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Dates advance for Indians in employment category visas in December. US visa bulletin for December has good news for Indians as there has been some forward movement for EB-2 and EB-3 final action dates for Indians. For Indian applicants in the EB-1 category, Final Action Date advances 1 month with a cut-off date of March…

A section of MAGA is upset that Vivek Ramaswamy has Trump’s endorsement but Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t. Amid MAGA mayhem triggered by President Donald Trump’s rage against Marjorie Taylor Greene, GOP leader Vivek Ramaswamy still dominated social media chatter as MAGA supporters exclaimed that Trump rescinded support for Marjorie but made a fresh endorsement for…

Indian-origin Howard University professor Dr Ron Hira said H-1B has a very weak workers’ protection and that’s why Silicon Valley loves it. Indian-origin Howard professor Ronil Hira, who has been a staunch critic of the H-1B visa, weighed in on the fresh H-1B controversy and explained that it is a no-brainer as to why US…

An Indian-origin student in Sydney has been expelled from school for attending a national tennis tournament. Aarav, a 12-year-old Indian-origin student in Sydney, has been expelled by his school after he attended a national tennis tournament without informing the school authorities. According to Australian media reports, Aarav found out on the first day of Tennis…

Indian-origin Malaysian CEO Vishen Lakhiani, an O-1 visa holder in the US, shares his experience of being stopped by FBI agents at Miami airport. Indian-Malaysian Vishen Lakhiani, a CEO of an American company with 230 employees internationally, shared his recent experience of being questioned by two FBI agents the moment he stepped out of the…

The state of Michigan is giving up ownership of a rare relic from the famous Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, just weeks after it strangely obtained it through a settlement in a lawsuit that was completely unrelated to the doomed freighter. Larry Orr is getting one of the ship’s life rings back — and the state will…

By Seth Borenstein and Anton L. Delgado The Associated Press Posted November 14, 2025 8:14 am Updated November 14, 2025 3:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size About 100 protesters blocked an entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon Friday morning. Brazilian…

Eight suspects were arrested in Kuwait after authorities uncovered an unlicensed clinic and illegal medicine distribution network/Image: X Moi_kuw Kuwaiti security authorities have dismantled a secret medical clinic in Farwaniya, leading to the arrest of four Indian nationals, one of whom was found practicing medicine without a license, while the other three were receiving treatment….

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it will fulfill President Donald Trump’s request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with former Democratic President Bill Clinton and JPMorgan, as Trump sought to shift the focus from his relationship with the convicted sex offender. The move comes two days after a congressional committee released thousands of documents that raised…

Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing at least six people, starting fires and scattering debris as the sound of explosions boomed across the city, Ukrainian authorities said. A pregnant woman was among at least 35 people injured. Emergency crews responded to multiple strikes during the night, said Tymur…