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India is stepping up pressure on social media companies to strengthen safeguards for children, with Meta agreeing to report child sexual abuse cases to law enforcement agencies, news reports said quoting government sources on Tuesday, September 15.

A federal judge has temporarily stopped a Trump administration rule that would replace the current duration-of-status system for international students, exchange visitors and foreign media representatives with fixed limits on how long they can remain in the United States.

Indias experience in managing water across state boundaries and expanding access to drinking water was presented as an example of how stronger governance can help tackle growing water scarcity at a U.N. Human Rights Council side event in Geneva on Monday, September 14.

A Texas man of Indian-origin, who helped business owners hide millions of dollars in income from the IRS, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in promoting a fraudulent tax shelter, the Justice Department said in a press release published on September 11.

Air pollution may make it harder for stroke survivors to recover, with long-term exposure to several common pollutants linked to worsening ability to perform everyday activities, a longitudinal study found.

U.S. authorities are searching for a 46-year-old Indian-origin laboratory owner accused of running a $93 million Medicare fraud scheme and say he may be hiding in Hyderabad, India.

India won the Asia Cup in 2025. India won it again in 2026. Yet on both occasions, the champions walked away without the trophy. In a strange new chapter for Asian cricket, the silverware became a symbol not of sporting achievement, but of a geopolitical standoff.

The success of Indias BRICS presidency should not be measured merely by the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration. Declarations are important diplomatic instruments, but their real value lies in what they enable beyond the conference hall. For India, the larger dividend of its BRICS leadership lies in diplomacy, security, bilateral engagement, economic opportunities, institutional reform and, importantly, in strengthening its voice in shaping the emerging international order.

In a recent video discussion, the well known Indian journalist Vinod Sharma, commenting on the BRICS summit 2026 in Delhi, said that India should improve its ties with China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, September 12, discussed the future of India-China relations, with Xi calling for the two countries to view their ties from a strategic and long-term perspective as they seek to expand cooperation.

BRICS Pay is looking to build a wider cross-border payment network linking national payment systems, with India and Russia working on infrastructure to connect the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with Russian payment systems and agreements being pursued in China, Belarus and Turkey.

Coconut oil is a common edible oil used in the diet by certain populations around the world, including India. It is extracted from the kernel of mature coconuts harvested from the coconut palm. There are two main types of coconut oil, namely copra oil and virgin coconut oil (VCO). According to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2019) both of these have similar fatty acid profiles, with VCO containing higher amounts of some nutrients (e.g., vitamin E) and di

Anila Baby, a 32-year-old Indian-origin woman, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of two friends in Santa Clara County, California, authorities said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Saturday, September 12, for New Delhi to attend the 18th BRICS Summit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the two leaders expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the gathering.

India and the U.S. reaffirmed their shared resolve to fight terrorism as Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra paid tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks at the National 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon on Friday, September 11, marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

A brain aneurysm may be far more common among healthy adults than previously believed, with new research suggesting that the prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms has more than doubled in recent years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the changing global order and the need to make multilateral institutions more representative during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Friday, September 11.

President Donald Trumpspoke at thePentagon during the25th-anniversary commemorationof the September11, 2001 attacks. He honored thevictims and firstresponders and connectedthe commemoration tohis administrations ongoingconfrontation with Iran.

iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Indias BRICS presidency is giving businesses across the grouping a stronger platform to turn discussions on trade, investment and technology into commercial partnerships, with representatives from Russia, Egypt and other BRICS Plus countries highlighting opportunities in infrastructure, energy, agriculture and skills development. The message from the business community came during the BRICS []

A California woman of Indian-origin, who repeatedly sought protection from a longtime stalker, was fatally shot outside a Panera Bread restaurant in Sacramento on Tuesday, September 8, with her family now saying the 38-year-old had warned authorities about the danger she faced.

U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor got a taste of Darjeelings famous tea, food and mountain heritage during a day-long visit to the hill town with Rajya Sabha MP and former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday, September 10.

An Indian national could face up to 10 years in prison after being indicted in Minnesota for allegedly falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen to vote in the 2024 general election.

