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The extension period of up to 180 days will automatically be extended to up to 540 days from the expiration date stated on the current Employment Authorisation Cards. (Representational image)

US announces 1.5-year extension for some expiring immigrant work permits

The move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday will go into effect from May 4, 2022

04 May 2022 10:27 AM

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights issue

12 Apr 2022 12:12 PM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed grief at the killing (ANI)

Indian student shot dead in Canada, EAM Jaishankar expresses condolences

Vasudev received medical attention from an off-duty paramedic and was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries

09 Apr 2022 11:42 AM

Sri Lankan government doctors sprotest against the government near the national hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

US cautions its citizens against travelling to Sri Lanka

US issued the warning pointing to the fuel and medicine shortages, as well as the COVID-19 and terror threats in the Island nation

07 Apr 2022 11:30 AM

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2022. MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US ready to support India in diversifying its energy imports

The remarks come amid increasing disquiet in the West over India's indication to buy larger volumes of discounted crude oil from Russia

07 Apr 2022 11:05 AM

The Undertaker gestures after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday night.. (By Arrangement)

Undertaker immortalised in Hall of Fame

Other inductees into the 2022 Hall of fame included The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott, Queen Sharmell, Late Shad Gaspard and Vader

03 Apr 2022 1:56 AM

Biden says Putin considering using chemical, biological weapons in Ukraine

US President also reiterated that such an action would prompt a 'severe' but so far undefined response from Western allies

22 Mar 2022 11:31 AM

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP)

'Legit energy transactions of India should not be politicised'

The US said it is in touch with India on the matter and sent a thinly-veiled message

20 Mar 2022 6:55 AM

U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal

Russia calls its actions a 'special military operation' to demilitarise and 'denazify' Ukraine

16 Mar 2022 10:48 AM

The H-1B visa programme is the most sought-after work visa among foreign professionals, including Indians. (Representational image)

Legislation introduced in US Senate to reform and stop abuse of H-1B visa system

The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act will reduce fraud and abuse, provide protections for American workers and visa holders

03 Mar 2022 10:26 AM

The ban will be efefctive for passenger and cargo flights, and scheduled as well as charter flights. (Representational image: Wikimedia)

U.S. to ban Russian flights from American airspace

The U.S. Transportation Department Federal Aviation Administration orders will take effect by the end of the day Wednesday

02 Mar 2022 10:34 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (Bloomberg)

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's son Zain passes away at 26

Nadella asked executives to hold the family in their thoughts and prayers while giving them space to grieve privately

01 Mar 2022 12:59 PM

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. (Representational image)

United States reaches 65,000 H-1B visa cap for 2022: USCIS

The H-1B visa programme is the most sought-after work visa among foreign professionals, including Indians

01 Mar 2022 11:22 AM

The US embassy in New Delhi and its consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai will release more than 20,000 additional waiver (dropbox) appointments for Spring 2022 to allow qualified applicants to make use of the new interview waiver authority, according to a notice posted on the website of the US Embassy in New Delhi. (AFP Photo)

US waives in-person interview requirements for many visa applicants in India

Applicants eligible for the waiver are students, workers (H-1, H-2, H-3, and individual L visas), Culture and extraordinary ability

27 Feb 2022 1:39 PM

President Joe Biden speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP)

Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin 'chose' war

The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs, and high-tech sectors, Biden said

25 Feb 2022 2:44 AM

A woman shows a poster in support of the Ukraine at a demonstration along the street near the Russian embassy to protest against the escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

US sanctions Russia for 'beginning' invasion of Ukraine

Russia's upper house, the Federation Council, gave Putin unanimous approval to deploy 'peacekeepers' to two breakaway Ukrainian regions

23 Feb 2022 7:21 AM

The summit of both leaders will be held only if Moscow does not invade Ukraine. (File photo/Getty Images)

Joe Biden agrees to meet Putin, on a condition, as Ukraine tensions soar

Both leaders have said yes in principle to the summit, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron

21 Feb 2022 10:49 AM

US President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden sees chance for Ukraine diplomacy, keeps pressure on Moscow

We are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine, which is still very much a possibility, Biden said

16 Feb 2022 10:30 AM

US service members walk on the tarmac as they deploy to Europe, February 14, 2021, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. - US service members based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are preparing deploy to Europe as the crisis between Russia and Ukraine escalates. (Allison Joyce / AFP)

US calls China's 'tacit support' for Russia on Ukraine 'deeply alarming'

Western powers fear an imminent Russian invasion of the ex-Soviet state

15 Feb 2022 10:35 AM

An instructor shows a woman how to use a Kalashnikov assault rifle, as members of a Ukrainian far-right group train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

US: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine

Moscow's forces are massing on Ukraine's north, east and south in what the Kremlin insists are military exercises

14 Feb 2022 10:34 AM

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