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White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks 'global boiling' era

White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks 'global boiling' era
The hottest month in recorded history is going out with a bang in the United States. Much of the eastern half of the U.S. sweltered Friday in temperatures that felt as high as 44 C in population centres like New York, Kansas City and Washington, D.C, as July's oppressive "heat dome" drifted north. 

White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks 'global boiling' era

US to hold second round of H-1B visa lottery for FY 2024

US to hold second round of H-1B visa lottery for FY 2024
In March this year, the USCIS conducted an initial random selection on properly submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap, including for beneficiaries eligible for the advanced degree exemption. Only those petitioners with selected registrations for FY 2024 are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions.  

US to hold second round of H-1B visa lottery for FY 2024

Indian-origin fraudster sentenced to jail for targeting elderly victims in UK

Indian-origin fraudster sentenced to jail for targeting elderly victims in UK
Kishan Bhatt of no fixed address was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday for committing nine counts of fraud by false representation after pleading guilty in November 2022 at the same court. Bhatt targeted nine victims  aged between 29 and 90 who were approached whilst he posed as a bank employee, a landlord and a police officer.

Indian-origin fraudster sentenced to jail for targeting elderly victims in UK

UK opens second ballot for Young Professional visa scheme for Indians

UK opens second ballot for Young Professional visa scheme for Indians
The ballot, which opened on Monday, will close at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, the British High Commission announced in a tweet. The scheme, formally launched this year, allows Indian citizens with a graduate or postgraduate qualification to live and work in the UK for up to two years.

UK opens second ballot for Young Professional visa scheme for Indians

'Only 1 rice bag per family': Write US stores after India bans export

'Only 1 rice bag per family': Write US stores after India bans export
After the Indian government prohibited the export of non-basmati rice, many departmental stores in the US are limiting the number of rice bags customers can purchase. A user on Twitter (now X) has shared a picture in which a notice put up by a store in the US, says, "Only one rice bag per family".  

'Only 1 rice bag per family': Write US stores after India bans export

Bodycam footage shows US cop fatally hit Indian student in Jan 2023

Bodycam footage shows US cop fatally hit Indian student in Jan 2023
Jaahnavi Kandula, a student of Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union, was walking near Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street when she was hit by a Seattle Police vehicle driven by Kevin Dave on January 23. Dave, who was responding to a “high priority” call that day at 8 pm, had chirped his siren, but did not have it running consistently, as he plowed into Kandula

Bodycam footage shows US cop fatally hit Indian student in Jan 2023