From March 1, Air India to stop non-stops to San Francisco from Mumbai, Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Air India will discontinue non-stop San Francisco services from Bengaluru and Mumbai from March 1, citing aircraft deployment challenges and higher costs due to airspace restrictions. The move has triggered confusion and concern among passengers from the two cities who have made bookings, particularly for travel beyond Feb 28.The Tatas-owned airline will, however, scale…

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After the Brown University shooting, the US pauses a little-known diversity visa program

When the identity of the suspect in the shootings linked to Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology became public, attention quickly shifted from the crime itself to the pathway that brought him to the United States.The suspect, a Portuguese national, entered the US through the diversity immigrant visa program — a congressionally created…

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