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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicUnited States of America

Topic: United States of America

Yale University is accused of bias against Asian American and White applicants

Asian American & White people have only one-tenth to one-fourth the chance of being admitted as African Americans with comparable academic credentials, according to US govt.

Trump considers replacing Defense Secretary Esper after November election

US President Donald Trump has been frustrated that Esper, who became secretary in July 2019, hasn’t done more to publicly defend him on key issues.

US allows Americans to travel abroad but the world is still sceptical of them

A European travel ban against Americans remains in effect, and non-essential travel to Canada is severely restricted. Other nations require Americans to quarantine on arrival.

US TikTok influencers sign petitions to prevent ban, move the party to Instagram

TikTok devotees have flooded the app with tributes to the platform akin to mourning the loss of a friend, & protests against Trump for what many users felt was a personal affront.

India having ‘tremendous problem’ in fighting Covid whereas US is doing very well, says Trump

Trump also said the US must focus on protecting those at highest risk while allowing younger, healthier Americans to resume work and school with careful precautions.

China says it will respond ‘firmly and rationally’ to US

Tolerating a bully will not keep you safe. It will only let the bully get bolder and act worse, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Closed bars, mandatory use of mask slow down virus spread in US, but victory still far away

Americans are still falling ill in much greater numbers than people in other developed nations and relative stability doesn’t mean a return to life as usual.

174 Indians file lawsuit against Trump’s order on H1B visa

The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H-4 visas or admitting new visa holders of these categories as unlawful.

Young Americans are ‘inadvertently’ spreading coronavirus, Fauci says

Fauci said the most important thing is to stick to the science and evidence and not get involved in any of the political nonsense about masks.

Novavax Covid vaccine gets $1.6 billion in US funding

The funds will allow the company to conduct advanced human studies and establish manufacturing to deliver 100 million doses as soon as late 2020.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.