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India has for years been among the top two countries from where students go to the United States of America to pursue their higher education.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the hill state of Sikkim today to take part in the celebrations over 50 years of statehood for Sikkim. PM Modi will arrive in…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called international students “troublemakers” and suggested a 15 per cent cap should be imposed on the admission of foreign students at Harvard University and…

Sunita Williams and Butch, who last year set off for an eight-day Starliner test flight that swelled into a nine-month stay in space, have had to readapt their muscles, sense…

The Trump administration, which has been spending a lot of its time in courts lately due to controversial orders signed by Donald Trump, has urged the American judiciary not to…

DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, leading an all-party delegation to Greece, said India has made it clear that it will no longer distinguish between individual acts of terror and state-sponsored terrorism.

BJP MP Baijayant Panda, who is leading a multi-party delegation to Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday (local time) highlighted India and Saudi Arabia’s “closeness” in their fight against terrorism, noting that…

Israel accused the United Nations Wednesday of seeking to “block” Gaza aid distribution, as the global body said it was doing its utmost to gather the limited assistance greenlighted by…

Space and technology billionaire Elon Musk announced that his term as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency has come to an end.

A US trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ import tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the President overstepped his authorities with the across-the-board duties on countries…

Congress’s Shashi Tharoor — who is facing criticism from his own party for backing the government on Operation Sindoor — has found unexpected support from the BJP camp.

Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday barred former Chief Executive Officer of IndusInd Bank, Sumant Kathpalia, and four others from accessing the securities markets, in connection with an alleged case of…

Liquor major Radico Khaitan on Wednesday announced the immediate withdrawal of its newly launched whisky brand Trikal’ after facing severe backlash over the brand’s name and imagery, which many claimed…

Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov on Wednesday said discussions between India and Moscow on the procurement of more S-400 air defence systems are “ongoing” as both countries continue to…

Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi, the deputy leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, who is facing BJP allegations about aiding Pakistan, today said the allegations are just BJP propaganda ahead…

A US trade court on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs from going into effect, ruling that president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from nations…

The Trump administration has cancelled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, according…

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Minister Udayan Guha has sparked a row by taking a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ‘Operation Sindoor’.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is part of the all-party delegation led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, said that Pakistan should be put back on the…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the United States will start revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying…

Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to support hostages still held in Gaza on the 600th day since the war began, urging a ceasefire to secure their release.

A man has been arrested for allegedly duping multiple people of nearly Rs 20 lakh by using their fingerprints to withdraw money from their bank accounts in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri…

In the political landscape of Madhya Pradesh, a controversy has erupted following the circulation of a video featuring BJP legislator Jagannath Singh Raghuwanshi from Chanderi, Ashoknagar district.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has issued a warning in its latest Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2025-2029, predicting that global temperatures will continue to soar over the…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed hesitation toward imposing new sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine, saying he did not want the penalties to interfere with getting…

Cryptocurrencies have “a champion and an ally” in US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday, adding that the administration would end a “weaponization” of regulations against the…

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week not to take actions that could disrupt nuclear talks with Iran.

As the search for Australian teen Phoebe Bishop entered its ninth day, her last posts about her family are going viral on social media.

Canada’s Citizenship Week, which kicked off on May 26 and runs until June 1, is a vibrant celebration of the country’s rich diversity and the shared values that define Canadian…

The United States recorded a high of 331,602 Indian students studying last year, a major increase of 23 per cent from 2023. India had surpassed China as the leading source…

President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US firms that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said strict compliance with RERA provisions is critical for restoring trust in the housing market while reviewing three major infrastructure projects costing over Rs 62,000 crore…

The Assam government will provide arms licences to indigenous people residing in “vulnerable and remote” areas and those along the border with Bangladesh for instilling a sense of security in…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Srinagar said on Wednesday that it has attached two bank accounts and immovable property worth Rs 2.34 crore in a bogus cryptocurrency scam.

