State Department says EB-1 may become unavailable for Indians for FY 2026. An EB-1 visa (Employment-Based First Preference) is a top-tier US permanent residency (Green Card) category. It is intended for individuals with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors or researchers, and multinational managers or executives. EB-1 used to be the fastest Green Card route as it … Read more
Alexander the Great (Image: Wikipedia) Numbers and weapons matter in battle, but they are rarely the whole story. Sometimes the deciding factor is simply who is standing at the front, giving the orders. That idea sits behind one of the most famous lines connected to Alexander the Great. “I am not afraid of an army … Read more
UAE Supreme Court overturns man’s death sentence. The UAE Federal Supreme Court has overturned an appeal court ruling that upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering a woman and attempting to kill another man, finding that his right to a proper defence had not been adequately protected.The case has now been sent … Read more
Austin Franco who did not want to work for a Jew boss said his account now has $25,000 donation money because of the controversy. Austin Franco, the controversial Cornell University student, who flatly refused to work with an NYC startup because the boss was Jewish, revealed that Cornell did not take any action against him … Read more
New coin; Nepal PM Balendra Shah The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the country’s central bank, announced on Saturday that it would mint a new one-rupee coin featuring a controversial map showing the territories of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, which are disputed with India.Kathmandu claims the territories as their own, whereas New Delhi maintains that these … Read more
Donald Trump at White House correspondent’s dinner (Image/AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: It was as though a bull had been invited to hand out prizes at a china convention. The White House Correspondents’ Association’s rescheduled annual dinner on Friday night produced one of those deliciously improbable scenes that remind the world why American democracy is … Read more
zebra mussels (Representative image by Canva) In the late 1980s, an aquatic invader quietly entered North America through an unlikely route: a ship’s ballast water. That species was the zebra mussel, and within a decade it had spread across all five Great Lakes, triggering one of the most notorious invasive-species stories on the continent. More … Read more
Navneet Kaur/Image: Toronto Police A 26-year-old Indian-origin woman was shot dead in a targeted attack in Toronto, with police later arresting a Brampton man on a charge of first-degree murder.Toronto police said officers responded to a shooting call near Humberwood Boulevard and Rexdale Boulevard at about 7.23am on Friday, where they found Navneet Kaur with … Read more
Indian-origin student and athlete Sharosh Sheth dies in Ohio after being run over by a Ford Mustang. 21-year-old Sarosh Seth was killed in a crash in Ohio when he was walking on the road and a Ford Mustang ran over him. The incident took place on Wednesday at around 2.40 pm and Seth’s identity has … Read more
A family holiday that had become a familiar summer tradition ended in an emergency that has changed daily life for an 11-year-old boy from Pennsylvania. The child, Brodie Dituri, was seriously injured during a fishing trip in central Florida after an alligator attacked him at the water’s edge. His father stepped in immediately, while people … Read more