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September 23, 2025 9:34 PM

Trump administration proposes new H-1B visa process favoring higher-skilled, better-paid workers

The Trump administration released a proposal on Tuesday that would rework the H-1B visa selection process to favor higher-skilled and better-paid workers, according to a related Federal Register notice, a move that follows a White House proclamation ...

September 23, 2025 3:34 PM

Putin offers Trump one-year extension to nuclear weapons treaty

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set out in the last arms control treaty between the two powers once it expires next year if the U.S. does the same. White Hou...

September 23, 2025 12:01 PM

10th Ayurveda Day 2025: Harmonising Health and Environment under ‘People & Planet’

The Ministry of AYUSH is gearing up to mark the 10th National Ayurveda Day on Tuesday at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Prataprao Jadhav, said in a recent curtain-raiser, “Ay...

September 23, 2025 11:21 AM

India celebrates 10th Ayurveda Day with theme ‘Ayurveda for People & Planet’

The government is celebrating the 10th Ayurveda Day today with the theme “Ayurveda for People & Planet”, the Ministry of AYUSH said on Monday. For the first time, the day is being observed on a fixed date instead of Dhanteras, following a Gaz...

September 22, 2025 11:49 AM

Nepal panel to probe violence during anti-graft protests that killed 74

Nepal's interim government, led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, has set up a panel to investigate the violence during anti-corruption protests this month that killed 74 people and forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to quit, a m...

September 21, 2025 5:47 PM

‘GST Utsav’ from tomorrow: PM Modi calls it a festival of savings for all Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the launch of a nationwide “GST Utsav” from the first day of Navratri on Monday, describing it as a festival of savings for the people of India. The initiative coincides with the implementation of ...

September 21, 2025 5:06 PM

Trump says ‘bad things’ will happen if Afghanistan does not return Bagram air base

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened "bad things" would happen to Afghanistan if it does not give back control of the Bagram air base to the United States, and declined to rule out sending in troops to retake it. "If Afghanistan doesn�...

September 21, 2025 10:28 AM

After diplomatic blitz on Ukraine and Gaza, Trump moves to passenger seat

Pentagon officials sat down with a group of European diplomats in late August and delivered a stern message: The U.S. planned to cut off some security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all NATO members bordering Russia. More broadly, Pent...

September 20, 2025 3:07 PM

PM Modi inaugurates development projects in Gujarat, stresses importance of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' programme on Saturday, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several development projects across multiple sectors worth more than Rs 34,200 crore while also stressing the importa...

September 19, 2025 4:54 PM

Electoral Rolls: The numbers tell the whole truth

The electoral processes in the recently concluded elections are under scrutiny from vested interests. Factions, engaging in political theatrics, have cast aspersions against the electoral rolls used in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections of 2024, weav...

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