New York, September 19 : More than 150 million children, or nearly one in 10 globally, are victims of forced labour and progress in reducing that number has slowed, a leading United Nations’ anti-slavery group said on Tuesday. Nearly half of children in forced labour do hazardous work and more than a third do not […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court today refused to transfer Pradyuman murder case from Gurugram to Delhi after the Gurgaon Bar Association withdrew its resolution asking lawyers not to represent any accused in the case. Acting on a petition filed by northern zone head of Ryan Group Francis Thomas—an accused in the case-a Bench headed […]
Chandigarh, September 19 :A 66-year-old Chandigarh-based man, who was visiting his son in Australia, was killed in a road accident in Perth on Monday afternoon. Gurjit Singh was travelling with his elder brother Daljit Singh, 69, and nephew Guneet Singh, 22, when the vehicle, Toyota Camry, they were travelling in, was crushed between two trucks […]
Washington, September 19 : The US has resumed fast processing of H-1B work visas in all categories subject to Congress-mandated limit, five months after it was suspended temporarily to handle the huge rush of applications for the work visas popular among Indian IT professionals. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies […]
New York, September 19 : India on Tuesday sought investigations into North Korea’s nuclear proliferation linkages and asked to hold accountable those responsible for it, in a veiled reference to Pakistan. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s remarks came days after North Korea fired another mid-range ballistic missile over Japan on Friday. It follows North Korea’s sixth […]