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White House asks $1 billion to relocate Afghans who helped US

The Biden administration has asked Congress for $1 billion to bring Afghans who helped American forces during the two-decade war in their country to the US., and there is bipartisan support to provide the money, according to people familiar...

Declared bankrupt, Vijay Mallya launches rant on Twitter

After being declared bankrupt by a British court allowing Indian banks to pursue his assets worldwide, Vijay Mallya launched a tirade on Twitter as he accused lenders pursuing of making him bankrupt. "ED attach my assets worth 14K crores...

IMF downgrades India’s growth projection due to second wave of Covid-19 pandemic

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has set back the Indian economy severely, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projections for the world economy released on Tuesday, which also forecast a split global recovery from the crisis,...

Covid: Should fully immunized people wear masks indoors? Here’s what experts say

With the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant spreading at an alarming rate, the World Health Organization in late June 2021 urged people to again wear masks indoors – even those who are fully vaccinated. And on July 15, Los Angeles County, California,...

Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao play table tennis with son Azad and Laal Singh Chaddha team after divorce announcement. Watch

Aamir Khan and his ex-wife, producer Kiran Rao played table tennis with their son Azad Rao Khan, weeks after the couple announced their divorce. The team of their upcoming film, Laal Singh Chaddha, was also seen playing in the latest...

Indian American Shrina Kurani enters Congressional race from California

Indian American Democrat Shrina Kurani has said she will challenge 15-term Republican Ken Calvert in California’s 42nd Congressional District for the mid-term elections in November 2022. “I’m running for Congress to make things work better in Washington so we...

US bombs Taliban camps to help Afghan forces amid troop rollout: Pentagon

The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the local administration in pushing back the Taliban, news agencies reported on Friday citing officials familiar with the matter in...

New Zealand, Australia travel bubble faced minor snags. Then came the Delta variant

New Zealand has suspended the trans-Tasman travel bubble for at least eight weeks starting Saturday amid worsening coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Australia. Announcing the decision, New Zealand’s Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins said it was the right thing to...

‘You can’t make this up’: Candle thief uses bear mace repellent on mall patrons in US

A Florida man stole candles from a mall store and sprayed dozens of patrons with bear mace repellent before escaping, police said. The theft happened Saturday afternoon at a Bath and Body Works store in a mall in the Doral...

US father-son duo jailed for helping former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan

A Tokyo court on Monday sentenced US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor for two years, and his son Peter for one year and eight months for aiding former Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman, Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon. "This...

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Kanpur crash: Driver Mohan claims he was behind wheel

The probe into Kanpur’s high-profile Lamborghini crash took a fresh turn on Wednesday after one Mohan, the alleged designated...