Two caste bills failed to advance in New York State. Two bills that sought to add caste as a protected category under New York’s anti-discrimination laws failed to advance this legislative session. The bills, New York Senate Bill S.6531 and Assembly Bill A.6920, were first introduced in 2025, triggering a major debate on how these…
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum is behind the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. Co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp Jan Koum has created a ripple as he donated $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, the largest single donation ever made to an Israeli hospital. While Koum is known for…
Fox News anchor asks Chip Roy why Republican Congressmen too supported the H-1B visa program for so long. As conservative news host and Fox journalist Laura Ingraham interviewed Republican Congressman Chip Roy on his new proposed legislation against the H-1B visa program, Ingraham told Roy that Congressmen from both parties are “culpable” for the abuse…
British man Andrew Malkinson, who was wrongly imprisoned for more than 17 years for a rape he did not commit, has criticised the prison term handed to the man responsible for the attack, describing the sentence as an “insult” after spending years behind bars.Paul Quinn, 52, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to 24 years…
Indian-origin man Lovepreet Singh posted a video of how a woman in Canada asked him to ‘go back to India’. A video of an Indian-origin man strongly resisting a racist attack from a woman in Canada’s Nova Scotia has been going viral. The woman who was driving a car asked the man who was recording…
Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in keeping Dubai’s roads safe, with Dubai Police deploying smart traffic systems that can predict accident-prone locations, detect speeding vehicles in real time and help officers intervene before incidents escalate.According to a report by Khaleej Times, Dubai Police said its advanced traffic management system continuously analyses live…
The UAE has announced a temporary suspension of new visas for nationals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan as authorities step up measures to prevent the spread of Ebola.The decision, announced jointly by the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) and the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs…
Henry Nowak (left) and Vikram Singh Digwa (right) A group of 11 Sikh MPs has issued a joint statement distancing Sikhism from the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed in Southampton by Sikh man Vickrum Singh Digwa.The intervention comes amid increasing public anger over the case, which began a debate around…
MoEI and 42 Abu Dhabi launch AI hackathon to develop smarter, faster government services nationwide/Image: WAM The UAE’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI) has partnered with 42 Abu Dhabi to launch a specialised Artificial Intelligence Hackathon aimed at creating technology-driven solutions to improve government services across key sectors.The initiative will bring together programmers, developers,…
Watch: Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg region again Ukraine on Saturday said its long-range drones struck targets deep inside Russia overnight, including a military facility near St Petersburg and an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region, as the war continued to escalate with both sides reporting fresh battlefield gains and aerial attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr…