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The Indian rupee had tumbled to a low of 90.02 against the US dollar. It’s the lowest the local currency has ever touched. In 2025 alone, the rupee has lost around 5 per cent against the dollar, making it one of Asia’s worst-performing currencies this year. At the time of this article going live, the […]
India has beaten New York in a race for driver-owned ride-hailing. Even before its full-fledged nationwide rollout, Bharat Taxi, celebrated as the world’s first national ride-hailing mobility cooperative fully owned by drivers, has become the world’s largest driver-owned mobility collective. In just 10 days, Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Limited, promoted by eight major national cooperatives, onboarded […]
Two Bhil couples from Pakistan’s Sindh province have been detained in Kutch after crossing the international border in separate incidents. A national daily, citing information provided by the police, has reported that the first couple, Tara Ranmal Chudi, known as Toto, and Meena, left their village of Lasri on the night of October 4. Lasri, […]
The H-1B landscape for Indian IT firms is shifting fast. In FY 2025, the top seven Indian IT companies received only 4,573 approvals for initial employment. A national newspaper that published this data revealed a 70% drop from the figures 10 years ago. It attributed the numbers to National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) while […]
Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have brought serious felony charges against two Gujarati men living in the Chicago suburbs, accusing them of diverting more than $653,000 in gold from an elderly North Kenosha resident. Authorities say the case appears to be tied to a larger, internationally operated fraud network. The charges were formally submitted on November […]
In a major blow to an international cyber-fraud operation, Vejalpur police on Friday arrested four local men accused of orchestrating a scheme that duped American citizens by posing as legitimate loan providers. The suspects — Jasim Malvaniya, Golam Ghanchi, Shoaib Qureshi and Kaivan Ghanchi — all hail from Vejalpur. According to police, Kaivan Ghanchi is […]
Air passengers in India and several other countries may face delays this weekend after Airbus ordered an immediate software update for A320-family aircraft worldwide. The update is mandatory and requires airlines to temporarily ground planes to fix a potential flight-control problem linked to intense solar radiation. According to media reports, the issue affects one of […]
Is Donald Trump using his second term to turn a campaign pledge into governing practice? What began in March 2023 as a rally line (he said he was people’s retribution) has hardened into a hunt for enemies, according to news agency Reuters. The media house counted 470 targets and perhaps more in an exhaustive report. […]
US President Donald Trump has announced a halt to migration from all Third World Countries, citing the recent shooting near the White House that compelled him to make this radical decision. One of two National Guard soldiers shot by an Afghan national on Thursday later died from injuries. Following the attack, Trump said the move […]
In the pursuit of the American dream, even routine steps can carry heavy risks. The cost is measured in uncertainty, fear and, as reports have revealed, handcuffs. Reports have emerged that federal authorities have been detaining individuals, including the spouses of American citizens, during routine Green Card interviews at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) […]
The raid on a 12th-floor office in Sakar-9 on Ashram Road earlier this week has blown the lid off what investigators now believe is a sprawling international herbal-remedy fraud targeting NRIs across the US, Canada and Europe. While the operation initially appeared to be a bogus call centre selling fake ayurvedic treatments, police say the […]
Ahmedabad has been officially named the host city for the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games, marking India’s return to staging a major global multi-sport event for the first time since the 2010 Delhi Games. The decision was endorsed by delegates representing 74 Commonwealth nations and territories during the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow on Wednesday. […]
At the 20th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan last Sunday, the Standing Committee and a majority of member states have decisively supported India’s stance on the matter, confirming that there is no sufficient evidence or basis to take any action against India regarding animal imports. This outcome has given strong recognition to Vantara’s […]
Ahmedabad Police have uncovered a sprawling call-centre operation that allegedly swindled Indians living abroad by selling fake medical packages and collecting payments in US dollars. At least 24 employees, including women along with the suspected mastermind, 35-year-old Abhishek Ramnarayan Pathak, have been picked up after searching a commercial office on Ashram Road. Pathak has been […]
For many Indians, especially students in Gujarat, the US dream is slipping out of reach. Visa refusals are growing by the day. And this uncertainty is pushing thousands to abandon America and look elsewhere for a secure future. According to reports, the student visa rejection rates have reached record highs. Foreign education consultants note that […]
Canada is set to overhaul its citizenship-by-descent rules, offering long-awaited relief to thousands of families, including many of Indian origin. The federal government has passed Bill C-3, which scraps the controversial “second-generation cut-off” — a rule that stopped Canadians born abroad from passing on citizenship to their own children born overseas. The bill received royal […]
Volcanoes are undoubtedly the most powerful forces of nature. They remain dormant for ages. When they erupt, they do so with so much fury that humankind has barely any time to react. That is exactly what happened on Sunday. Satellite images show Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupting for the first time in nearly 10,000 years. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again pushed back his planned trip to India, which was expected to take place later this year for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to reports in Israeli media, the visit was postponed due to heightened security concerns following a deadly terror attack in New Delhi two […]
A celebrity-studded wedding in Udaipur has propelled previously low-profile US-based pharmaceutical billionaire Raj Ramalinga Mantena into the public eye. The festivities, held for Mantena’s daughter Netra and US tech entrepreneur Vamsi Gadiraju, co-founder of the startup Superorder, have dominated social media in recent days and drawn global attention to the reclusive businessman. The celebrations featured […]
Indian-origin industrialist Lakshmi N. Mittal, long regarded as one of Britain’s wealthiest residents, is preparing to leave the UK amid growing concern over the Labour government’s forthcoming tax measures for high-net-worth individuals, according to a report published in UK newspaper. The steel magnate, who hails from Rajasthan and built a global empire through ArcelorMittal, has […]
