- Friday, June 20, 2025
WITH the Trump administration taking a very tough stand on immigration, the US government on Tuesday (27) warned Indian students studying in America that they may lose eligibility for future visas if they “skip classes, drop out or leave their program of study without informing”. In a post on social…
OVER 300 people of Indian heritage, who grew up in Walsall, UK, and surrounding areas, recently had a reunion in Atlanta, Georgia. During the three-day event from May 8-11, old classmates, neighbors, and friends got to see each other after decades. For this group, born or raised in the UK,…
THE CO-FOUNDER of IndiGo airlines, Rakesh Gangwal, and his family trust, on Tuesday (27), sold a 5.7 per cent stake in the airline's parent company InterGlobe Aviation, for about $1.36 billion through a block deal. Gangwal (71) co-founded IndiGo in 2006 with Rahul Bhatia, the current managing director of the…
THE BCCI has invited army, navy, and air force chiefs to attend the IPL final on June 3 in Ahmedabad, where the closing ceremony pays tributes to their "heroic efforts" during the recent Operation Sindoor. BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia announced in a media statement on Tuesday (27). "We have extended…
INDIA'S foreign minister, S Jaishankar, said he had spoken to his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand, as the two countries seek to ease fraught relations. The telephone call, which took place late Sunday (25), is the highest diplomatic contact between Ottawa and New Delhi since Mark Carney became Canadian prime minister…
ELON MUSK'S Tesla car sales in Europe slumped by half in April, even though electric car sales during the period rose 26.4 per cent, the continent's manufacturing association said Tuesday (27). Tesla's recent upgrade of its Model Y has failed to revive the brand's fortunes in the region. This is…
VANIYA AGRAWAL has now become a prominent face of protest against Microsoft's business ties with the Israeli government. This Indian-American software engineer and a former Microsoft employee has taken part in the disruption of two Microsoft events to draw attention towards its indirect involvement in the killing of Palestinians. There…
A MASS shooting on Memorial Day at Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park has killed two people and injured nine others, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened on Monday night, and a large number of people were present at the park. All nine injured, including three teenagers, are in stable condition, the…
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has intensified his running battle with Harvard University and now threatens to cut off federal funding and redirect billions to trade schools. The Trump administration had earlier tried to bar the Ivy League institution from enrolling foreign students, after they refused to provide information sought by…
AS Vivek Ramaswamy begins campaign for Ohio governorship, his views on H-1 B visas have become a cause of concern for some of the Republicans, especially those who see these visas as a threat to American workers. With many US tech companies resorting to layoffs on one hand and the…
