WASHINGTON: The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it was replacing its longstanding lottery system for H-1B work visas with a new approach that prioritizes skilled, higher-paid foreign workers. The change follows a series of actions by the Trump administration aimed at reshaping a visa program that critics say has become a pipeline for overseas

Palm Beach: Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married, the tennis great announced Tuesday on social media. Williams and Preti became wife and husband over the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a five-day celebration. After becoming the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in July, the 45-year-old Williams gave thanks

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government will soon provide health insurance cover of Rs 10 lakh each family of the state under Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana.The new scheme, which is expected to be rolled out by the state government early next year, will provide health cover to around 65 lakh families, which will be significantly higher

Yahoo Mail is currently facing a major outage, leaving thousands of users unable to send, receive, or access their emails. As of 3:30 p.m. EDT, almost 3,500 outage reports had been submitted on DownDetector. Reports of the disruption started almost around 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, impacting users globally. Some users also reported login issues

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists In India’s rapidly growing finfluencer (financial influencer) economy, Avadhut Dinkar Sathe has been a prominent name catching eyeballs on social media over the last few years. His USP has been simple: buy his courses, trade as they say, and make

Gunjan Shah, MD and CEO, Bata India Synopsis It carried generations of Indians through school, work, and weekends. But as India grew younger, richer and more style-driven, Bata lost its grip. Now the century-old icon is racing to reinvent itself — before the market moves on for good. It was a cold, foggy winter morning

BOKARO: In a shocking incident, two men allegedly poured hot oil over a woman when she resisted their attempt to molest her at Ledha village in Jharkhand’s Giridih district Sunday. The woman suffered severe injuries and has been admitted to sadar hospitals. “One accused, Uday Choudhary, has been arrested, and efforts are on to arrest

HUBBALLI: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 20-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly murdered by her family members in Inam Veerapur village of Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Sunday for marrying a Dalit youth. The woman’s father and kin also allegedly assaulted members of the Dalit youth’s family, spar-king protests. Manya Patil, who was seven

PUNE: The fate of 57 local bodies in Maharashtra – 39 won by Mahayuti, 17 by MVA, and one by others – awaits SC’s verdict on Jan 21 as these are among the 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats where the combined quota for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes exceeds 50%. Acting on