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  • US increases H-1B visas to Indians by 24%

    The US government has increased H-1B visas issued to Indians by 24 percent between 2010 and 2011.This visa allows skilled professionals to work on a temporary basis in the US. According to US Embassy in New Delhi that the number of visas issued has gone up from over 54 thousand in 2010 to 67 thousand […]

    India asks Australia to withdraw travel advisory

    Taking serious note of the travel advisories against it, India on Wednesday raised the issue with Australia, asking it to withdraw issuance of such notices which have “disproportionate” language and were contrary to the current tourist trend. Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna, who is in Perth to attend the CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting, […]

    Bihar man wins Rs five crore on KBC

    Diwali came early for Bihar’s Sushil Kumar as he has become the first person to win the full prize money of Rs five crore in the fifth season of popular-quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati'(KBC). The 27-year-old Kumar correctly answered the jackpot question worth Rs five crore asked by megastar Amitabh Bachchan during the episode shot […]

    Building collapse claims 6 lives in Mumbai

    A building collapse in the Bhiwandi area of Thane district near Mumbai on Tuesday evening has claimed the lives of at least six people and injured seventeen. Thane Municipal Corporation Commissioner Achut Hange has said that the building was constructed in 2007 and the builder identified as Jagdish Pandu Lakshman was given permission to construct […]

    U.S. dismantles Cold War era Nuke bomb

    It was the end of an era yesterday when experts near Amarillo, Texas dismantled the United States’ oldest and biggest nuclear bomb, the B53. Officials say dismantling the bomb involved separating 136 kilograms of high explosives from a uranium pit at the heart of the weapon. The Cold War relic, which was put into service […]

    India elected to serve on ECOSOC

    India is among 21 countries which were today elected to serve on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Ecosoc is one of the six principal organs of the UNO and the main body assigned with furthering economic and social cooperation and worldwide development. UN member states elected 18 countries to serve three-year term starting from […]

    Ennahda likely to win Tunisia polls

    In Tunisia, Ennahda party has emerged as the single largest party in the elections. According to official results declared by the Tunisian Electoral Commission, Ennahda has won 28 out of 64 seats within the country so far. The party has bagged 9 seats reserved for expatriate Tunisians living abroad. Ennahda now has 37 out of […]

    Thai floodwaters surge into Bangkok airport

    In Thailand, floodwaters reached Bangkok’s domestic airport on Tuesday halting commercial flights and forcing people who had taken refuge there to head further south for safety. Bangkok’s main international airport, southeast of the city, was not affected. But the Don Muang airport, located near flooded districts in the city’s northern suburbs, has been operating as […]

    Hurricane Rina rises, now Category 2 storm

    Hurricane Rina has swelled to a Category 2 storm as it sweeps towards Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and Caribbean beach resorts. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Rina was expected to become a major hurricane by Tuesday night. A Nicaraguan Navy vessel that went missing in the storm with 27 people on board has been […]

    Jairam writes to Maya over misuse of MGNREGA scheme

    Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has accused the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh for directly abetting embezzlement of funds meant for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. In a letter written to the Chief Minister, Mr Ramesh favoured a CBI inquiry into misuse of funds and irregularities and hoped that the State […]