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April 4, 2017 12:43 PM

Computer programmer not to qualify as specialist for US H-1B visa

The US has ruled that being a simple computer programmer would no longer qualify as a specialist profession, which is a must for the issue of a H-1B work visa. Through a new policy memorandum issued on March 31, superseding and rescinding its previous guidelines of December, 2000, the US Citizenship...

April 4, 2017 12:42 PM

Pak forces again resorted to heavy firing and shelling along LoC in J&K

In yet another incidence of ceasefire violation along the Line of Control, Pakistani forces resorted to heavy firing and shelling in Bhimber Gali sector of Rajouri district in Jammu & Kashmir today. Defence sources told AIR that Pakistani forces across the Line of Control started unprovoked firi...

April 4, 2017 12:41 PM

UK-India to hold talks to promote bilateral trade & investments '

British Finance Minister Philip Hammond will hold discussions with his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley in New Delhi today to promote trade and investments between the two countries. Mr Hammond is visiting India to participate in the UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue.<br/>&apos;<br/&g...

April 4, 2017 11:14 AM

Trump signs bill allowing internet providers to sell users' data

US President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that could eventually allow internet providers to sell information about their customers' browsing habits. The bill scraps a Federal Communications Commission online privacy regulation issued in October to give consumers more control over how...

April 4, 2017 8:43 AM

7 charged over suspected hate crime in London

British police has said, it had charged seven people over a suspected hate-crime attack against a 17-year-old Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker in London. 20 and 30 people were involved in the attack on the teenager while he was at a bus stop with two friends outside a pub in Croydon, south London, on F...

April 4, 2017 8:37 AM

US, Egypt vows to work together to fight IS militants

US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have vowed to work together to fight Islamic State militants. The meeting between the two leaders was held at Oval Office in Washington yesterday. Talking to reporters after the meeting, President Trump said both sides would...

April 4, 2017 7:54 AM

Strong 6.5-magnitude quake strikes Botswana

A 6(5) magnitude earthquake struck the southern African nation of Botswana yesterday.US Geological Survey said, the epicentre of the quake was 238 kilometres northwest of capital Gaborone. No reports on damages were immediately available.<br/><br/>The quake was also felt in several citie...

April 4, 2017 7:54 AM

Strong 6.5-magnitude quake strikes Botswana

A 6(5) magnitude earthquake struck the southern African nation of Botswana yesterday. <br/><br/>US Geological Survey said, the epicentre of the quake was 238 kilometres northwest of capital Gaborone. No reports on damages were immediately available.<br/><br/>The quake was als...

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