Texas governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered state agencies and public universities to halt new H-1B visa hiring.This marks a major setback for foreign professionals seeking to work in US, especially in the Red state.In a letter sent to agency heads, Abbott directed all state bodies to immediately freeze new H-1B petitions, citing ‘abuse’ of…
Israel is severing ties with several UN agencies and international bodies, citing persistent bias and hostile actions. This decision follows a review prompted by the US withdrawal from similar organizations. The affected bodies include UN Women and the UN Conference on Trade and Development, with specific grievances cited regarding children in conflict and sexual violence…
NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies are alarmed and closely monitoring the expansion of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Satellite imagery and photographs reveal the construction of a new “dual-use facility” in the Neelum Valley district.Since November, LeT accelerated the infrastructure build-up of the new centre, named “Jamia Masjid Ibn Taymiyah wa Markaz,” being erected in…
India is preparing to dispatch a team of accident investigators to Washington next week to review the ongoing probe into the June Air India crash that claimed 241 lives. The group will go through the data collected so far by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and present their own analysis drawn from the…
NEW DELHI: Initial investigations into the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort suggest that the blast was not a typical suicide attack, but may have been triggered prematurely in panic by the suspect, news agency ANI reported citing sources.Also Read: First lead to terror plot came from Jaish posters in Kashmir According to the sources,…
Amit Shah chairs high level meet NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the officials to “hunt down each and every culprit” behind a i20 car blast near the Red Fort.“Chaired review meetings on the Delhi car blast with the senior officials. Instructed them to hunt down each and every culprit behind…