Of the H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2025 (fiscal ended Sept 30), nearly 70 percent were for beneficiaries whose country of birth was India. The second most common country of birth was China, accounting for approximately 12 percent of all beneficiaries. Top source countries for H-1B visas (including extensions) 1 India 2,83,772 69.9% 2 China…
The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) will release the provisional Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2026 round 1 seat allotment result on July 14, 2026. Candidates who have registered for the counselling process will be able to check their allotment status on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in.The provisional seat allotment will be prepared based on the candidate’s…
Sir Sam Neill passes at 78. Sir Sam Neill, the esteemed Kiwi actor renowned for his roles in ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Peaky Blinders,’ ‘Merlin,’ ‘Possession,’ and more, passed away at the age of 78. His demise was announced on his social media handle, citing that he took his last breath in Sydney, Australia, on July 13,…
India’s Ravi Bishnoi bowls a delivery during the second T20 International match between India and England in the India tour of England 2026 at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England. New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin has retired. Ravindra Jadeja is nearing the end of an illustrious career. Axar Patel has lost his bite, Kuldeep Yadav his…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Monday firmly rejected reports claiming that India was delaying an interim trade agreement with the United States, calling them “completely false, baseless and misleading” and asserting that negotiations between the two countries remain on track.The clarification came after a Reuters report claimed that India was unwilling to rush into a trade…
Actor Naseeruddin Shah‘s old criticism of Anupam Kher has resurfaced online after Kher’s recent comments on the reported theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple sparked debate. A clip from Shah’s 2020 interview is once again being widely shared, with the veteran actor calling Kher a “clown” while speaking about his political views.The years-old…
Marine animals do not just struggle when ocean temperatures spike, they actually shrink, and a massive new study shows this pattern has been repeating for nearly 450 million years. Researchers built one of the largest collections of marine body size data ever put together, drawing on almost 9,000 recorded changes and over 1.6 million individual…
Mamata Banerjee cries foul over EC’s ‘stoic silence’, opposes more time for rebel camp NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee has written to the Election Commission (EC), urging it not to grant any further time to the rival faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee in the dispute over the “real” TMC.In her letter, Mamata…
Retail inflation crosses RBI target, at 4.38% India’s retail inflation rose to 4.38 per cent in June, up from 3.93 per cent in May, as higher food prices pushed up the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI), according to provisional data released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) on Monday.Food inflation, measured by…
Education ecosystem being reshaped on principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’: Chief Minister Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said the government aims to establish the state as a world-class knowledge economy hub. To achieve this objective, the state’s education ecosystem is being reshaped on the principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’. Under…
