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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Indian immigrants could end up waiting 70 years for Green Card

As of May, there were 395,025 people waiting for a Green Card under the employment-based preference category. Of these, an estimated 78% were Indians.

Gloves off, dissent collar on. US judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is what India needs

Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is quite the rage in the United States. She is on T-shirts, phone cases, adult colouring books and children’s books.

A Ramzan ceasefire in Afghanistan too, and the US and Canada are locking horns on trade

Spain just swore in a 'feminist' government and the United States of America has imposed tariffs on its neighbours, leading to a trade war with Canada.

Modi threads path between rising China, uncertain US

India's increasing closeness to China is driven by a growing recognition that it lacks the economic and military capacity to compete with China, combined with growing doubts over the reliability of the US.

Is India’s regulation pushing Tesla towards China?

Tesla owner Elon Musk had tweeted on "unfortunate" government regulation in India; China to get electric car-maker's first production facility outside the US. 

India’s correlation with global markets approaches 10-year low

The bond market shows the disconnect between India and the global market prominently, where the country's 10-year yields have almost no correlation with a portfolio consisting of global sovereign debt.

India, Russia conclude negotiations for S-400 Triumf deal

The two countries are likely to announce the Rs 40,000 crore deal before an annual summit between Modi and Putin in October.

Does V.K. Singh’s visit to North Korea mean India is okay with its nuclear links with Pakistan?

It will be a bit awkward to see a leader from the world’s largest democracy being crushed in a bear hug by the leader...

Protesters boycott polio vaccination after 2 children die in Peshawar

PIA wants passengers at new airport five hours before take-off, Pakistan lashes out at US with 'tit-for-tat' curbs for diplomats.

Global Pulse: A breakthrough on the Korean peninsula is on the horizon

On Thursday, North Korea withdrew a long-standing demand for the United States to withdraw its forces from South Korea in exchange for denuclearization.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?