Amazon’s deal with Stellantis to create in-car software that companies hoped would transform the driving experience while bolstering vehicle-tech credentials is “winding down” highlighting challenges for legacy automakers in building…

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a Navi Mumbai resident, alleged to be the kingpin of a “transnational drug syndicate”, after securing his deportation from Malaysia, officials said on…

Omar Abdullah was cycling on Tuesday in Pahalgam. On Wednesday, he was on a Gondola (cable car) ride in Gulmarg. The aim, he says, is to revive the tourist season,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and enquired about his health after he was hospitalised in Kuwait.

A group of 30 to 40 armed Maoists looted approximately four tonnes of explosives from a truck in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.

A 40-year-old patient on Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 virus at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, said an official.

The police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district have arrested a man, who used to drive an autorickshaw, for allegedly killing a passenger over a fare dispute in 2001, an official said…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday dismissed reports suggesting that he has sought the relocation of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) from Karnataka to the state.

The dead have been identified as Praveen Mittal, 42, his elderly parents, wife and three young children – two girls and a boy.

New high-resolution satellite images, accessed by NDTV, show extensive damage to the Murid air base of Pakistan, showing a three-metre-wide crater just 30 metres from an underground facility of the…

Muhammad Sinwar, the elusive Hamas military chief in Gaza who Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday had been eliminated, has long been at the top of Israel’s most wanted…

Russia has proposed holding the next round of direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 with a view to achieving a sustainable peace settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

Internet personality Andrew Tate faces 11 criminal charges in Britain, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday.

The United States is introducing a new visa ban rule for those who “censor” Americans posting comments on social media platforms that are owned by US tech firms. The announcement…

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Harvard University should have a 15% cap on the number of foreign students it admits and that the Ivy League school needs to…

A Rajasthan government employee was picked up for interrogation on suspicion of spying for Pakistan on Wednesday.

In a big political development in Manipur, BJP MLA and former minister Thokchom Radheshyam on Wednesday said “all 44 MLAs” have agreed to form the government as per the wishes…

The Uttarakhand government has denied granting permission for the production, sale, or registration of Radico Khaitan’s newly launched whisky brand ‘Trikal’, amid rising public outcry over the brand name’s religious…

The lush but deadly jungles of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh — long considered the impenetrable heartland of Naxal operations — recently witnessed a turning point.

The German government on Wednesday agreed plans to restrict family reunions for some migrants and toughen rules for obtaining citizenship.

Sean “Diddy” Combs lost a bid for a mistrial in his sex-trafficking case on Wednesday, after his lawyers argued that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop mogul…

The particular vulnerability in the SNAP system is that even if children are guaranteed SNAP benefits, the overall household’s food security can be significantly impacted when an adult loses SNAP…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Hamas’ Gaza chief Muhammad Sinwar has been killed by Israel’s army.

A road-rage incident in Mumbai culminated in a man hanging on for dear life on the bonnet of a cab, with the driver increasing the speed of the vehicle instead…

The Rising North East Summit was a huge success and Investments to the tune of more than Rs 4 lakh crore have come in, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.

India’s leading airline IndiGo and Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. announced on Wednesday that the low-cost carrier will operate 18 flights from Navi Mumbai International Airport to over 15 cities from…

French activists dyed a Paris fountain red Wednesday to symbolise what they called the “bloodbath” of Palestinians in Gaza.

The change comes when border-crossing numbers have plummeted during the first few months of Trumps term, when officials are taking an increasingly aggressive approach to make arrests of non-border communities…

A court here has sentenced a 74-year-old rickshaw puller to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years for committing sexual assault on two minor girls, aged six and seven years, in 2021.

President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions…

At least seven people died when a migrant boat capsized as rescuers were escorting it to port in Spain’s Canary Islands, regional emergency services said on Wednesday.

