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President Donald Trump’s administration will add some 65,000 H-2B seasonal guest worker visas through September 30, a Federal Register notice said, stating the visas would be available to employers at risk of severe financial hardship due to a lack of US labour, Reuters reported.The move roughly doubled the 66,000 visas available each year to businesses…

NEW DELHI: Is air pollution directly causing deaths in India? The ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MOEFCC) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under health ministry have offered starkly different answers to this question, exposing a policy contradiction at the heart of the govt’s public health and environment response.On Thursday, MOEFCC…

The Justice Department temporarily removed and republished a file that included a spreadsheet summary of complaints made to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center, with references to Jeffrey Epstein and Trump, but there was no indication that the tips were verified, according to the document.The complaints were made over an unspecified time frame. Some of…

Prayagraj: Allahabad high court took UP Police to task on Friday for what it said were “frequent” instances of cops shooting crime suspects below the knee in the name of encounters and basking in the glow of “social media fame or out-of-turn promotions”. “Such an act is not permissible in the eyes of law, as…

New Delhi: India and Germany are on the verge of signing a $8 billion Project-75(I) submarine manufacturing agreement, which is set to become India’s largest-ever defence deal. The agreement, likely to be signed by March-end as negotiations have reached an advanced stage, will be a historic milestone in Indo-German defence cooperation.The long-pending Project-75 India (P-75I)…

Satellite images show new activity at two Iranian nuclear sites hit by Israeli and US strikes last year, raising questions about what Tehran may be doing at the damaged facilities.Images from Planet Labs PBC show roofs have been built over destroyed buildings at the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. The work appears to block satellite…

PATNA: Dalit villagers in Bihar’s Vaishali lit the pyre of a 91-year-old woman in the middle of a public road after allegedly being prevented from accessing the local cremation ground, sparking tensions and an inquiry.According to villagers and police, the funeral procession of Jhapsi Devi, a resident of Sondho-Vashudeo village in Goraul area, was on…

Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: A drone suspected to have crossed over from Pakistan briefly entered Indian airspace along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday evening. The incident had prompted a security search operation, officials said.The drone was spotted hovering over Ratanpur village in the Ramgarh sector at around 7.40…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a conversation with Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez, during which the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Spoke with Acting President of Venezuela, Ms. Delcy Rodríguez. We agreed to further deepen and expand our bilateral…

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Jannik Sinner of Italy in their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, early Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo) Novak Djokovic reached his 11th Australian Open final after defeating two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner in a five-set match that finished well past midnight…