The US State Department on Tuesday confirmed that the visa screening process for foreign students may soon get significantly tougher, with a strong focus on social media activity. This comes amid growing concerns from the Trump administration about security and ideological vetting. Addressing reporters at a State Department briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce underlined that the…
BENGALURU: Karun Nair and England. It’s hard to miss the middle-order batter’s connection with the country. A Test career which held much promise started against England in Mohali during the 2016 home series.It also came to an abrupt halt in England. In a period of six months, the now 33-year-old played six Tests, scoring 374…
Rishabh Pant (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Captain Rishabh Pant on Monday acknowledged that the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) struggled to fill the gaps left by injured key bowlers, as their six-wicket defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended their hopes of making the IPL 2025 playoffs.The defeat marked the end of a challenging campaign for…
Friedrich Merz’s party won Germany’s national election in late February. After weeks of coalition negotiations, Mr. Merz finally made it to the chancellor’s office late Tuesday afternoon, one failed parliamentary vote and several hours behind schedule. In the interim, nearly all of Mr. Merz’s problems got worse. Forecasts for the stalled German economy, which Mr….
NEW DELHI: For three decades, lawyers were virtually assured of becoming high court judges once their names were recommended by the HC collegia to the CJI-led three-member Supreme Court collegium. The success rate was 85-90% then, but now it has become much tougher as less than 50% of those recommended were cleared by the SC…
After Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, launched a broad drive this month against what he warned was expanding Chinese subversion and spying, the backlash was swift. Across the Taiwan Strait, Beijing hit back, sending a surge of military planes and ships near the island and warning that he was “playing with fire.” In Taiwan, Mr. Lai’s…
DEHRADUN: The tunnel has collapsed. Water and silt flood the narrow passage. Deep underground, there are eight men – trapped, unheard, unseen. At the mouth of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Telangana, hundreds of rescuers battle against time, fighting to bring them back. Among them are three men who have been there before…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “tougher negotiator” than him. He made this statement during a joint press conference with PM Modi.“He (PM Narendra Modi) is a much tougher negotiator than me and he is a much better negotiator than me. There is not even…
High inflation is stoking fresh debate about how the Federal Reserve should respond to President Trump’s sweeping plans to reorder the world economy through tariffs, leading to questions about whether old playbooks still apply. On Saturday, Mr. Trump is poised to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada as well as an…
Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft crimes may already be facing stiffer penalties under an initiative voters passed this year, alongside related bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law. Voters this November overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, which both modifies and adds key changes to California law. That includes prosecutors being able to charge…