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H-1B visas: ‘Fee hike will hit the US start-ups more than Indian IT companies’

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of steeply hiking the one-time H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000 (Rs. 88 lakh) will impact American start-ups and innovators more than it will India’s IT services exports, according to the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President and CEO Mukesh Aghi. “It works in India’s […]

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Chhattisgarh Waqf Board Chief Appeals to Muslim Youths to Stay Away from Garba Pandals, Poonam Pandey Dropped from Ramlila

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 23: Amidst strong opposition from the right-wing organisations, particularly the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, the chairman of the State Waqf Board in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh on Tuesday appealed to the Muslim youths to stay away from Garba functions during the ongoing Navratri festival. While the appeal resonates with such demands […]

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Trump Repeats his Claim of “Ending” 7 Wars Including “Operation Sindoor”

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 23: The US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim of ending seven wars. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he said, “In a period of just seven months, I have ended seven unendable wars.” The “wars” that he said he ended were, Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, Rwanda and […]

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SRK, Rani Mukerji Receive Their First National Film Awards

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 23: After over 30 years in the film industry, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan finally received his first National Film Award for Best Actor. On Tuesday, Shah Rukh was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi. Shah Rukh […]

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Kolkata Drowned under Heavy Downpour, Durga Puja Pandals Damaged, Normal Life Disrupted

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 23: At least eight people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Kolkata and its suburbs, many of them due to electrocution, after heavy rain overnight led to waterlogging in several places in the city, considerably damaging the near-complete Durga Puja pandals and paralysing the normal life that sparked off […]

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Entry in the Garba Venues to be Restricted for Hindus Only

September 23, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 23: The auspicious “Navratri” festival has kicked off amidst controversy over restricted entry to the venues holding “Garba” dance to pray to Goddess Shakti while many Durga puja pandals in Kolkata were washed away in an unprecedented rainfall on the night between Monday and Tuesday. Signboards, posters and warnings, dos […]

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Weather: China evacuates half-a-million as “King of Storms” Ragasa arrives

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A panicked China on Tuesday evacuated an estimated 500,000 people and ordered at least 10 cities to close schools and some businesses as the strongest storm of the year, Ragasa, approached its southern coast. Hong Kong has upgraded its typhoon warning to eight, just two levels below the maximum, ahead […]

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Health: WHO, health bodies, reject Trump’s claims on paracetamol, autism

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As is his wont, US President Donald Trump on Monday sought to hog world headlines with his “historic” announcement on children’s health, only to find the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts rubbishing his unproven claims. In an extraordinary press conference at the White House, he linked autism to […]

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Torrent Group’s UNM Foundation takes a big leap in Ecological Renewal; Signs 6 MoUs for maintenance of 69 Lakes

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Ahmedabad : Torrent Group’s philanthropic arm, UNM Foundation on Tuesday set a new milestone under its PRATITI initiative with a commitment to maintain 69 Lakes covering an area of over 2 million square meters in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts. The Foundation signed MoUs with six civic authorities – Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation […]

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Economy: S&P retains 6.5% growth in FY26, says IT, GST rate changes to spur domestic demand

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government promoting swadeshi products and the Make-in-India movement for self-reliance, coupled with recent changes in income tax and GST rates, India is poised to register a 6.5 percent growth this financial year. Rating agency S&P Global on Tuesday maintained India’s economic forecast at 6.5 […]