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Missing Indian student found dead on Purdue University campus in US

Missing Indian student found dead on Purdue University campus in US
An Indian studying at Purdue University has been found dead outside a building on the campus after he went missing last week, a county coroner in the US confirmed. According to the Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office, officials were called around 11.30 a.m. on Sunday to 500 Allison Road in West Lafayette for a possible body.

Missing Indian student found dead on Purdue University campus in US

British-Indian couple convicted of exporting GBP57 mn cocaine to Australia

British-Indian couple convicted of exporting GBP57 mn cocaine to Australia
A British Indian couple has been convicted of exporting more than half a tonne of cocaine worth 57 million pounds to Australia after a probe found they were behind a company that sent the drugs by plane under a cover load of metal toolboxes. Arti Dhir, 59, and Kavaljitsinh Raijada, 35, were convicted of 12 counts of exportation and 18 counts of money laundering by a jury following a trial at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.

British-Indian couple convicted of exporting GBP57 mn cocaine to Australia

US issues record-high 1.4 mn visas to Indians in 2023

US issues record-high 1.4 mn visas to Indians in 2023
Bringing down the visitor visa appointment wait times by 75 per cent, the US Consular Team in India processed a record-smashing 1.4 million US visas in the year 2023. Stating that the demand across all visa classes was unprecedented -- with a 60 per cent increase in applications compared to 2022 -- the US Embassy and Consulates said on Monday that Indians now represent one out of every 10 US visa applicants around the world.

US issues record-high 1.4 mn visas to Indians in 2023

Israel-Hamas war: CIA, Mossad chiefs to meet Qatar PM for temporary ceasefire

Israel-Hamas war: CIA, Mossad chiefs to meet Qatar PM for temporary ceasefire
The director of the American spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the chief of the Israel Spy agency, Mossad, will be meeting the Prime Minister of Qatar in a European capital for reaching a temporary ceasefire into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza strip. The release of Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity will also be discussed in the meeting along with the temporary ceasefire.

Israel-Hamas war: CIA, Mossad chiefs to meet Qatar PM for temporary ceasefire

British Sikh says was urged to confess Post Office theft due to her Asian descent

British Sikh says was urged to confess Post Office theft due to her Asian descent
Kuldeep Kaur Atwal, 73, was accused of stealing the money over a period from July 1995 until November 1996, when Post Office auditors made a morning visit to the Coventry branch in 1997. Before her trial at Coventry Crown Court in 1997, Atwal, then 46, was told by the auditors that her cultural background may have played a role in her criminality, The Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday.

British Sikh says was urged to confess Post Office theft due to her Asian descent

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 25,490

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 25,490
Amid the unabated fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the death toll in the besieged enclave rose to 25,490, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday. At least 195 Palestinians were killed and 354 others wounded in the last 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement,

Gaza death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 25,490