- Tuesday, March 04, 2025
With an aim to cut delays in visa processing in India, the US has launched new initiatives, including scheduling special interviews for first-time applicants and increasing strength of consular staff. As part of the multi-pronged approach to cut the visa backlog, the US embassy in Delhi and the consulates in…
Thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, who have lost their jobs due to the series of recent layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon, are now struggling to find new employment within the stipulated period under their work visas following the termination of their employment to stay…
Dedicated to an Indian goddess as a child, Huvakka Bhimappa's years of sexual servitude began when her uncle took her virginity, raping her in exchange for a saree and some jewellery. Bhimappa was not yet 10 years old when she became a "devadasi" -- girls coerced by their parents into…
British high commissioner to India Alexander Ellis said that India's G20 presidency is an "opportunity" to tell the story of a "new and modern India," while also emphasizing that it has the potential to tackle some of the 'world's big problems'. In ANI 'Podcast with Smita Prakash', the high commissioner…
Mohammed Shami led an inspired pace attack to set up a crushing eight-wicket, series-clinching win for India in the second one-day international against New Zealand on Saturday. Shami, India's pace spearhead, returned figures of 3-18 to help dismiss the Black Caps for 108 after the hosts elected to bowl first…
With the sexual harassment allegation against the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) snowballing, the body on Saturday (21) counter accused the athletes who have brought the charges, saying they have hidden agenda. In a letter to the country's ministry of youth affairs, the wrestling body said, "The…
A night before Microsoft announced it was laying off 10,000 people, the technology giant hosted a private concert by artist Sting for about 50 people including its top executives in Davos during the annual World Economic Forum meeting, a media report said. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said in a…
An ailing Novak Djokovic ground past Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday (21) and into the last 16 as the nine-time Australian Open champion edged closer to a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title. The Serbian fourth seed came through a titanic 77-minute first set before taming the Bulgarian 7-6 (9/7), 6-3, 6-4…
It seems the dark tunnel in which Pakistan's economy has found itself is not ending anytime soon. While common people in the South Asian nation suffer from severe shortages of food, medicines, and other essentials, a report by Al Arabiya has said even harder times lie ahead if the International…
A total of 22 corporate entities from the western Indian state of Gujarat have promised to invest Rs 40,000 crore (£3.9 billion) in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which would create 50,000 direct as well as indirect employment opportunities, a senior official from the country's most populous state said…
