Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) The Trump administration has completed its review of a proposal to eliminate the discretionary 60-day grace period available to H-1B and other foreign professionals after their… Continue reading US clears plan to scrap H-1B job-loss window
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) A group of US senators plans to introduce a privileged resolution requiring the State Department to report to Congress on escalating violence in the occupied West… Continue reading US senators seek West Bank killings report
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) The US Army has selected five military installations and five private companies for a programme worth up to $2.2 billion to build and operate nuclear microreactors,… Continue reading US Army bets $2.2 billion on microreactors
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Washington had offered Nepal any assistance it needed as the State Department reported that approximately 90 Americans may have been affected… Continue reading Trump offers aid after Nepal-Tibet floods
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) A US congressional panel will investigate birth-tourism businesses that market maternity services to foreign women, citing national security concerns over travellers from China and Russia and… Continue reading US Congressional panel to probe birth-tourism businesses over national security concerns
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Indian-American voters are showing strong enthusiasm for the US midterm elections and a clear preference for Democratic congressional candidates, according to a new national survey. The… Continue reading Indian-American voters show strong enthusiasm, lean democratic ahead of US midterms
United Nations, Aug 27 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “saddened” by the flooding in “Nepal and China” in which 157 people died, and hundreds from around the world are missing,… Continue reading UN chief ‘saddened’ by Nepal tragedy, offers help (Ld)
New York, Aug 27 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has defended its chief Mohan Bhagwat’s forthcoming address in New York as an inclusive interfaith engagement, rejecting criticism from Mayor… Continue reading Inclusive interfaith engagement: RSS defends Mohan Bhagwat’s NY event
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has dismissed speculation surrounding CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unannounced visit to Russia, describing the trip as “very sort of semi-routine” while acknowledging… Continue reading Trump calls CIA chief’s Russia trip a ‘semi-routine’
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed solidarity with Nepal following the devastating floods that claimed 157 lives and left hundreds, including security personnel and… Continue reading Nepal flash floods: US expresses solidarity, says ready to offer humanitarian assistance
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged Pakistan to protect an 18-year-old Christian woman who was allegedly abducted, converted to Islam and denied a private… Continue reading US lawmakers press Pakistan over Christian woman’s abduction, forced conversion
United Nations, Aug 26 (IANS) With conflicts creating one of the gravest threats to food security, India has said that the Security Council’s immediate priority should be to act to… Continue reading UNSC should act immediately to mitigate humanitarian fallout of conflicts: India
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna and three other US lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation seeking sanctions against Chinese chemical manufacturers, online vendors, ports and financial networks… Continue reading US Congressman Ro Khanna backs China fentanyl sanctions
New York, Aug 26 (IANS) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signalled that his administration is unlikely to intervene to stop RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s event at Madison Square… Continue reading ‘I don’t support rally’: Mamdani says NYC may have no jurisdiction to cancel RSS event
Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Republican Senator Rick Scott has called for a ban on US federal healthcare funds being used to purchase Chinese-made medical devices, warning that internet-connected equipment could… Continue reading US Senator calls for ban on federal healthcare funds for Chinese-made medical devices
