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US announces 15,000 additional H2-B visas for low-wage foreign workers
World | Jul 19, 2017, 11:04 AM ISTThis is being done in the best interest of the businesses, the Trump administration argued.
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Pentagon asked to work with India in cyber, space operating domain
World | Jul 19, 2017, 09:55 AM IST“Looking ahead to the future of the US Major Defence Partnership with India, the committee encourages the Department to work closely with India in the cyber and space operating domains," a US Senate committee said.
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Donald Trump names Jon Huntsman as Russia envoy
World | Jul 19, 2017, 07:49 AM ISTHuntsman, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, served as US envoy to China in the administration of Democratic President Barack Obama
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US puts new sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile program
World | Jul 19, 2017, 07:28 AM ISTThe Trump administration announced that it was targeting 18 entities and people for supporting what is said was "illicit Iranian actors or transnational criminal activity."
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Malabar exercise improves capability to face 21st century challenges: US lawmaker
World | Jul 18, 2017, 01:23 PM ISTIndia, Japan and the US are bound by "shared values and interests" and their trilateral 'Malabar' naval exercise improves the capability of the navies to face "21st century challenges", a top American lawmaker has said
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China needs to acknowledge that India is a force to be reckoned with, says former US diplomat Nisha Desai Biswal
World | Jul 18, 2017, 10:46 AM IST"China, I think, needs to acknowledge the fact that there is growing strategic and security capability across Asia, and certainly India is a force to be reckoned with," Neha Biswal said.
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Iran complying with nuclear deal but defying its spirit, says US
World | Jul 18, 2017, 08:37 AM ISTThe Trump administration said that though Iran can keep enjoying sanctions relief, it insisted that Tehran would face consequences for breaching the deal.
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Fit-again Gareth Bale looking for successful season with Real Madrid
Football | Jul 17, 2017, 07:09 PM ISTThe Welshman is back in training and along with the squad after an ankle injury caused him to miss out the latter end of the season.
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Virat Kohli enjoys a 'break' before Sri Lanka tour
Cricket | Jul 16, 2017, 04:31 PM ISTKohli is currently exploring New York city with his rumoured beau Anushka Sharma.
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Trump admin moves SC against judge's ruling on travel ban
World | Jul 15, 2017, 04:45 PM ISTThe Trump administration has moved the Supreme Court to block a federal judge's ruling that weakened the president's ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority nations
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US House passes bill on defence co-operation with India, imposes conditions on Pakistan
World | Jul 15, 2017, 11:01 AM ISTThe bill moved by Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the House as part of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018, beginning October 1 this year.
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US has no proof of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death: Defence Secretary Jim Mattis
World | Jul 15, 2017, 09:10 AM IST"Our approach is we assume he's alive until it's proven otherwise, and right now I can't prove it otherwise," Mattis said.
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For many countries, China is leading economic power ahead of US, India disagrees: Survey
Jul 14, 2017, 08:56 AM ISTInterestingly, there is a significant drop in public perception of China in countries like India, Japan and Vietnam
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Donald Trump hints at change in US position on Paris Climate Accord
World | Jul 14, 2017, 08:10 AM ISTPresident Trump hinted that there is a possibility of some new development taking place as far as the Paris accord was concerned.
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Top US diplomat heads back to Qatar, but impasse grinds on
World | Jul 13, 2017, 05:38 PM ISTThe top U.S. diplomat returned to the besieged nation of Qatar on Thursday for a final round of talks on a shuttle-diplomacy tour aimed at breaking a deadlock between the tiny OPEC member and four Arab neighbors.
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Remove country-specific quota for Green Card, it’s unfair for Indians: US lawmaker
World | Jul 13, 2017, 11:54 AM ISTHe pointed out that under the existing per-country percentage caps, large nations like India and China, accounting for more than 40 percent of the world population, receive the same amount of visas as Greenland
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India planning missile to target all of China from south bases, claim US experts
World | Jul 13, 2017, 11:51 AM ISTTwo top American nuclear experts have claimed that India is now developing a missile which can target all of China from its bases in South India.
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Putin would have preferred Hillary Clinton as US President, says Trump
World | Jul 13, 2017, 07:35 AM ISTTrump, however, added that both he and Putin are advocating interest of their respective countries and therefore, there is scope for co-operation between the two at the global stage.
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Virat Kohli enjoys quality time with 'love' Anushka Sharma in US
Cricket | Jul 12, 2017, 11:51 PM ISTIndia team captain Virat Kohli is currently holidaying in NYC with his girlfriend Anushka Sharma who is there to attend IIFA 2017.
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Trump administration, US lawmakers condemn Amarnath Yatra terror attack
World | Jul 12, 2017, 07:08 AM IST“We consider it to have been a terrorist attack in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in which seven religious pilgrims were killed. That’s of great concern to us,” Heather Nauert told mediapersons.