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Hiring fresh IT workers on H1-B visa to get tougher for US companies

Under the new set of stringent provisions, US employers must disclose the total number of foreigners already employed by them.

Ghani urges Taliban to end 17-year Afghan war that has cost US more than $900 billion

Ghani and the US are struggling to bring Taliban to the negotiating table

Neither New Delhi nor Beijing should take Colombo for granted

Sri Lanka is not ready to become another front in an India-China cold war for control of the Indian Ocean.

US wants Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena to immediately reconvene parliament

Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe last week and appointed former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister.

India and Myanmar quietly open up their border for villagers and trade

India believes it’s the right time for free movement because it has a good relationship with Myanmar, and this would buttress the Modi govt’s ‘Act East’ policy.

Imran Khan wants to extend hand of friendship to India again after 2019 polls

At the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Imran Khan said New Delhi rebuffed his offer because Pakistan is an issue during Indian elections.

Homeland security lessons on agenda as Punjab CM Amarinder Singh begins Israel tour

Amarinder Singh was supposed to leave for Israel on 19 October, but postponed the trip in light of the Amritsar train tragedy.

Pakistani men are angry as ‘friendly’ China detains their Uyghur Muslim wives

500 Uyghur wives of Pakistani traders are allegedly in Chinese ‘re-education’ camps, leading to growing chorus in Pakistan against ‘all-weather’ friend.

India’s resistance stalls China-backed Asian trade agreement

India is concerned about the fallout of the trade pact in the light of China’s trade war with the US.

6 foreign trips MJ Akbar will no longer make, govt scrambles to find replacement

M.J. Akbar, who resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs Wednesday, was liaising with Muslim countries in Central and West Asia and Africa.

On Camera

Resetting Afghanistan ties is geopolitical need. Gandhis are showing their diplomatic ignorance

With two hostile neighbours in the immediate vicinity and one in the greater region, it is imperative that New Delhi forge alliances that can offer some stability.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.