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WASHINGTON: An influential US lawmaker and eminent Indian Americans on Tuesday congratulated India for a successful moon landing.India on August 23 scripted history as ISRO‘s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module touched down on the lunar surface, making it only the fourth country to accomplish the feat, and first to reach the uncharted south
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NEW DELHI: Sebi on Friday proposed allowing increased participation from NRIs and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) in the Indian securities market through the Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) route while putting in place adequate measures to mitigate the risks emanating from such investments. The proposed move is aimed at boosting investment by FPIs in India,
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WASHINGTON/LONDON: Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American 2024 US presidential aspirant, has hinted that he may run on a joint ticket with former president Donald Trump as his running mate if he does not win the Republican nomination, according to a media report.The remarks by Ramaswamy came days after the 38-year-old multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur-turned-politician said he was
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CALIFORNIA: A 29-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in the US state of California for allegedly shooting and killing a woman in a parking garage, a media report said on Friday. Simranjit Singh shot and killed the 34-year-old woman he was dating in a parking garage at a mall in Roseville, California, a news report
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The number of Indian students choosing to go to Canada for higher studies continues to rise with 96,175 study permits issued to Indians in the first two quarters of 2023 by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) so far, according to official data. The total number of study permits issued to Indians in 2022
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NEW YORK: The Indian diaspora in US is eagerly waiting for Chandrayaan-3‘s much-anticipated landing on the Moon on Wednesday with many of them saying the lunar mission will propel India as a global leader in space technology and inspire millions of children to take up science, physics and astronomy as their area of pursuit. ISRO‘s
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LONDON: An Indian-origin man has been prosecuted and fined after he was found to be working illegally on an expired licence as a security supervisor at a UK pub. Vikramjit Sharma from Worcester in the West Midlands region of England was caught working illegally as a door supervisor at the pub in November last year
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A 38-year-old executive of Ahmedabad-headquartered Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited was killed by armed assailants during a robbery bid in Mexico City, reports Niyati Parikh. Ketan Shah was shot dead on August 19, sources said, adding that the assailants took away $10,000 in cash he was carrying. He was accompanied by his father, who sustained injuries. Shah
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LONDON: Britain has received a surge in job searches from overseas during the past year, partly reflecting a post-Brexit relaxation in work visa rules for non-European Union nationals, figures from recruitment website Indeed showed on Tuesday. A record 5.5% of searches for British jobs on Indeed’s website in June came from potential applicants outside the
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OTTAWA: The Canadian government, under pressure over the rising cost of housing, could consider capping foreign student visas, which have rocketed in recent years, new Housing Minister Sean Fraser said on Monday. Official data show there were more than 800,000 foreign students with active visas in 2022, up from 275,000 in 2012. Canada is a
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