foreign Country due to inadequate intellectual property protection. India,...
Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered war crime, experts sayPresident Trump's threats to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants have sparked concerns of war crimes. Experts argue such actions could vi...
'Freeze RSS assets, stop arms sales to India': US religious freedom panel recommends sanctions over minority violationsUSCIRF: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government body, has relea...
'One-sided foreign policy': P Chidambaram blasts Centre for co-sponsoring UNSC resolution condemning IranSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram criticizes India's foreign policy. He states India co-sponsored a UN resolution condemning Iran's atta...
Word of the Day: EgregiousEgregious means shockingly bad. This word, once positive, now signifies extreme wrongdoing. It highlights serious errors and major violatio...
US terminates all trade negotiations with Canada over TV ad rowPresident Donald Trump has ended all trade talks with Canada. This decision follows Canadian television advertisements protesting US tariff...
Issue of AIFs circumventing regulations resolved: Sebi memberSebi's whole-time member Ananth Narayan G on Tuesday said the issue of alternative investment funds (AIFs) has been "resolved" after a year...
EC egregiously wrong in directing Congress not to 'politicise' Agnipath scheme: ChidambaramSenior Congress leader P Chidambaram criticises Election Commission's directive on politicising the Agnipath scheme, asserting Opposition's...
French president Emmanuel Macron, Elon Musk discuss Twitter content rulesOn Thursday, Macron - on a visit to the United States - said in an interview with television show Good Morning America that he believed the...
China threatens Lithuania over Taiwan representative office openingIt wasn't clear what actions China plans to take in response to the opening of the office. Beijing has already recalled its ambassador from...
US will speak out forcefully against China committing 'genocide' against Uyghur Muslims: Antony BlinkenThe White House and State Department said on Wednesday that Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan will see China's top foreig...
NCW Chair to take up issue of sexual harassment ‘prank videos’ with YouTubeNCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma says on Twitter that she will take up the issue of prank videos showing women getting sexually harassed with Y...
Google pulls Parler from Play Store for 'egregious content' that could incite deadly violence like that at Capitol HillThe Parler social network has become a haven for far-right personalities.
US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities in Xinjiang; Beijing vows to retaliateChina is accused of mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilisation of Uyghurs and others in the resource-rich northwestern...
Google blocked and removed over 5,000 'bad ads' a minute in 2019Google suspended nearly one million advertiser accounts for policy violations to protect users from misleading ads. The tech giant also not...
US panel wants Pakistan on list for religious freedom violationsAs such USCIRF again recommended the State Department to designated Pakistan a "country of particular concern", or CPC, under IRFA.
US industry wants India designated Priority Foreign CountryAn influential section of American businesses, on Monday urged the Obama Administration to designate India as a Priority Foreign Country.
- US govt sues company for not hiring Sikh
A Texas company has been sued for religious discrimination by the US government after it did not hire a Sikh who refused to shave his beard...
- Political crisis not serious to affect rating: Moody's
Ruling out any change in India's sovereign rating due to a political standoff over the Indo-US nuclear deal, Moody's said the crisis was no...