Unites States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are set to address a virtual summit next week amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s aggressive actions.
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After mounting pressure and multiple lawsuits, Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign student visas
The Trump administration has been under tremendous pressure after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the new rule for student visas on July 6.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft join lawsuit against rule barring international students from staying in the US
Additionally, 17 states and the District of Columbia have also filed a lawsuit against the new temporary visa policy for international students announced by the Trump administration.
Former Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf takes charge as envoy to France
The 1991 batch IFS officer succeeds Vinay Kwatra (1988 batch).
Dr Sudhakar Jonnalagadda takes charge as new President of AAPI
Dr Sudhakar Jonnalagadda took oath as president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) during a virtual “change of guard” ceremony in Chicago.
UAE counts down to being first Arab country to launch Mars probe
T minus less than 12 hours till the UAE Mars Hope Probe lift-off!
Singapore’s GDP contracted 12.6% in 2020Q2
Singapore’s economy contracted by 12.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2020, based on advance estimates, said Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI).
Google’s Sundar Pichai announces USD 10 bn investment in India’s digital economy sector
Google and Alphabet’s Indian-origin CEO Sundar Pichai at the company’s sixth edition of Google for India event announced a ‘Google for India Digitisation Fund’.
After Harvard and MIT, Johns Hopkins sues Trump administration over new rule for international students
Johns Hopkins said that the decision to send international students back to their home countries if they don’t enroll for in-person classes, has “suddenly and unexpectedly” plunged the university into chaos.
UK Cabinet Ministers highlight relationship with India at global summit
The strength of the UK-India relationship was on full display at the recent India Global Week conference organised in London
