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Topic: US visas

US revoked over 1,000 Chinese visas over national security amid mounting tensions

The visas were cancelled under a May presidential proclamation which targets Chinese citizens with ties to the People’s Liberation Army, an US embassy statement said.

US govt reverses decision to curb foreign student visas after fight with Harvard, MIT

US agrees to rescind last week’s requirement that foreign students take at least one in-person class even as colleges prepare online-only coursework.

Harvard is undercutting its own logic in fight for foreign students, US govt says

The US said Harvard and MIT can’t persuasively argue that there is a correlation between physical presence & quality of education if American students will also be learning online.

17 states, District of Columbia file lawsuit against US govt’s student visa policy

The lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and immigration authority in the Trump administration seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule being enforced.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft join Harvard, MIT lawsuit against US’s new student visa rule

The tech companies sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, asserting that US immigration authority directive will disrupt their recruiting plans.

Harvard is flooded with worries of students barred from entering US

Earlier this week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued rules barring visas for applicants studying at colleges offering only virtual instruction.

WHO says airborne transmission possible, Trump’s push to reopen colleges & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Infosys charters flight to bring 76 employees & their families, stranded in US, back to India

Infosys brought back employees whose work visas had expired or were awaiting renewal amid concerns that the US might not renew them after the H-1B visa freeze.

Trump expected to order new restrictions on H1B visas today

One change Donald Trump maybe considering is to restrict people from entering the US on visa categories including the H-1B program for as long as 180 days.

21% fewer Indian students went abroad last year as US figures saw biggest drop

Education experts attribute fall in US figures to the Donald Trump administration’s increasingly harsher policies for post-study work visa.

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Dear Sanjeev Bikhchandani, supporting Prof Mahmudabad is a matter of morality, not activism

Surely, Ashoka University shouldn’t meddle with the legal processes. But making sure that Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets legal support doesn’t mean the institution supports his views.

Operation Sindoor: How Rafales, Pakistani J-10s & lots of propaganda moved global defence markets

New Delhi: The impact of Operation Sindoor extended far beyond the battlefield as aerial battles continued in the stock markets. After India carried out...

Operation Sindoor: How Rafales, Pakistani J-10s & lots of propaganda moved global defence markets

New Delhi: The impact of Operation Sindoor extended far beyond the battlefield as aerial battles continued in the stock markets. After India carried out...

Op Sindoor is the first battle in India’s two-front war. A vicious pawn in a King’s Gambit

The Chinese use Pakistan as a cheap instrument to triangulate India between them. It is safer to presume that the Chinese now see Pakistan as an extension of their Western Theatre Command.