Amid the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration in America, numerous independent reporters have taken on the task of exposing fraud by H-1B workers. One such New Jersey-based firm exposed by Blaze TV reporter Sara Gonzales was recently fined by the Department of Justice for illegal hiring practices. DOJ announced that it has reached a settlement…
Indian-origin tennis champion graduates from Stanford University. Stanford University celebrated Indian-origin tennis player Samir Banerjee as he graduated this month with a degree in science, technology, and society. For his final project in Stats 100: Mathematics of Sports, Samir built an algorithm to analyze years of tennis server data across different surfaces to determine which…
Kudankulam nuclear power plant NEW DELHI: India has moved closer to opening its nuclear power sector to foreign investment, with the Atomic Energy Commission approving a new foreign direct investment (FDI) framework, an official indicated.Speaking at a workshop in Delhi recently, Seema S Jain, member (finance) from the Department of Atomic Energy, said the policy…
John Cena is already known as a big figure in the fighting arena, however, he is also a famed movie star now. In a recent interview, while discussing his career over the years, he recalled what it was like filming his first movie almost 20 years ago. John Cena on how it was like to…
SRINAGAR: An exchange of fire broke out Tuesday between security forces and terrorists in a forest area of Ganderbal, about 60 km north of Srinagar, the Army said.The Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said that based on specific intelligence input, a joint search operation was launched by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the…
(Image source: PTI on left, Rahul Gandhi (X) on right) Ahead of launching the Congress party‘s nationwide campaign against paper leaks and examination irregularities, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday said repeated exam failures and recruitment delays were crushing the aspirations of millions of young Indians.In a post on X, Gandhi said students were…
Priyanka Chopra celebrated her 44th birthday on July 18, and the occasion was marked with the release of fresh stills from her upcoming Telugu film Varanasi. A day later, her husband, singer-actor Nick Jonas, gave fans a glimpse of their bond with a heartfelt birthday tribute on social media.On Sunday, Nick shared a video on…
Award-winning composer Asteryth Sloane has passed away at the age of 26. (Instagram) Famed British composer Asteryth Sloane, whose compositions were performed at various concert venues across the UK, has passed away. Sloane was 26 years old at the time of their passing. Sloane’s compositions were well celebrated and performed by some of the biggest…
NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Wednesday suspended the recognition of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), citing governance issues within the national body.The ministry also asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to set up an ad-hoc committee to oversee the administration of table tennis in the country until a proper governance structure is…
In February 2015, British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh entered the freezing waters of Antarctica’s Ross Sea wearing nothing but a pair of swimming trunks, completing a series of five short but record breaking swims in temperatures as low as minus 1.7 degrees Celsius. The swims were not simply a personal endurance challenge. Pugh, who serves…