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December 18, 2024 10:09 PM
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The outgoing Biden administration has relaxed rules for H-1B visas that will make it easier for American companies to hire foreign workers with special skills and facilitate a smoother transition from F-1 student visas to H-1B visas. The rule, announced by the Department of Homeland Security yesterd...
December 18, 2024 10:07 PM
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The Canadian federal government has announced a new plan to bolster border security and strengthen the immigration system. This is in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on all Canadian imports unless Canada stops illegal immigration and the smuggling o...
December 18, 2024 9:34 PM
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Several programs are organised on International Migrants Day on December 18 in Nepal with the theme 'Employment with Information and Skills; Basis of Safe Migration'. The day is being observed across the globe to commemorate the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Right...
December 18, 2024 9:27 PM
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Russia today detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general, in Charge of its nuclear protection forces, Igor Kirillov. According to the Russian Federal Security Service, the suspect is a Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. It said, that the 29-year-old man was reporte...
December 18, 2024 9:23 PM
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President of Nepal Ramchandra Paudel has appointed Nepal's resident ambassadors to India and Malaysia. The President re-appointed Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma as the Resident Ambassador of Nepal to the Republic of India. Dr Netra Prasad Timsina was appointed as the Resident Ambassador of Nepal to Malays...
December 18, 2024 8:48 PM
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In Vanuatu, a South Pacific Ocean nation made up of roughly 80 islands, a search operation is underway for people trapped under rubble a day after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the capital, Port Vila. Vanuatu Police Commissioner Robson Iavro confirmed in a video message that at least 14 people h...
December 18, 2024 6:22 PM
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Sweden's Parliament has approved a new defence plan, increasing the military budget from 125 billion Swedish Krona (SEK) in 2024 to 186 billion SEK by 2030. As reported by the Swedish national public television broadcaster, SVT, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said the plan prioritises expanding supplie...
December 18, 2024 4:40 PM
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In Bangladesh, two people were killed and over 100 injured in a violent clash between two groups over the control of Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi Gazipur today. The clash erupted between the followers of Tablighi Jamaat's Maulana Zubayer Ahmed and supporters of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi of India over o...
December 18, 2024 12:48 PM
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In the island nation of Vanuatu, a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday, with its epicentre located near the capital, Port Vila. The earthquake has claimed at least 14 lives, with the death toll expected to rise. More than 200 injured individuals are currently being treated at Vila Cen...
December 18, 2024 12:10 PM
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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has praised the joint statement issued during President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent visit to India. In a statement issued in Colombo, the former President welcomed the development, saying it further deepens Indo-Lanka cooperation. The joi...
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