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Top US Congressmen introduce bill to reduce green card backlog
Washington: Three influential Congressmen, including Indian-Americans Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila Jayapal, have introduced bipartisan legislation in the US House of Representatives to reduce green card backlog and end country-based discrimination for employment-based…
- World
1 of 3 Palestinian students shot at Vermont paralyzed
Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian students who were shot on November 25 night in Burlington, Vermont, is paralyzed from the chest down. 20-year-old Hisham of Brown University, along with his two friends—…
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP cuts ties with NRI accused of human trafficking in US
The Ruling Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) has disassociated itself from a human trafficking case that has been busted in Missouri, the United States of America. Three people, all natives of…
- World
Indian student beaten, forced into labour for months in US; 3 charged
Washington: Authorities in the US have rescued a 20-year-old Indian student, who was held captive for months without access to a bathroom, viciously beaten, and forced to work at three homes by…
- World
Trump’s campaign against Obamacare health insurance could backfire badly in 2024
New York: Former US President Donald Trump’s attack on his predecessor Obama’s “healthcare insurance policy” could backfire spectacularly with voters as it is very popular with the urban middle classes in America.…
- World
Three Palestinian students shot near US varsity campus
New York: Three young Palestinian students were reportedly shot near a university campus in Vermont in the US. According to media reports, the incident took place on Saturday evening near the University…
- Business
Thanksgiving Day clocks USD 5.6 bn online sales in US
San Francisco: Online sales touched USD 5.6 billion on Thanksgiving Day in the US, an increase of 5.5 percent from last year. According to Adobe Analytics, nearly USD 3.3 billion was spent…
- World
Indian-American doctor commits USD 4 million for Hindu advocacy and awareness in US
Fremont: Hinduism is not just a religion, it’s a way of life, a prominent Indian-American physician, who has committed USD 4 million to advocate Hindu advocacy and awareness causes in the United…
- World
Indian doctoral student killed in shooting incident in US
New York: A 26-year-old Indian doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati was found dead inside his car after a shooting incident in the US state of Ohio. Aaditya Adlakha was driving…
- Middle East
US warship shoots down drones launched from Yemen
Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that an American warship which was on patrol in the Red Sea, shot down “multiple one-way attack drones launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen”.…
- Middle East
Eight paramilitary fighters killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Baghdad: Eight members of the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces were killed and four others were wounded by US airstrikes near the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A statement by the Hashd Shaabi said…
- World
Video: US-Canada bridge explosion puts both nations on high alert
New York: On the eve of a major US holiday, the fiery explosion of a car on a bridge to Canada has put the two neighbouring nations on high alert and shut…
- News
Post October 7, the US desperately groping for a deal with Russia and China
Now that the United States and its Western allies are finding themselves over-stretched, they are trying to wriggle out from the crisis elsewhere and concentrate mainly on what they call the Middle…
- India
Issue of US visas in India being speeded up: Ambassador Garcetti
New Delhi: The US is accelerating the pace of issuing visas in India with more staff joining its Hyderabad consulate and new consulates to open up in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad soon, Washington’s…
- World
Why is Osama bin Laden’s decades-old ‘Letter to America’ going viral?
Amid the war between Israel and Hamas, a decades-old letter from former Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden is going viral on social media platforms after surfaced on the video-sharing app TikTok. Bin…
