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Trump has found a way to get rid of need for immigrants. Turn veterans into truck drivers

Short on truck drivers? Trump’s secret weapon is calling in the military, turning former vets into road-tripping haulers.

Trump says veterans to replace ‘illegal alien’ truck drivers; Punjabi freight sector watches closely

Trump wants veterans to drive trucks, not undocumented immigrants; Punjabi freight sector watches closely

Illegal Indian immigrant truck driver, ‘high on drugs’, arrested in US for running over 3 people

Jashanpreet Singh, 21, arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter. In August, another illegal Indian immigrant was arrested for killing three people while taking an illegal U-turn.

Should the govt get involved in Harjinder Singh case? He’s no victim

The more support Singh has received from Indian-origin people in the US, the greater has been the uproar against immigrants and their supporters.

US suspends visas for foreign truckers after Indian driver kills 3 in Florida

US Secy of State Marco Rubio announces all visas for foreign commercial truck drivers is currently paused following the arrest of Harjinder Singh, who was involved in the accident.

Life on India’s shiny new expressways—sleeping truck drivers, jugaad, and secret dhabas

ThePrint was on board Gaffar’s truck as he told the story of a transforming highway landscape while driving on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway through a sandstorm.

How women voters ‘were mobilised’ for BJP’s win this poll season & many surprises of an Indian highway

Global media also looks at how an Eastern Himalayan community is protecting mithuns, a cattle considered sacred, and India's need for higher GDP growth to address job gap.

‘Heavy invitation’ & ‘Highway Parliament’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Apex transporters body split on govt assurances on hit-and-run law, faction wants ‘complete withdrawal’

Govt Tuesday held talks with All India Motor Transport Congress (AITMC) delegation & assured new penal provision won't be implemented before consultations. Some in AIMTC 'dissatisfied'.

‘A truck drive to 2024’ & ‘invitation astra’ for Ram Temple inauguration

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.