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| Here’s everything that transpired during the course of the day… |
| The Trump administration is considering new H-1B rules which may result in large scale deportation of Indians from the US. The proposal can stop foreign workers from keeping their H-1B visas while their green card applications are pending. The move would mean that thousands of Indian employees in the US, a huge chunk of which works in the IT sector, will not get their H-1B visas extended as their applications for Green Card – which grants permanent residency – stay pending. Read |
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| Protests erupted in various parts of Maharashtra today a day after caste clashes between dalit and Maratha communities. A youth was killed yesterday after a group, opposing the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Bhima-Koregaon battle, clashed with Dalits rallying their way to the battle memorial. The violence sparked off protests in various parts of the state today, including in Mumbai where protesters staged a rail roko in Chembur |
| The US today suspended $255 million military aid to Pakistan a day after Trump tweeted about Islamabad’s ‘lies and deceit’. “The United States does not plan to spend the $255 million in FY 2016 in Foreign Military Financing for Pakistan at this time,” a senior administration official said on conditions of anonymity. Donald Trump yesterday accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but “lies and deceit” and providing “safe haven” to terrorists in return for $33 billion aid. |
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| The government today came out with contours of new ‘electoral bonds’ that can be used to donate money to political parties. The bonds, which will help clean up election funding, can be bought for any value in multiples of Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10 lakh or Rs 1 crore at specified branches of SBI. Although called a bond, they will be interest-free debt instruments that resemble promissory notes where the SBI will be the custodian of the donor’s funds until the political parties are paid. |
| Doctors today called off their nationwide strike after the Lok Sabha sent the contentious NMC bill to a parliamentary panel. The National Medical Commission Bill seeks to replace the MCI and also proposes allowing practitioners of alternative medicines, such as homoeopathy and ayurveda, practise allopathy after completing a “bridge course”. The committee has been asked to give its report before the Budget session. |
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