- Monday, February 24, 2025
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday (14) barred Mastercard from issuing new debit or credit cards to domestic customers with effect from July 22. The announcement came after the RBI found the card-issuer not complying with its directions on data storage. The bank said Mastercard had not complied…
THE much sought-after Indian talent is now choosing Canada over the US due to the country's outdated immigration policies, particularly on H-1B visas, immigration and policy experts told US lawmakers. They blamed the per-country quota on issuing the employment-based Green Card or permanent residency for this new trend, and urged…
THE United States Senate on Wednesday (14) confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the country's department of labour. Nanda, a former chief executive officer of the Democratic National Committee who also served in the labour department in the Barack Obama administration, was confirmed by the…
BRITONS who have taken the India-made AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have to wait for a month before they can travel to nearly half of Europe, it has been reported. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), which manufactured the jabs and was administered to nearly five million people in the UK,…
THE Phoenix township in the city of Durban in South Africa was tense on Thursday (15) following the killing of 15 people in the ongoing clashes in the country. Inter-communal relations between black South Africans and their counterparts of Indian heritage in the area were far from calm, AFP reported.…
RUSSIA, one of India’s closest allies, has ruled out a military alliance with India to help the Afghanistan government but is interested in having a close coordination with the South Asian country, a senior Russian Embassy official said in New Delhi on Wednesday (14). Russian Deputy Head of Mission Roman…
INDIAN National Congress parliamentarian Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (14) reportedly walked out of a defence committee meeting along with some of his parliamentary colleagues after they were not allowed to discuss the border issues with China, the northern neighbour with which India has faced serious conflicts in the recent past.…
THE Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday (14) successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid-propellant 'Vikas' engine for the 'Gaganyaan' programme, prompting a warm reaction from Space X founder and chief executive officer Elon Musk. The space agency said in a tweet, “#ISRO on July 14,…
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FA) has denied media reports claiming that England team has snubbed an invitation from Downing Street after prime minister Boris Johnson “threw his weight” behind home secretary Priti Patel over racial abuse row with team’s defender Tyrone Mings. It was being reported that the team has shelved plans…
ENGLAND is "systemically racist" and the UK government is in breach of a United Nations (UN) treaty designed to eradicate racial discrimination, a recent report claimed on Wednesday (14), adding that minority ethnic groups in the country face sustained disparities across health, the criminal justice system, education, employment, immigration and…
