NEW DELHI: Indian IT companies are preparing to cushion the impact of the US administration’s steep hike in H-1B visa fees, with analysts saying the blow, while sharp, is unlikely to be fatal for the sector. On September 19, President Donald Trump signed an executive order raising the fee for new H-1B applications to $100,000,…
Shah Rukh Khan’s dazzling career has finally scored a long-awaited milestone – his first National Award. Joining the celebrations is his ‘Veer-Zaara’ co-star Divya Dutta, who couldn’t hide her joy. The actress, a National Award winner herself for ‘Irada’, opened up about the honour, how it changes industry perception, and why SRK’s big win for…
Keir Starmer with PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: India and the UK have signed a £350 million deal under which the Indian Army will receive UK-made missiles. The missile supply is expected to directly create over 700 jobs in Northern Ireland, one of the United Kingdom’s four constituent nations alongside England, Wales, and Scotland, the…
Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor is set to regain the legendary RK Studios, the creative studio founded by his grandfather, Raj Kapoor, in 1948. The relaunch marks a major milestone for both the Kapoor family and the Indian film industry, combining legacy preservation with a fresh creative vision. For the revived studio, Ranbir Kapoor will reportedly…
Amitabh Bachchan is a legend and nobody has been able to match his level of stardom. Not to mention, his movies and performances remain unparalleled and his unique qualities as an actor can never be replaced. He may be celebrated today as the “Shahenshah of Bollywood,” but his rise to the top was anything but…
India’s housing prices grew at a slower pace in the second quarter of the fiscal, with the All-India House Price Index (HPI) rising 2.2% year-on-year, sharply lower than the 7% recorded a year ago, according to Reserve Bank of India data released on Thursday.The index, compiled quarterly from transaction-level data provided by registration authorities, has…
Lucknow: Similar to making the blue ‘gamchha’, or stole, a mandatory dress code for its workforce, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is making many efforts to enhance its visibility among voters, especially when it has only one MLA in the UP legislative assembly. The latest may be the party’s national president Mayawati’s rally in Lucknow…
Ukrainian students adapt to learning in makeshift underground classrooms amid ongoing conflict. (Image: Pexels) The basement of an administrative building in Bobryk, a small village in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region close to the front line, was never designed as a school but it now houses several small classrooms divided by heavy plastic sheets. One school…
PU declares BA and B.Sc. semester results for May 2025 examinations PU result declared for BA and B.Sc: Panjab University, Chandigarh, has declared the results for two major undergraduate examinations today, November 21, 2025. The results include the Bachelor of Arts (FYUP) 2nd Semester Examination and the B.Sc. (Honours) in Fashion and Lifestyle Technology (FYUP)…
Varanasi: A man accused of killing his wife pulled off a perfect Shawshank Redemption’s Andy Dufresne-type con on prison authorities, siphoning off Rs 30 lakh from the back account of Azamgarh district jail after walking out on bail with a prison cheque book on May 20, 2024.ASP (city) Madhuvan Kumar Singh said Saturday that an…