A French court on Wednesday found a retired surgeon guilty of the rape and sexual assault of patients, some of them whilst under anaesthetic, in a trial that has shaken…

Elon Musk’s AI start-up xAI will pay Telegram $300 million to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform’s more than one billion users and…

Russia’s military has committed “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes” in its drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson region, UN experts concluded in a report published Wednesday.

Spain’s government on Wednesday denied a press report that an “experiment” on the national power grid caused a huge blackout that crippled the Iberian Peninsula one month ago.

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, the newly appointed president of Assam Congress, has said that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s allegations of Pakistan links are part of a “C-grade Bollywood cinema”…

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the April 22 Pahalgam attack has not stalled the conversation around restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Bombay High Court has slammed a family court judge for refusing urgent hearing on a man’s plea seeking interim custody of his 2-year-old son who has to undergo an…

The government on Wednesday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy by 3 per cent to Rs 2,369 per quintal for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.

A series of earthquakes struck Manipur on Wednesday, the strongest one being 5.2 magnitude, according to the National Centre for Seismology.

Actor Kamal Hasaan – who also heads a new political party — is facing massive protests after his comment that the Kannada language was “born out of” Tamil. There have…

The Union government is weighing the option of bringing in Parliament an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma.

Billionaire Elon Musk has expressed disappointment over US President Donald Trump’s legislative push for a massive spending package, which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks, saying doing so will only “increase…

Chief economists from across the world are the most optimistic about a strong economic expansion in South Asia, with India looking set to be the primary engine of growth in…

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned Donald Trump of World War III after the US President said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was “playing with fire” by continuing the…

An embattled Gen Zaman has much to contend with, courtesy a mischievous ‘Chief Advisor’ who seems to be trying to ingratiate himself with multiple countries – including China – to…

A massive political rally commenced in Dhaka this afternoon by three affiliated organisations of the BNP, Muhammad Yunus embarked on a Japan visit.

A married woman and her paramour from Patan district of Gujarat allegedly killed a middle-aged man and dressed the corpse with her clothes before setting it on fire to fake…

A female teacher has accused the dean of a school here of pressuring her for sexual favours, police said, adding that a case has been registered and they are investigating…

Mako Komuro, the former Princess of Japan, who gave up her royal position to marry a commoner, has reportedly given birth to her first child in New York.

China deployed large number of naval and coast guard vessels near Taiwan, the southern Japanese islands and the East and South China Seas, exerting pressure on the whole of the…

Japan’s parliament enacted a law on Wednesday obliging hundreds of major companies to participate in a carbon emission trading system as part of its efforts to achieve the country’s climate…

Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this month – a gesture that some analysts described…

The Kremlin, commenting on remarks by US President Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv, said on Wednesday that…

Three Indians who had travelled to Iran – from Punjab’s Sangrur, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar – are missing, the Indian Embassy in Tehran has confirmed, adding that efforts are on…

A Singaporean national of Indian origin had a narrow escape during the ghastly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam last month.

The desilting of the Mithi River, a crucial drainage artery for Mumbai, is at the heart of a Rs 65 crore scam that involves Bollywood actor Dino Morea.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said the recent ascent of Kanchenjunga from the Nepal side has hurt the state’s indigenous communities.

Security drills will be held in border districts of states neighbouring Pakistan tomorrow, days after India executed Operation Sindoor that targeted terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Kannada superstar Darshan filed a petition before the trial court in Bengaluru on Wednesday seeking the court’s nod for foreign travel.

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” with a bold staging in Tehran infused with rock music and a dazzling light show to attract younger…

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert.

A Palestinian-American academic has unexpectedly become a key backchannel between the Trump administration and Hamas to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.

The body of Las Vegas-based Matthew Kelemen was found inside a container at a downtown store after police checked into a bad odour.

Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that followed George Floyd’s killing by…

A French Surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec practised medicine in France for decades, while preying on victims to sexually abuse and rape them, often under anaesthesia or waking up after operation.