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Iranian people walk at a flower market, ahead of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Tehran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Millions of Iranians will travel to be with their families for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on March 20 but economic troubles in the sanctions-hit country are weighing on the festivities. Iranians will celebrate the…
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USCIS will begin accepting online filing of the forms for H-1B cap petitions on April 1. File | Photo Credit: AP The initial registration period for the H-1B visas, the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals, for fiscal 2025 closes on March 22, a federal agency has said. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa…
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U.S. Senator Ben Cardin. | Photo Credit: AFP A powerful American senator has expressed concern over the Indian government notifying rules for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, saying that as the U.S.-India relationship deepens, it is important that the cooperation is based on shared values of protecting human rights of all, regardless…
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Uber has agreed to pay $178 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Australian taxi operators and drivers. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Uber has agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to settle a lawsuit brought by Australian taxi operators and drivers, who say they lost income when the ride-hailing company moved into the…
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Demonstrators take part in a ritual of boiling milk to mark the Shinala and Tamil New Year during their protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in front of the Presidential secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 14, 2022. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s government-backed traditional astrologers…
Representational image of cargo ships at a harbour. Carbon tax on shipping will cut developing countries’ GDP by 0.13% | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union, Canada, Japan and climate-vulnerable Pacific Island states are among 47 countries rallying support for a charge on the international shipping sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, documents reviewed by Reuters showed….
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A prosecutor examines fragments of Russian missiles that were collected to investigate Russia’s military crimes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian forces facing a lack of munitions and manpower are digging in to resist Russian attack, mirroring the invaders’ strategy and showing Kyiv expects a drawn-out war. President Volodymyr…
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Shatrughan Sinha is contesting Lok Sabha election from Bengal’s Asansol Patna: Opposition parties received donations through the electoral bonds scheme, but it was the BJP who used the system for extortion and blackmail, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has told NDTV. The Trinamool Congress MP, who is gearing up for the Lok Sabha battle in West Bengal’s Asansol,…
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Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in-tandem with weak Asian markets and fresh foreign fund outflows. Also, investors turned cautious ahead of the US Fed interest rate decision this week. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 420.56 points to 72,327.86 after opening on a weak note. The…
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People walk past the body of a man who, along with others, was shot dead earlier in the morning, amid an escalation in gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Gangs attacked two upscale neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday, March 18, 2024, in a rampage that left at least…
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