US officials report extensive fraud in H-1B visa applications that surged this year

New York (IANS) The US immigration officials have reported that they have discovered extensive fraud in the huge surge of 61 per cent in applications filed for the 2024 fiscal year allocation of temporary work visas, known as H1-B, and promised a…

2024 polls Trump-Biden rematch but majority of Americans prefer new candidates

Washington (IANS) The 2024 Presidential race to the White House appears to be clearly a 2020 rematch between the GOP favourite Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden as current trends indicate that 70 per cent of Republicans back Trump despite his…

Yoon warns of 'overwhelming' response to N.Korea's nuclear weapons use

Seoul (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned that North Korea will be met with an "overwhelming" nuclear response in the event it tries to use nuclear weapons.

Yoon issued the warning during a meeting with US Defence Secretary Lloyd…

Fix accountability on those who aid, fund terror activities: Rajnath at SCO meet

New Delhi (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called upon the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states to collectively work towards eliminating terrorism in all its forms and fix accountability on those who aid or fund such…

Pakistan asks US to restore military financing

Washington (IANS) Pakistan has asked the US to restore military financing and sales suspended by the administration of former President Donald Trump as a senior American official acknowledged the importance of this bilateral relationship in a key…

Google's content removal policy applies universally: Top executive

Seoul (IANS) Google's policy to respect local laws and culture when removing harmful, illegal content from its platforms, like YouTube, applies universally to creators and uploaders across the world, including in South Korea, a senior executive…

Abolish veto rights or give them to new permanent members in reformed UNSC: India

United Nations (IANS) Pressing its case for reforming the UN Security Council, India has said that either the veto rights should be abolished or be given also to new permanent members in a reformed Council.

"Either all nations are treated equally…

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon indigenous lands jumps 129% in 2013-2021

Brasilia (IANS) Illegal deforestation on indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon jumped 129 per cent between 2013 and 2021, a study released by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation revealed.

This generated 96 million tonnes of carbon dioxide…

Taliban killed mastermind behind 2021 Kabul airport attack: US

Washington (IANS) US officials have said that the Islamic State (IS) terror group mastermind thought to have planned the devastating 2021 bombing at the Kabul airport has been killed by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government.

According…

Global prospects continue to be uncertain, Indian growth positive: Monthly economic review

New Delhi (IANS) Global economic prospects continue to be uncertain and the latest developments in the financial markets, especially in the advanced economies, have added to this uncertainty, according to the monthly economic review for March released…