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Kash Patel sworn in as FBI director, takes oath on Bhagavad Gita

Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, placing his hand on the Bhagavad Gita. The oath ceremony was administered by the US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on the White House campus in Washington. US […]

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Jalen Hurts shatters NFL record: First $50 million quarterback to win Super Bowl

Jalen Hurts has etched his name into NFL history, not just for his spectacular performance in Super Bowl LVII, but for becoming the first quarterback to win a championship while earning over $50 million per year. Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in a 40-22 victory, proving that a high-paid quarterback

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Netanyahu’s ‘open gates of hell’ warning to Hamas over release of hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “open the gates of hell” if Hamas does not release all hostages still being held in Gaza. Speaking alongside US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Netanyahu said that Israel and the United States have a “common strategy” regarding Gaza and reaffirmed his government’s commitment to eliminating Hamas’

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More and more Indian asylum seekers to US are speaking a different tongue

The times they are a changin, and that’s true for the illegal immigration trend in the US too. While Punjabi-speaking asylum-seekers formed 66% of all Indian illegal immigrants in the US from 2001 to 2022, Hindi-speaking undocumented Indians have surged past them in recent years. An analysis by two Johns Hopkins University researchers found that

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Missouri sues Starbucks over alleged racial, gender, sexual orientation bias

Starbucks was sued on Tuesday by the US state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race, gender and sexual orientation. In a complaint filed in St Louis federal court, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to

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Avian flu outbreak hits New York City Zoos: Up to 15 birds suspected dead

At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died from avian flu at two New York City zoos, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the facilities. The organization confirmed that three ducks at the Queens Zoo tested positive for the virus, while tests are still ongoing for three ducks and nine

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Trump sanctions International Criminal Court over Israel probe: Baseless actions

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close US ally. Neither the US nor Israel is a member of or recognises the court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes over his

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Trump launches tariff war, orders hefty import duties on Canada, China, Mexico

US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order imposing hefty new tariffs of 25 per cent on goods from Mexico and Canada and 10 per cent on imports from China, threatening to ignite a trade war that could disrupt more than $2.1 trillion of annual trade. Trump has declared a national emergency under the

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All 64 on US plane that collided with Army chopper near Washington feared dead

All 64 passengers onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army chopper in Washington, DC earlier in the day are feared dead, a senior fire official said. As per news reports, at least 28 bodies have been recovered so far from the Potomac River where both the aircraft fell after the clash. The

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