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New Delhi: Amid the layoff season, tech major TCS on Thursday announced plans to create 1,200 new jobs in the US by the end of 2024. The Indian company will create these jobs in the state of Illinois, along with accelerating its STEM outreach efforts in local schools to cover 25 per cent more students […]

New Delhi: The waiting period for issuance of American visas is expected to see a significant fall by summer of 2023 and the number is projected to reach around 1.2 million, a senior official of the US embassy said on Thursday. “India is number one priority for Washington (for issuance of visas). Our aim is […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), have been working on linking the United Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow, a project that is expected to roll out very soon.

Krishnan is charged with two counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street made the announcement on behalf of the university, before the globally acclaimed playback singer was formally invited to receive the university’s highest honour at a ceremony in 2023.

Male: At least 10 people, including nine Indians, were killed and several others injured when a fire swept through cramped lodgings of foreign workers in Male, the Maldivian fire service said. Officials said 10 bodies were recovered from the upper floor of a building destroyed in the fire, which originated from a ground-floor vehicle repair […]

The prayer books have been printed in three languages in durable and waterproof material to withstand the rigours of military life, said the BBC report.

Doha: Mural and street artists from India and Pakistan breathed life into the walls of Al Mansoura Metro Station in Doha with their truck art for the FIFA World Cup, which kicks off this month in Qatar. Truck art is a psychedelic display of interesting slogans, floral patterns, calligraphy and a riot of vibrants colours, […]

Jeddah: Encouraging the sporting spirit among young Indians, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh felicitated two Indian athlete gold medallists for the first time in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Indian Embassy felicitated Mohammed Mehad Sha of Andhra Pradesh and Kadeeja Nizah of Kerala, who won gold medals in Badminton in the Saudi Games that concluded on […]

In one such report they published last July on World Population Day, they predicted that the world population will reach eight billion on November 15, 2022.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch from an area in or around Sukchon, South Pyongan Province, at 3.31 p.m. (local time), reports Yonhap News Agency.

Hyderabad: Many heart-warming moments between the neighbouring countries India and Pakistan exchanging love and mutual respect have surfaced online before. And this video of a Pakistani man’s hospitality towards a Hyderabadi family will surely make your day. According to the video, a Pakistan national named Tahir Khan gave a lift to a family from Hyderabad […]

Seoul: North Korea launched one short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, the South Korean military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the launch from an area in or around Sukchon, South Pyongan Province, at 3.31 p.m. (local time), reports Yonhap News Agency. Defence authorities are analyzing related details including […]

If they all win as it seems likely, the strength of the "Samosa Caucus" as the group of Indian-Americans in Congress calls itself, will go up to five.

Washington: Control of Congress hung in the balance early on Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden‘s low approval ratings would drag the party down. In the most heartening news for the party, Democrat John Fetterman flipped a […]

The 58-year-old immigrated to the US from India when she was seven

Washington: New Omicron subvariants have led to increasing Covid-19 cases in the US, with BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounting for over 35 per cent of the new infections this week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). BQ.1.1 made up 18.8 per cent of circulating variants, and BQ.1 was estimated to make up […]

The external affairs minister made the comments after holding wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov in Moscow.

Washington: The United States witnessed an unprecedented early voting for the midterms on Tuesday as 41 million voters turned up to cast their vote, a million more than the 2018 midterms, as both President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump fired up the enthusiasm of the electorate to exercise their franchise in one of […]

Like many small villages, Hogewey has its own town square, supermarket, salons, theaters, pubs, and cafes.

New York: Pavithra Prabhakar, an Indian-American professor of computer science at the Kansas State University, has received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that minimises negative user experiences. Prabhakar, who is the Peggy and Gary Edwards chair in engineering, was one of 74 recipients of the awards from Amazon, which also includes an […]

North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S. targets

The badminton competition is organised as part of the first edition of the Saudi games, the largest national sports event of its kind on Friday at King Fahd Stadium in Riyad

Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification for $8 will be available in India in less than a month.