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The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the US The Trump administration included five more countries as well as people traveling on documents…
GURGAON/NOIDA: A decision by Delhi govt to ban the entry of non-BS VI vehicles from Thursday threatens to upend daily life for lakhs of commuters across NCR, with more than 2 lakh vehicles in Gurgaon, 4 lakh in Noida and 5.5 lakh in Ghaziabad alone set to be sidelined overnight. The move, aimed at tackling…
The Donald Trump administration expanded the travel ban to over 30 countries now as part of its ongoing crackdown on immigration after the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over Thanksgiving weekend. In June, President Donald Trump announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from…
The Trump administration has expanded its travel ban to include five additional countries while imposing new restrictions on others.The administration’s June announcement had already banned visitors from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.The new expansion adds Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan,…
EU countries and lawmakers are set for a contentious negotiation on Thursday over a proposal that would bar plant-based foods from using traditional meat labels such as “sausage”, “burger” and “steak”. The measure backed by the European Parliament in an October vote is being advanced as part of a wider package aimed at protecting farmers,…
Pakistan batter Haider Ali has been cleared to resume his career, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) revoking his provisional suspension months after he was found not guilty in a rape case filed in Manchester. The 25-year-old, who has not played any competitive cricket since September, is now among nine Pakistan players permitted to participate…
Bengaluru: Following the implementation of a social media ban for users aged under 16 in Australia, experts say the effectiveness of such a law in India remains debatable.Efforts are already under way in India to adopt a bottom-up approach to address tech addiction. In the past four months, over 5,000 parents convened online to discuss…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has given the Union Territory administration and the Centre three months to respond to petitions challenging a ban on 25 Kashmir-related books, an official in the additional advocate-general’s (AG) office said.The ban was clamped by the home department under lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Aug 5 this year on…
Shakib al Hasan (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has revealed that physical fatigue led him to deliberately chuck during an English County match for Surrey — a decision that eventually resulted in his ban from bowling. The left-arm spinner was barred from bowling in all competitions under the England and…
Seema Punia of Team India (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) Former Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia has received a 16-month doping ban from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), effective from November 10. The 42-year-old discus thrower’s latest violation adds to her history of two previous doping infractions.NADA has not disclosed the specific substance that…
