Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the protesting Indian students need to go back to their country. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith reacted to the ongoing protest of the Indian students of Portage College who have been denied a post-graduation work permit and said if their student visas have expired and no work permit, then they have…
Indian student denied entry to US, asked to leave voluntarily (AI image) A social media post shared on an NRI group claimed that an Indian student who was returning to the US after visiting India had to deal with an unfortunate situation which ended with a ticket back home. The post claimed that the Webster…
Saudi Arabia has launched a new multiple entry Umrah visa. (AP Photo) Saudi Arabia has rolled out a new one-year multiple-entry Umrah visa, allowing eligible Muslims to perform the pilgrimage multiple times without applying for a fresh visa before every visit.The move, introduced by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah as part of Vision 2030,…
PM Modi reviews Middle East crisis preparedness NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the ongoing conflict in Middle East and assess India’s preparedness to deal with its impact.The meeting reviewed the geopolitical situation, the availability of fuel and fertilisers, the…
An Indian-origin software engineer from Hyderabad was killed in a road accident in the US state of New Jersey just days before she was due to travel to India, according to reports.Sripathi Deepa Reddy, 42, originally from Aakuthotapalli village in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, had been living in the United States with her husband, Ramakrishna Reddy,…
China’s tree cover increased, but natural forests kept shrinking and fragmenting. (AI photo) China’s ambitious tree-planting campaigns have helped increase the country’s overall forest cover over the past three decades. But a new study says the growth in planted forests tells only part of the story.While millions of hectares of trees were added to the…
15 elephants have died in southern Kenya in what wildlife authorities believe is one of the region’s worst wildlife poisoning incidents in decades. Preliminary laboratory tests detected cyanide in samples taken from the animals, with investigators suspecting the elephants ingested pesticide-contaminated tomatoes from farms bordering Amboseli National Park. The deaths occurred over a month between…
Image Credit: CBS LA / YouTube A Stevenson Ranch woman was rushed to the hospital after a rattlesnake that jumped out of her garden bit her. Cutting roses was part of her evening ritual, but it turned out to be nearly fatal.On Saturday evening, 25 July, Linda Martin stepped into her garden as the sun…
Protest against NEET UG paper leak was held at Jantar Mantar (ANI images) NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 was compromised after the same set of individuals was entrusted with both question-setting and translation, exposing a key procedural lapse.The teachers entrusted with setting and translating the NEET-UG 2026 question paper allegedly memorised the final questions, reconstructed them…
Hermitage quarry beside Oaken Wood. Under the soil sits Kentish ragstone, which Kent county council says is crucial for the conservation of ancient buildings. In 1600, Oaken Wood near Maidstone was already an established English woodland; in 2026, Kent County Council proposed turning 41 hectares of it into a stone quarry, reports the Guardian.The Reform-led…