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US exempts UK from tariff on pharmaceuticals, medical technology imports for three years

December 01, 2025 11:48 pm

The UK exported $14.68 billion worth of medicines to the US in the 12 months to the end of September, making up 17.4% of all goods exports in that period.

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi reintroduces bill to double H-1B visa numbers to 1,30,000

HIRE Act: US lawmaker reintroduces bill to double H-1B visas available to 1,30,000

November 30, 2025 10:55 pm

The legislation, which intends to strengthen the US' long-term economic and technological competitiveness, has a dual track approach to deal with workforce shortages -- drawing more skilled workers from the global talent pool and increasing federal investments in American STEM education to grow the domestic workforce.

“India will have no difficulty absorbing these articles and services into its armed forces,” it said.

US clears Excalibur artillery shells, Javelin anti-tank systems for India

November 21, 2025 2:36 am

The ammunition can be fired from all 155 mm guns in the Army’s inventory, including Bofors, M777 Howitzer, K9 Vajra and Dhanush artillery guns.

US air travel will fall to a trickle due to shutdown, transportation secretary says

November 09, 2025 10:29 pm

Some 1,550 flights were canceled and 6,700 were delayed on Saturday, up from 1,025 cancellations and 7,000 delayed flights on Friday.

Britain's King Charles III presents the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering to Jensen Huang, for his contribution to the development of modern machine learning in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Why Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said ‘China is going to win the AI race’

November 08, 2025 6:28 am

As Nvidia has become perhaps the most important company at the heart of the AI gold rush, the company fears that geopolitical tensions between the US and China could hurt its access to a vast pool of AI developers in China.

Who is Ghazala Hashmi? First India-born Muslim woman to win Lt Governor election in US

November 05, 2025 8:14 am

Ghazala Hashmi has made history as the first Indian-origin Muslim woman to become Lieutenant Governor in the US after winning the Virginia race. She plans to focus on reproductive rights, gun control, and education.

What Democrats can learn from the Mamdani & Spanberger campaigns

November 04, 2025 3:09 pm

Progressive Zohran Mamdani and centrist Abigail Spanberger are being portrayed as embodying dichotomous visions of the future of the Democratic Party. Such a framing is reductive, and misses crucial similarities in their campaigns

US bans 7,248 truck drivers for failing English test

US bars 7,200 truck drivers for failing English tests, Indian-origin truckers hit hard

November 02, 2025 3:11 pm

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the crackdown on October 30. It comes close in the heels of a crash involving an Indian-origin truck driver

Amid Trump-Xi talks, India gives update on rare earths licences for imports from China

October 30, 2025 6:04 pm

The Indian Express earlier reported that as many as four Indian companies, including DE Diamond, Hitachi and Continental India, are learnt to have gained permits to import Chinese rare magnets.