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U.S. proposes new rule to scrap 60-day grace period for H-1B workers after job loss

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U.S. proposes new rule to scrap 60-day grace period for H-1B workers after job loss

Under the proposal, the DHS would eliminate the discretionary, maximum 60-day grace period currently accorded to E-1, E-2, E-3, H-1B, H-1B1, L-1, O-1 and TN nonimmigrants and their dependents, whose employment ceases. Representational image used. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. on Thursday (September 10, 2026) proposed a new rule to scrap the 60-day…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi to attend BRICS summit

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi to attend BRICS summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, September 11, 2026, began a three-day visit to India to participate in the BRICS summit. | Photo Credit: ANI Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (September 11, 2026) began a three-day visit to India to participate in the BRICS summit and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expand bilateral…

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Rude lessons: On the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, lessons for India

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Rude lessons: On the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, lessons for India

The U.S.-Canada trade dispute has a few sharp lessons for India. The two economies have been deeply economically integrated since at least 1965, when they established free trade in automobiles and their parts. This then widened into a full-fledged free trade agreement in 1989, which was expanded into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)…

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court revokes controversial monk’s presidential pardon

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court revokes controversial monk’s presidential pardon

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero (centre), head of the Bodu Bala Sena or “Buddhist Power Force”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a significant case of the judiciary reversing an executive decision, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday (September 10, 2026) overturned a presidential pardon granted to a reactionary Buddhist monk. In May 2019, then President…

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Sudan army shoots down RSF drones near Khartoum: military source

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Sudan army shoots down RSF drones near Khartoum: military source

Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan’s army shot down drones belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday (September 10, 2026), a military source told AFP, after explosions were heard over the capital Khartoum. “Our air defences engaged and shot down all of the militia’s drones that attempted to…

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NATO will stay ‘strong’ whoever wins French election: Rutte

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NATO will stay ‘strong’ whoever wins French election: Rutte

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at a German ambassadors’ conference in Berlin, Germany, on September 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday (September 10, 2026) that the alliance would remain “strong” whoever wins next year’s presidential election in member state France. Polls show that far-right leader Marine Le Pen…

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China says it hopes to agree with U.S. on tariff reductions ‘at an early date’

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China says it hopes to agree with U.S. on tariff reductions ‘at an early date’

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China and the U.S. hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson said Thursday (September 10, 2026), fuelling expectations that an announcement could come when the leaders of the two countries meet in two weeks. Also read |…

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels take over a strategic port city in Yemen, posing a new threat to shipping

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels take over a strategic port city in Yemen, posing a new threat to shipping

Smoke rises during Houthi missile and drone strikes on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, Yemen, on August 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday (August 10, 2026) took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni…

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IndiGo’s Lucknow-Saudi Arabia flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after bomb threat

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IndiGo’s Lucknow-Saudi Arabia flight makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad after bomb threat

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam in Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing at the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday evening (September 10, 2026) following a bomb threat but nothing suspicious has been found on board so far,” police said. “The flight 6E97 landed at the Sardar…

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