The White House on Saturday highlighted fresh momentum behind its immigration agenda, tying employment-related restrictions to its broader "America First" policy framework. In a post on X, the White House wrote, "AMERICA FIRST." It added, "President Trump is cracking down on work permits and tightening the vetting process." In line with this appro
07 December,2025 11:18 AM IST | Washington | ANIPresident Donald Trump on Saturday presented the 2025 Kennedy Centre honourees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office, hailing the slate of artists he was deeply involved in choosing as "perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class" ever assembled. This year's recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and G
07 December,2025 11:07 AM IST | Washington | APFrance coach Didier Deschamps is looking forward to a showdown between superstar forwards Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland after his side were drawn on Friday in the same group as Norway at the 2026 World Cup. “It will be a great duel,” Deschamps told reporters in Washington, where France and Norway came out alongside Senegal in a toug
07 December,2025 09:39 AM IST | Washington | AFPIndia’s T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill has been cleared by the Sports Science team of the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence to play the opening T20I against South Africa on Tuesday after successfully completing his rehabilitation from a neck injury sustained during the Kolkata Test. Gill was selected in the squad subject to fitness and had t
07 December,2025 09:27 AM IST | Cuttack | PTIStar-studded Mumbai returned to winning ways following their loss to Kerala in the previous round, defeating Chhattisgarh by eight wickets with skipper Shardul Thakur starring with the ball and Ayush Mhatre slamming a half-century in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A match here on Saturday. With one more round to go in the group stage, defending c
07 December,2025 09:03 AM IST | Lucknow | PTIThe first lady of France, Brigitte Macron, met an old friend — a giant panda born in France. The first lady had first met the panda last year, at the end of her visit to China with French President Emmanuel Macron. During this visit, the panda, Yuan Meng, was living in a reserve in southwest China. She chose his name when he was born in a Fre
07 December,2025 08:17 AM IST | China | AgenciesQatar’s prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Saturday said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase, which took effect on October 10, winds down. “What we have just done is a pause,” he told the Doha Forum, an international conference in the Qatari capital. &ldq
07 December,2025 08:14 AM IST | Doha | AgenciesThe Social Security Administration (SSA) will be forced to scale back field visits in the first half of next year. Field offices have long been community-based branches that serve as the public face of the SSA, which provide in-person help for people applying for retirement and disability benefits, getting Social Security cards and other important
07 December,2025 08:11 AM IST | Washington | AgenciesWhen Palash Muchhal draped the Indian flag on Indian women’s cricket team captain Smriti Mandhana after they won the 2025 World Cup, women across the country swooned. If you scroll back to the Instagram video where the couple is seen interacting on the cricket field after the triumph, the comments section is filled with green flag emoticons.
07 December,2025 07:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Arpika BhosaleThe Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has successfully driven the installation of 45,911 off-grid solar agricultural pumps in just 30 days. The milestone was recognised as a new world record by the Guinness World Records (GWR) on Friday, an official statement said. The achievement positions Maharashtra as the fast
06 December,2025 06:48 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentFormer Pentagon official Michael Rubin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India is seen as US President Trump's "gross incompetence" by the majority of the US people, who dislike Trump, which he claimed is around 65 per cent according to recent polls. "It is being perceived in two different ways. If you're Donald Trump, it's bei
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