Apple removes US immigration enforcement tracker from app storeApple removed several apps, including ICEBlock, used to track US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from its App Store on Thu...
03 Oct, 2025, 10.03 AM IST
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administrationApple has taken down ICEBlock and similar apps after pressure from President Trump’s administration. The app warned users about nearby immi...
03 Oct, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
Target 3,000 per day: Top Trump aides push ICE to triple immigrant arrests in latest crackdownThe Trump administration has told immigration officials to ramp up arrests to 3,000 per day with a goal of more than 1 million a year. Top ...
30 May, 2025, 01.33 PM IST
China's army of food delivery drivers get by with help from discount 'loving meals'In China's bustling cities, a compassionate movement called "aixincan" offers discounted meals to those in need, particularly migrant worke...
13 May, 2025, 10.26 AM IST
US intensifies crackdown on immigration; Vice President Vance, Trump's Border Czar defend raids on schools, churchesThe Trump administration's immigration crackdown has intensified with arrests in Chicago and endorsed raids on schools and churches. Vice P...
27 Jan, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
Trump's border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoilU.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego reported a significant drop in illegal crossings, reflecting a return to smaller group tracking. Thi...
26 Jan, 2025, 02.44 PM IST
Bits & Bytes: Meta’s oversight board seeks public comments on hate speech moderationMeta is seeking public input on its handling of immigration-related content that might harm immigrants while Apple CEO Tim Cook expressed c...
20 Oct, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
In a win for Mexico, US will expand areas for migrants to apply online for entry at southern borderThe Biden administration is expanding online appointment appointments for migrants to enter the US to a large swath of southern Mexico, pot...
04 Aug, 2024, 09.07 AM IST
Elon Musk compares Biden's immigration strategies to 9/11, here’s what FOIA lawsuit revealed about secret migrant flightsThe disclosure of U.S. authorities clandestinely transporting migrants on undisclosed flights into the country, combined with Elon Musk's s...
05 Mar, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Tech activists write code to save migrants in the MediterraneanMigrant crossings and deaths are increasing in the Mediterranean. Rescue NGOs are seeking tech tools, such as the One Fleet app and drones,...
27 Feb, 2024, 09.49 AM IST
Indians risk illegal 'donkey' migration to chase American DreamThe "donkey" route, a long and roundabout journey designed to dodge border controls, is a common method used by these migrants. The risks a...
08 Feb, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
Russians find asylum lifeline to US, but at a high priceMigrants have been denied rights to seek asylum more than 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-1...
16 Dec, 2022, 12.35 PM IST
COVID-19: Kerala opens call centres, control rooms to help migrant workersDirections have been given to listen to their issues empathetically while arriving at the call centres and give them enough mental support ...
29 Apr, 2021, 01.07 PM IST
Mall owners approach MHA with their own plans to contain CovidThe association urged the ministry to instruct and dissuade state governments from implementing rules that could have an adverse impact on ...
22 Mar, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Meghalaya makes it mandatory for visiting tourists to registerChief Minister Conrad K Sangma tweeted, “We are reopening Tourism in Meghalaya for tourists from outside the State from 21st Dec 2020. To e...
08 Dec, 2020, 10.23 PM IST
Flipkart, Swiggy, Amazon step up safety measures to win customers' trustFirms like Flipkart, Zomato, Amazon are investing in safety measures to win back the faith of the customers.
15 Jun, 2020, 11.27 PM IST
Ola starts service for hospital visits in BengaluruOla Emergency, as the ride-hailing firm calls it, will offer rides from a customer’s home to any of the 200 hospitals in Bengaluru, and bac...
08 Apr, 2020, 08.07 AM IST