MUMBAI: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has on Aug 27,2024, updated its policy guidelines as regards optional practical training (OPT) for international students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields.While international students get an opportunity to work for a year post qualification, STEM students get an additional two years.Thus, the OPT…
MUMBAI: The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the immigration arm of the federal government has announced that effective as of August 28, it has ended its ‘temporary’ public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit while in Canada. This policy was initially set to end on Feb 28, 2025.IRCC had introduced…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, who is wanted for the murder of her young son, Noel Alvarez.Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Chad Yarbrough said, “Cindy Rodriguez Singh is wanted for allegedly murdering her young son…
NEW DELHI: American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in an old interview with Shawn Ryan revealed that he asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckeberg to publicly admit past mistakes, specifically referencing Meta’s decision to ban Donald Trump. A clip of the interview is getting viral on social media as former president Donald Trump recently revealed that Zuckerberg personally…
Taylor Swift hasn’t officially endorsed any presidential candidates this election cycle, but her fans are getting politically active by backing Vice President Kamala Harris. On Tuesday, a video conference titled “Swifties for Kamala” featured Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand, singer-songwriter Carole King, and roughly 15,000 participants in support of Harris. During the event, speakers…
The US supreme court on Wednesday declined to lift the broad block on President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan, which aims to lower monthly payments and speed up the path to loan forgiveness. The decision comes after legal challenges from GOP-led states led lower courts to halt the plan earlier this summer.Legal battle continues…
