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Trump considering suspending H1B, other visas: report

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US President Donald Trump is considering suspending a number of employment visas including the H-1B, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, in view of the massive unemployment in America due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report. The proposed suspension could extend into the government’s new fiscal year beginning October 1, when many new visas are issued, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, quoting unnamed administration officials. That could bar any new H-1B holder outside the country from coming to work until the suspension is lifted, though…

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Players will have to be mentally strong when international cricket resumes: Mushtaq Ahmed

June 11, 2020 strong

Spin consultant and mentor of the Pakistan team, Mushtaq Ahmed says more than the skills, the players’ mental strength will matter when top-level cricket resumes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in England. Ahmed, who recently joined the national set-up, said the series between England and the West Indies will provide lessons as the game is set to resume with that series, starting July 8. “I think we are going to learn a lot from the West Indies and England series and in the Covid-19 conditions. More than the skills, the…

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JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender comments

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Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to bow down” to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people. Rowling published a lengthy post on her blog website Wednesday in response to the backlash and her concerns over new trans activism.” She has been under hefty scrutiny about her thoughts on transgender identity from the LGBTQ community along with Eddie Redmayne and Daniel Radcliffe, who starred in the Harry Potter film franchise. I refuse to bow down to a movement that I believe is doing demonstrable harm in…

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SC defers hearing on plea against LS polls at Wayanad, Ernakulam

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing by two weeks on a plea challenging the election of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in 2019 from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. The top court was to hear the appeal of one Saritha S Nair against the October 31, 2019 decision of the Kerala High Court by which her election petitions challenging the Lok Sabha polls in Wayanad and Ernakulam also were dismissed. Nair’s nomination papers for contesting Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad and Ernakulam Lok Sabha seats were…

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Asian shares slide after Wall Street retreat

June 11, 2020 strong

Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, with Tokyo dropping more than 1 per cent as the Japanese yen gained after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low through 2022. Asian markets had been expected to fall after the Fed signaled a long path to recovery from the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. Overnight, stocks ended a bumpy day mostly lower on Wall Street, though gains for several big technology companies helped push the Nasdaq above 10,000 for the first time. It gained 0.7 per cent, to…

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Trump: No change at bases named for Confederate officers

June 11, 2020 strong

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will not even consider changing the name of any of the 10 Army bases that are named for Confederate Army officers. Two days earlier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper indicated that he was open to a broad discussion of such changes. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom, Trump wrote. The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World…

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COVID crisis an opportunity, time for bold decisions and investments: Modi

June 11, 2020 strong

Insisting that the COVID-19 crisis should be turned into an opportunity to create an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said this is the time to make bold decisions and investments. Addressing the 95th annual plenary session of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata through video conference, he said, steps have to be taken to ensure that products imported from abroad are manufactured in the country. “In the last five-six years, India’s goal of self- reliance has been paramount in the policy and practice of the country.…

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AP sources: MLB players cut to 89 games, want prorated money

June 10, 2020 strong

Baseball players moved toward teams but remained far apart economically in their latest proposal for starting the pandemic-delayed season, adamant they receive full prorated salaries while offering to cut the regular season to 89 games. The proposal by the players’ association, given to Major League Baseball electronically Tuesday evening without a negotiating session, was detailed to The Associated Press by a pair of people familiar with the negotiations. They spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcements were authorized. MLB did not appear to view the proposal as productive…

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I am working for migrants purely out of love for them: Sonu Sood

June 10, 2020 strong

Catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in helping migrants reach their homes, actor Sonu Sood brushes off allegations that he is interested in politics and says he is doing what he is purely out of love . The actor, viewed as a messiah of sorts for migrants and also the unlikely centre of debates over his motivations and possible political leanings, has been arranging for transport for thousands of migrants desperate to return to their home states. I have nothing to do with politics. I am doing this…

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Booked in Lucknow, 6 Markaz attendee foreigners granted bail; nut not allowed to leave India

June 10, 2020 strong

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to six foreign nationals who had arrived here after attending a religious congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi and were booked under several sections of the law including the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Passport Act. The bail was granted by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on June 2. The court, however, set strict conditions including that they would not leave the country without permission of a court and be present before the trial court to face further…