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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicForeign workers

Topic: foreign workers

Meta to face lawsuit over claims of cheaper foreign labour preferences

US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco says 3 US citizens, who accused Meta of refusing to hire them though they were qualified, may pursue a proposed class action.

Israel approves plan for 92,000 foreign workers to fill jobs in the country amid labour shortage

Foreign workers will be provided jobs in agriculture, industry, hotels & restaurants. Israeli workers who might have filled these gaps have been called for military reserve duty.

Pandemic exposed fissures in Singapore. They won’t close so easily

Discourse is becoming more sensitive to themes of equality and opportunities for the average citizen. Immigration is a particularly tender point.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.