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I will be visiting India from January 15 to 17. This will be my first visit in roughly six years since 2019, when I took part in the first Japan–India 2+2 Meeting in New Delhi as Japan’s minister for foreign affairs. I am looking forward to once again experiencing the vibrant energy of today’s India….
Data from USCIS shows that nearly 540,000 family-sponsored green card applications and about 170,000 employment-based applications are currently pending. (AI image) Green card hopefuls in the US have been handed over a fresh challenge by the Donald Trump administration: most immigrants seeking green cards have to leave the United States and complete the application process…
Madurai, Sep 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay launched the Thai Maaman Gold Ring Scheme at Government Rajaji Hospital on Monday, presenting one-gram gold rings to newborn babies and meeting their families during a visit that drew crowds across the city. A newborn receiving a gold ring from the state government may…
Some quotes stay popular because they sound clever. Others survive because they feel emotionally true, even years later. This line from Diana, Princess of Wales, belongs firmly in the second category. It does not try to impress with complicated language or dramatic philosophy. In fact, part of its power comes from how ordinary it sounds…
CHENNAI: DMK MLA Ezhilan Naganathan said 85% of the party’s promises made in 2021 poll manifesto have been fulfilled by the govt that the manifesto to be released for upcoming election would reshape Tamil Nadu’s socio-economic landscape.He told reporter in the city on Friday that there were high expectations for DMK’s manifesto for the elections….
‘Mirzapur: The Movie’, which opened in cinemas on Friday, has been riding high at the box office following largely favourable reviews. But the film’s success has now been overshadowed by allegations that its makers repurposed a song written for Maharana Pratap and inserted it into a gangster-themed scene instead. Rajasthani artist Rapperiya Baalam has claimed…
In denying bail to two Delhi riots’ undertrials, apex court walks back on its own stand The sense of disquiet following Supreme Court’s refusal of bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, accused under UAPA, is born out of the sense that apex court has walked back on its consistent precedents and repeated calls for…
Image Credit: Restoring Upland Nature/Website Dame Judi Dench has joined the celebration of a major golden eagle recovery in southern Scotland after the population climbed above 50 individual birds. The actress named one of five fledglings produced this summer as GoldenEye, while fellow actor Sam Heughan named another as Sassy. The young birds are part…
The safe harbour regime proposed in the Union Budget for component warehousing linked to manufacturing could offer multinational companies a comparable or better post-tax cost structure, along with lower regulatory risk, Finance Ministry sources told PTI.The proposal, which targets supply chain efficiency for electronics manufacturing, is expected to result in an effective tax of about…
PC: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) The structural integrity of the Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, described as a 115-meter-wide concrete ‘coffin,’ is endangered according to the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). This dome was built over an unlined crater from a nuclear explosion that occurred in 1958 and contains over 120,000 tonnes…
