Why international medical graduates are stuck as US visa freeze threatens residency season. (AI Image) A recent visa appointment freeze by the Trump administration has placed hundreds of international medical graduates (IMGs) in uncertainty, just weeks before many are expected to begin US residency programs. The pause affects all new visa appointments, leaving many newly-matched…
Global growth will slow sharply this year as trade disruptions triggered by sweeping US tariffs increase uncertainty and fragment markets, the World Bank warned in its latest economic outlook released Tuesday.The multilateral lender cut its 2025 global GDP growth forecast to 2.3%, down from the 2.7% estimated in January, citing a weakening trade environment and…
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant‘s nightmare Indian Premier League 2025 season continued on Sunday as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) suffered a crushing 54-run defeat to Mumbai Indians, with the skipper’s own troubles compounding after he was fined Rs 24 lakh for a slow over-rate offence.Already battling a string of poor…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of Holi.In a social media post on X, PM Modi emphasized the festival’s role in bringing people together and strengthening bonds of harmony.“I wish you all a very Happy Holi. This festival filled with joy and happiness will infuse new enthusiasm…
When Nia Darville Stokes-Hicks and Armondi Stokes-Hicks married two years ago, they set up five bank accounts. Each had an individual bank account for personal spending, and they shared a checking account for paying household bills. They had a joint savings account. And they had yet another account for money the couple set aside to…
NEW DELHI: In a first-ever such move of satellite tagging of any species in India, scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Wednesday tagged a male Ganges River Dolphin and released it in the Brahamputra river in Kamrup district in Assam for gathering critical information about the country’s national aquatic animal.The step will…
NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that the UK would resume talks with India for a free trade agreement, aiming to strengthen economic ties and deepen strategic cooperation. The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Starmer on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil, where the two leaders…