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President Trump has grown increasingly sceptical of the Saudi’s claim that Khashoggi’s death was a 'rogue operation' that occurred after a fistfight broke out in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. (Photo: File)

CIA chief hears 'compelling' audio that 'captured' Khashoggi's murder

On Monday, Haspel left for a secret trip to Turkey, heard the audio during her visit, according to people familiar with her meetings.

25 Oct 2018 3:55 PM

Minal Patel Davis, special advisor on human trafficking to Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking’ in the White House last week. (Photo: City of Houston/Twitter)

Indian-American awarded at White House for combating human trafficking

'It was unbelievable,' said Davis after winning the award, the country’s highest honour in the field.

19 Oct 2018 1:40 PM

Under the current regulation, skilled immigrants from India need to wait anywhere between 25-92 years for a Green Card due to per-country limits.

Over 60,000 Indians received Green cards in 2017: DHS

As of April 2018, there were 6,32,219 Indian immigrants and their spouses and minor children waiting for Green cards.

19 Oct 2018 11:54 AM

H-4 visa is issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India.

US move to abolish H-4 visas set to impact tens of thousands of Indians

The proposed rule would no longer allow H-4 workers to enter the labour market early.

18 Oct 2018 1:28 PM

Karan Jani, a 29-year-old from Vadodra, who in 2016 had made it to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory team in the US that discovered the gravitational waves, narrated on Facebook and Twitter how he and his friends were 'thrown out' of the venue by the organisers at Sri Shakti Mandir. (Photo: Facebook | @AstroKPJ)

'Not Hindu': Scientist thrown out of garba in US organised by Gujaratis

Karan Jani said that despite talking to the organisers in Gujarati, they refused to budge and asked him and his friends to leave.

15 Oct 2018 10:57 AM

Data localisation is an act of storing data on any device that is physically present within the borders of a particular country where the data was generated. (Representational Image)

US wants to prohibit data localisation, trade official says amid looming RBI directive

American IT companies are up in arms against the latest Indian directive which kicks off next week.

13 Oct 2018 12:12 PM

The US also made it clear that any waiver will be considered on a transaction-by-transaction basis, adding it cannot prejudge any sanctions decisions. (Photo: AP)

Here's how US reacted after India signs S-400 missile deal with Russia

The United States said that the intent to slap sanctions on Russia was to impose costs for its 'malign behaviour'.

05 Oct 2018 7:05 PM

Kavya Kopparapu (in pic), 18, from Virginia and Rahul Subramaniam, 17, from Connecticut were recipients of USD 50,000 each as 2018 Davidson Fellows laureates. (Photo: Twitter | @KavyaKopparapu)

6 Indian American teens get prestigious Davidson Fellows scholarships

Two of the Indian Americans received USD 50,000 each as scholarship money and another three got USD 25,000 each.

02 Oct 2018 11:50 AM

In a break from convention, the outside lawyer, whose name was not released, will question Ford and Kavanaugh on behalf of the committee's Republican senators, 11 white men. (Photo: File)

'Con Game': Trump trashes sex assault allegations against Kavanaugh

The Senate, led by Trump's fellow Republicans, plans to move forward quickly with a confirmation vote.

26 Sep 2018 8:26 AM

Jack Ma, co-founder of Chinese e-tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

Alibaba's Jack Ma says people should prepare for 20 years of China-US trade war

Alibaba can no longer meet its promise to create 1 million jobs in the United States due to the trade tensions.

20 Sep 2018 10:19 AM

Deadline extended for higher duties

India had said the duty imposed by the United States has affected steel exports by $198.6 million and aluminium shipments by $42.4 million.

19 Sep 2018 12:34 AM

Mahindra was seeking an injunction against Fiat Chrysler from proceeding with the complaint.

US to probe India's Mahindra over Fiat Chrysler Jeep complaint

Fiat Chrysler could not immediately be reached for comment.

12 Sep 2018 9:22 AM

China's exports rose to USD 44.4 billion in August, a 13.2 per cent increase from the same period last year.

China's trade surplus with US hit new record in August

China's trade surplus with the United States ballooned to a new record USD 31 billion in August.

08 Sep 2018 12:50 PM

The Indian call centres used various telephone fraud schemes to defraud mainly vulnerable Americans, including the elderly and legal immigrants. (Representational Image)

15 people, five Indian BPOs, indicted in massive call centre scam in US

Over 2,000 US citizens, resulting in over USD 5.5 million in losses.

08 Sep 2018 11:57 AM

Around 40 percent of adults in the United States, 36 percent in Britain and 14 percent in China did too little exercise to stay healthy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Quarter of adults too inactive, putting health at risk

There has been no improvement in global levels of physical activity since 2001, according to the study.

06 Sep 2018 9:09 AM

Trump Administration has said ahead of next week's two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US. (Photo: File)

No change to the processing of H-1B visas: US

Inida will raise it humbly at the 2+2 dialogue on September 6 in New Delhi.

31 Aug 2018 9:10 AM

This could also make any future acquisition of weaponry by India from Russia extremely difficult, despite India being hopeful of an American waiver at least for the S-400 missile acquisition.

US-India ‘2+2’ Delhi talks will focus on China

There are also indications that the US has not fully reconciled with India’s decision to acquire the S-400 missile system from Russia.

31 Aug 2018 2:12 AM

According to the USCIS, between 2007 and 2017, it received the maximum number of 2.2 million H-1B petitions from high-skilled Indians.

US extends suspension of premium processing for H-1B visas

Under the premium processing, the USCIS has to respond within 15 days to the H-1B visa petitions submitted to it.

29 Aug 2018 10:16 AM

The administration last month had slapped tariffs on an initial USD 34 billion in Chinese products, and Beijing responded in kind. (Photo: File)

US-China trade talks end with no breakthrough

The US-China talks this week were the first since discussions in June failed to produce any agreement.

24 Aug 2018 11:46 AM

It added that signing a declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War would be the first step towards achieving regional and global peace and security. (Photo: ANI)

North Korea urges US to sign end-of-war declaration

North Korea's media also urged US to lift the sanctions on Pyongyang, adding that improvement of ties and sanctions can't go together.

23 Aug 2018 3:09 PM

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