While the suspension does not automatically invalidate PERM certifications that have already been approved or prevent an employee from obtaining employment-based permanent residence through another employer that is not subject to the suspension, the consequences could be more serious for H-1B workers approaching the six-year limit on their temporary status. TOI Correspondent from Washington: The…
Veteran actor Nana Patekar passed away on Thursday at the age of 75 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his residence in Goa, was accorded a state funeral in recognition of his contribution to theatre and cinema. His mortal remains have now been brought to Donje in Pune, where his last rites will be performed,…
(Representative image): The advisory came after several explosions were heard in Riyadh on Thursday, including a large blast at the city’s international airport. The cause of the blasts was not immediately known, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. NEW DELHI: The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia on Thursday issued an advisory to Indian…
Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is built on on a 2025 Saudi-Pakistani pact under which Pakistan had sent about 8,000 troops to the kingdom by May (Photo: Agencies). Pakistan defence forces chief Asim Munir agreed to quickly deploy more Pakistani troops to Saudi Arabia, despite the Pakistani Parliament voting to stay out of the Houthi conflict…
Guns, gold and tolls How Congo’s militias and guerrillas profit from the M23 war In a remote mining village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, teenagers carrying Kalashnikovs guard a gold mine while claiming to fight for their country. But behind the language of patriotism lies another reality: a growing militia economy fuelled by war,…
“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, you are only going to kill a man.”Nearly six decades after his death, Che Guevara is still 39 – and still on T-shirts.Like Marilyn Monroe, Kurt Cobain and Bob Marley, Che has remained frozen in time, forever young in the public imagination. The grey hair never…
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says early employees got a dinner break with family, then went straight back to their laptops. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman has never been shy about how much a startup should take out of the people building it. In a clip that has resurfaced on social media, Hoffman describes the deal LinkedIn…
AI-generated image for representation COBOL may be decades old, but it still powers critical financial infrastructure and 95% of ATM transactions, according to IBM. Now, as the engineers who maintain these systems age out and fewer young developers learn the language, the skills needed to keep this infrastructure running could become scarce.This could also create…
Jon Stewart, wife Tracey paid $4m for 45-acre NJ farm; now grows crops, rescues animals (Image Credit: The Two River Times) Jon Stewart’s life away from television has included an unusual investment in New Jersey’s agricultural landscape. In 2016, the comedian and his wife, Tracey Stewart, bought the historic 45-acre Hockhockson Farm in Colts Neck…
UPI will continue to be free for consumers, with no transaction fee imposed on person-to-person payments. Will the rollout of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions be deferred to January 2027? The government may postpone the move which was scheduled to be effective from October 15, 2026, by a few months,…
