Visa delays have become the central constraint shaping international admissions to the United States. According to the Open Doors 2025 report and its accompanying institutional survey, 96% of colleges identified visa denials and processing delays as the primary reason for declining new enrolments in the 2025-26 cycle. Travel restrictions were the second major factor, cited…
PUNE: Over 100 Delhi-bound flyers were stranded at the city airport for three hours on Tuesday morning after the captain (one of the pilots) of an IndiGo aircraft refused to fly, citing flight duty time limitations.“The captain is not flying the aircraft, and we are waiting at the airport now,” Nitu Bapna, a flyer of…
File photo (Picture credit: ANI) Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two key railway multitracking projects worth around Rs 2,781 crore. The decision will add nearly 224 kilometres to the existing Indian Railways network across four districts in Maharashtra…
File photo: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Picture credit: PTI) China has purchased at least 10 cargoes of US soybeans, worth around $300 million, in contracts signed since Tuesday, sources quoted by news agency Reuters claimed. The deals come a day after US President Donald Trump spoke with his Chinese counterpart…
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two new corridors under Phase-2 of the Pune Metro Rail Project, setting up a major expansion of the city’s public transport network and widening access across key residential and commercial clusters. The clearance follows earlier sanctions for Line 2A and Line 2B in the same phase.The decision covers Line…
MPESB Group 4 result 2025 MPESB Group 4 result 2025: The Madhya Pradesh Examination Board (MPESB) has officially released the results for the Group 4, Assistant Grade-3, Steno-typist, Stenographer, and Other Post Combined Recruitment Test 2025.The results, available on the official MPESB portal, have been eagerly awaited by thousands of candidates who appeared for the…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals as part of a nationwide database clean-up, according to a government release.UIDAI has sourced verified death data from multiple government channels, including the Registrar General of India (RGI), state and UT administrations, the Public Distribution System,…
South Africa’s Simon Harmer bowls a delivery during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between India and South Africa, at ACA Stadium, Barsapara in Guwahati. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa clinched a historic Test series win in India on Wednesday after defeating the hosts by 408 runs in the second Test…
NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar on Tuesday evening. The police have recovered a suicide note and have initiated an inquest to probe the case.The deceased, Deepti Chaurasia, belonged to a well known business group. According to police, she was the daughter-in-law of the owner of a…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Wednesday said he acted on instinct when he decided to proceed with court hearings despite a shoe-hurling attempt on him inside the Supreme Court last month. Speaking to ANI, he said, “Maybe it is a result of my upbringing, when something happened in the court,…
