Avi Mohan Shukla demonstrates the InnoBox to farmers Ranchi: At an age when most students were busy with Class 12 board exams, 17-year-old Avi Mohan Shukla was spending nights building a device to tackle one of Jharkhand’s most persistent rural crises — human-elephant conflict.The urgency is stark. In Hazaribag’s Barkatha block, a 32-year-old daily wager…
Trump administration eyes tighter H-1B, green card and student visa rules The Trump administration is preparing a fresh round of immigration rule changes that could reshape the H-1B visa program, employment-based green cards, visa tenure of international students and the optional training program (OPT) available to them. A soon to be issued final rule will…
“You maybe don’t like the way the president says it but take it in the tone of what he’s saying is we’re open to offers,” said Hoekstra. Yesterday, Trump told reporters: “We don’t need anything Canada has, we don’t need anything that Mexico has, but they need everything that we have, and they have to…
Sikh religious and political groups are publicly screening the banned film ‘Satluj’ across Punjab and Delhi. AMRITSAR: Despite the Centre banning the screening of Satluj in India, Sikh religious bodies and political organisations have begun publicly screening the film at gurdwaras and village grounds across Punjab and Delhi, saying it highlights a significant chapter of…
Kashmir camel seized over Eid ‘slaughter’ claim, owner hoofs it to court SRINAGAR: A camel seized by Srinagar authorities on suspicion it would be slaughtered ahead of Eid al-Adha in May has become the centre of a legal dispute, with the owner alleging unlawful confiscation and saying it was not meant to be killed but…
NEW DELHI: No app can block phone calls originating from the 1600 number series that are meant for communications by regulated entities and govt to citizens, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said Friday, adding promotional calls from the 140 series can be blocked by using the do not disturb (DND) registry, but these…
A popular mayor but a virtual unknown on the global stage, Andy Burnham looks likely to take up the UK’s top job. It comes as deeply unpopular British Prime Minister Keir Starmer laid out a timetable for his departure, after pressure built steadily on him to go. Sir Keir’s fall was fast-tracked by Burnham’s resounding…
Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims (ANI image) The Ministry of external affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian citizens undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through private tour operators, urging pilgrims not to begin their journey without securing all mandatory travel documents.The advisory comes after several Indian pilgrims were reportedly stranded in Nepal due to the absence…