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h-1b visa lottery set to favour higher earners, u.s. confirms

Washington, Dec. 24 -- The US Department of Homeland Security has finalised a rule replacing the random H-1B visa lottery with a weighted selection process that prioritises higher-paid and higher-skil... Read More


India, EU push to conclude FTA ahead of January summit

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- India and the European Union (EU) are engaged in hectic negotiations to ensure the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) can be concluded before the India-EU Summit in late January, with co... Read More


As Thackeray cousins join hands, Shinde's Shiv Sena stands to gain

Mumbai, Dec. 24 -- As cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray prepare to announce the details of their first ever poll alliance for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections today, the Bharatiya... Read More


Gukesh's crisis this year is just the nature of the game: Anand

Mumbai, Dec. 24 -- In the conference room of a posh Mumbai hotel, Viswanathan Anand walks around a table signing chess boards. These were mementos that every player competing in the third season of th... Read More


Spinners Yuvan, Aarav stun Al-Barkaat in final

Mumbai, Dec. 24 -- Bowlers Yuvan Sharma and Aarav Yadav put defending champions Anjuman I-Islam Allana in a strong position at the end of the first day of the U-16 Harris Shield final, against Al-Bark... Read More


Shafali, bowlers help India cruise to an easy win against Sri Lanka

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Familiar struggles once again came back to haunt Sri Lanka as they fell short against India in the second T20I at Visakhapatnam. They were undone by a target that lacked substanc... Read More


Vijay Hazare tie moved out of Chinnaswamy

Bengaluru, Dec. 24 -- Delhi's Vijay Hazare Trophy match featuring Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant was shifted out of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday after a Karnataka government committee denied per... Read More


Aravalli mining curbs may not apply to atomic, critical minerals

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The government's new definition of Aravallis, accepted by the Supreme Court on November 20, also makes way for the mining of critical and atomic minerals across the mountain rang... Read More


13 given life for lynching 2 in wb waqf stir clash

Kolkata, Dec. 24 -- Thirteen people were on Tuesday sentenced to life by a district court for lynching a father and son in West Bengal's Murshidabad in April during violent protests against the Waqf (... Read More


SC expands scope of 'victim', heirs can pursue cases

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The Supreme Court has advocated an expansive and purposive understanding of who qualifies as a "victim" under criminal law, holding that children or other legal heir of a decease... Read More