LONDON: Fresh off double ton in U-19 Asia Cup, Navi Mumbai lad Abhigyan Kundu eyes U-19 World Cup success
January 4, 2026
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LONDON: Fresh off double ton in U-19 Asia Cup, Navi Mumbai lad Abhigyan Kundu eyes U-19 World Cup success

LONDON: He is yet to play a game for the Mumbai senior team, but 17-year-old Navi Mumbai boy Abhigyan Kundu has already made heads turn with his exploits for the India Under-19 team. In May,…

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LONDON: ICC rates Eden Gardens’ India-South Africa turner pitch ‘satisfactory’
January 3, 2026
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LONDON: ICC rates Eden Gardens’ India-South Africa turner pitch ‘satisfactory’

LONDON: The International Cricket Council match referee, former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has given a ‘satisfactory’ rating to vicious turning track for the first Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens…

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SILICON VALLEY: Satya Nadella Reveals He’s Spending Free Time Designing A Cricket App
January 2, 2026
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Technology

SILICON VALLEY: Satya Nadella Reveals He’s Spending Free Time Designing A Cricket App

SILICON VALLEY: Satya Nadella has been spending his free time coding and designing his cricket app. Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella, a die-hard cricket fan, has been spending his free time coding and designing his own…

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WASHINGTON: Desi power surge: How Indian-Americans shaped Trump’s 2nd term in 2025
January 1, 2026
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WASHINGTON: Desi power surge: How Indian-Americans shaped Trump’s 2nd term in 2025

WASHINGTON: Today, the United States is home to a large Indian diaspora. In the past, European powers dominated the world through colonisation. Now, people from so-called third-world countries are asserting themselves in tier-one nations and…

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KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait limits expats’ stay abroad to six months under new residency rules
December 31, 2025
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Politcs

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait limits expats’ stay abroad to six months under new residency rules

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has rolled out new executive regulations under Ministerial Resolution No. 2249 of 2025 that reshape how expatriates manage their residency status. A core provision now states that expats with valid residence permits…

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RIYADH: More Indians Deported From Saudi Arabia Than US In Five Years
December 30, 2025
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Politcs

RIYADH: More Indians Deported From Saudi Arabia Than US In Five Years

RIYADH: Despite the immigration crackdown in the US, Saudi Arabia has deported more Indians than America, according to data provided by the Foreign Ministry. The reasons for deportation involve visa overstays and labour law breaches…

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MUMBAI: Jaya Bachchan opens up about Amitabh Bachchan, how she is as a mother, and the importance of discipline
December 29, 2025
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Entertainment

MUMBAI: Jaya Bachchan opens up about Amitabh Bachchan, how she is as a mother, and the importance of discipline

MUMBAI: In an old interview, politician and actor Jaya Bachchan had once confessed that she was a strict mother to son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nanda as they grew up. However, the Rocky Aur…

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MELBOURNE: Sikh student in Australia wins case; was initially asked to get clean-shaven for wearing PPE mask
December 28, 2025
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Education

MELBOURNE: Sikh student in Australia wins case; was initially asked to get clean-shaven for wearing PPE mask

MELBOURNE: A 19-year-old Sikh student in Australia’s Monash University filed a case with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Ambulance Victoria, the state agency for ambulance service for Victoria, after he was asked to come…

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WASHINGTON: ‘H1-B should be reserved for top talent, not mediocre….’: Indian-origin venture capitalist says ‘visas must be reduced in number’
December 27, 2025
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Technology

WASHINGTON: ‘H1-B should be reserved for top talent, not mediocre….’: Indian-origin venture capitalist says ‘visas must be reduced in number’

WASHINGTON: Indian-origin venture capitalist Asha Jadeja Motwani doubled down on her view that US must restrict H-1B visas only to the world’s “top talent.” She said the programme should not be used to let “mediocre”…

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BERN: Lakshmi Mittal leaves UK over ‘inheritance tax’, now a Swiss resident, claims report
December 26, 2025
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Business

BERN: Lakshmi Mittal leaves UK over ‘inheritance tax’, now a Swiss resident, claims report

BERN: Indian-origin steel industry tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has left the UK and now lives in Switzerland, the Sunday Times reported, blaming the inheritance tax of the Labor government for a mass exodus of the richest.…

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