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Richmond: As newly inaugurated President Donald Trump readies his immigration crackdown, his allies in his Republican Party have splintered over policies surrounding US worker visas intended to go to specialty occupations like the tech industry. The row over so-called H-1B visas is pitting Silicon Valley-aligned Trump allies like X CEO Elon Musk, who favor the…
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The canal is an 82-km artificial waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through Panama and is critical to U.S. imports. File. | Photo Credit: AP Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would take back the Panama Canal as he delivered an inauguration speech in which he invoked…
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Jasprit Bumrah and Chris Martin© AFP & PTI India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is the darling of Indian cricket fans, and now ICC’s No. 1 Test bowler is also receiving praise from popular British band Coldplay and their lead singer Chris Martin. Coldplay are performing five concerts in India between January 18 and…
File photo of Shubman Gill© AFP The decision to appoint Shubman Gill as the Indian cricket team’s vice-captain for Champions Trophy 2025 has sparked a major conversation among both fans as well as experts. While some believe that it was the right decision, others are of the opinion that Hardik Pandya could have…
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After being appointed captain of the Lucknow Super Giants, star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has revealed that he didn’t want to join Punjab Kings (PBKS). Pant, who released by the Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction, became the costliest ever buy in the history of the tournament as he was bought by…
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A file photo of Panambur beach in Mangaluru. Experts believe that for coastal tourism to work in Karnataka, focus should not be on replicating Kerala or Goa, but playing to the Stateâs strengths. For years now, the development of Karnatakaâs 320-kilometre coastal line has been on the cards. From coastal tourism policies to separate committees…
Antony Raj employs eight workers and runs a computer numerical control machine and lathes in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. He receives a stable monthly income supplying components that go into grease pumps in fossil fuel based automobiles. For almost 24 years now, he has been making 48 of the 112 components that go into…
Taipei, Taiwan: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, injuring 27 people and causing ceilings of homes to cave in according to local authorities. An AFP journalist in the capital Taipei felt tremors for nearly a minute as the shallow quake struck shortly after midnight. The epicenter was recorded 12…
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Ahmedabad: A sessions court on Monday sentenced former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to five years in jail and fined him Rs 75,000 in a corruption case dating back to 2004 when he was the collector of Kutch district in Gujarat. The court of principal district and sessions judge KM Sojitra convicted him in a case…
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A satellite image shows a closer view of aid trucks waiting at the Rafah-Egypt border, January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza has received a major influx of aid and goods, with 915 trucks crossing into the territory on the second day of the ceasefire, the United Nations said. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq…
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