Washington: The White House on Wednesday accused judges of “usurping” executive power after a series of rulings against Donald Trump’s administration, including one that blocked the deportation of Venezuelan migrants and drew the president’s ire. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt alleged there had been a “concerted effort…
RFK Jr Off To A Bumpy Start As Health Secretary
Washington: Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is off to a turbulent start as US health secretary as he grapples with a deadly measles outbreak, resignations among his staff and a snub in the Senate. Kennedy took over in mid-February facing a major health crisis, with…
Universities Are Feeling The Pinch As Indian Students Ditch The ‘Big Four’
Years ago, I dined at an exotically named restaurant, ‘1001 Nights’, in St. Petersburg, Russia. There, I met four young students from southern Indian states, all studying medicine. To earn some pocket money, they worked part-time at the restaurant. Curious, I asked if they liked being…
Ukraine May Be Staring At A ‘Frozen’ Conflict
During the infamous televised confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this month, Donald Trump shouted at the Ukrainian leader saying, “You don’t have any cards.” Trump was right as he also reminded Zelensky that he was losing the war with Russia and wouldn’t survive without US support.Trump…
Who Is Ranjani Srinivasan, Indian Student Self-Deported From US After Visa Revoked
Washington, United States: Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student from Columbia University in the US, self-deported themselves from the country this week, days after their student visa was revoked for participating in pro-Palestine protests. The US Department of Homeland Security issued a statement saying that Srinivasan’s visa…
Donald Trump Seeks To End Birthright Citizenship, Appeals In Supreme Court
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump took his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship in the United States to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, which he signed on his first day in office, was blocked by federal district…
Opinion | What ‘Power-Dressers’ – And Trump
One would have thought that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi settled this debate long ago. That real power dressing lies in how powerfully your dress transmits who you are and what you stand for—and not in donning a so-called appropriate set of clothes. Or, indeed, a sharp suit.…
Trump’s Approach To Indian Tariffs Reeks Of Bullying
US President Donald Trump is on a roll after his re-election, which he believes amounted to a validation of his thinking and policies on the entire gamut of US domestic and foreign affairs. Internally, the Democrats are in disarray after the election loss. With both the…
Something From Trump’s First Term Is Haunting Him Again
There were little surprises about what US President Donald Trump told his country and the world in his joint address to the US Congress last week. The ramifications of the over 90-minute speech, considered one of the longest delivered in decades, would be experienced in America…
America’s Butterflies Are Vanishing At An Alarming Rate
A recent study has revealed concerning data regarding the decline of butterfly populations in the United States. Between 2000 and 2020, total butterfly abundance decreased by 22% across 554 recorded species, with data drawn from over 76,000 surveys and 35 monitoring programs. The research, which gathered…