Search-and-rescue teams face major challenges in Nepals mountainous border region, where a flash flood on August 26 has destroyed roads, bridges and entire villages, as the U.S. State Department said about 70 Americans remain unaccounted for.

In the eight months between December 2025 and August 2026 Anthropic detected and blocked a worrisome diversity of attempted misuse of its artificial intelligence capabilities.

Apple is betting on cameras, longer battery life and smarter artificial intelligence to drive its next generation of premium smartphones, unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Wednesday, September 9, at its fall Surprise and Shine event.

Ive got you, a voice from above told Genelle Guzman the morning of September 12, 2001. For 27 hours, she was trapped inside a tiny, coffin-like space under tons of steel and concrete, in excruciating pain, in absolute darkness, amidst bouts of unconsciousness, with her legs pinned beneath something she couldnt see. Around her was deathly silence, except for an indecipherable hubbub of sirens and voices that almost felt soothing in their muffled cacophony.

ChatGPT has joined the Board of Control for Cricket in Indias (BCCI) list of Associate Partners, becoming part of a new group of sponsors for Indias home cricket season alongside beverage brand Campa and insurance company SBI Life.

U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor met Indian UFC fighter Puja Tomar and praised her journey in mixed martial arts, saying her success shows how sports can bring people together and inspire young athletes.

In his book 'Merit My Foot: Reply to anti-reservation racists', published by Dalit Sahitya Academy, Bangalore, in 1987, V.T. Rajshekhar, Editor of Dalit Voice, strongly condemned the concept of merit in admissions to educational institutions and appointments to posts, alleging that this is only an upper-caste trick, and he strongly supported caste reservations.

The United Nations has sounded an unmistakable warning about rising seas, naming Mumbai and Kolkata among the South Asian cities facing an increasing risk of permanent inundation and displacement. The warning is serious, but it is not a prophecy of two cities suddenly disappearing beneath the sea. The real danger lies in a slower, more insidious process in which high tides, extreme rainfall, storm surges, land subsidence and rising sea levels progressively make parts of these cities harder to in

For centuries, Waris Shahs Heer has lived beyond the printed page, carried through the fields, courtyards and collective memory of Punjab. The 18th-century Punjabi epic centers on Heer, a woman whose determination to challenge social conventions and assert her own choices has given the story enduring relevance.

The U.S. military has stepped up attacks on Iranian oil shipments, destroying five crude oil tankers after Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) twice targeted an American warship with ballistic missiles, according to U.S. Central Command.

Starting statin treatment soon after a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia later in life, a large study from Denmark has found.

India has made it clear that any new world map proposed through the United Nations must show Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh according to Indias official map, even as New Delhi supported a resolution calling for more accurate global maps.

Apple is expanding the role India plays in its global technology operations, with recent hiring pointing to growing work in artificial intelligence, data platforms, software engineering and advanced manufacturing systems, according to a GlobalData report released Monday.

President Donald Trump has used his Labor Day message to reinforce his administrations push for a steep new fee on H-1B visa petitions, arguing that the policy would make companies look to American workers before hiring skilled professionals from abroad.

Mumbai will take center stage in global fintech discussions this week as the city hosts the seventh Global Fintech Fest, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate the four-day event on Tuesday. September 8.

The U.S. and India are looking to expand business opportunities and strengthen economic ties, with U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor highlighting growing cooperation across technology, investment and trade.

Two deadly plane crashes in the U.S. over the weekend have left at least seven people dead and several others injured, with investigators now looking into the separate accidents in Florida and California.

For men who are already genetically prone to male pattern baldness, popular weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound may carry a small additional risk of hair loss, a new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health has found.

India-U.S. space and defense ties were in focus on Sunday, September 6, as U.S. Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, met Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Bengaluru.

Hundreds of students and technology professionals gathered at the Open Atlas Summit Aug. 21-22 at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, with artificial intelligence, immigration uncertainty and a difficult technology job market among the dominant concerns.

Companies at the forefront of the AI-economy are supremely self-assured. Seven of them, the Magnificent Seven, comprise over a third of the broad market index. Capital expenditure for AI related projects amount to three percent of US GDP, or USD 1 Trillion, more than combined outlay of the Manhattan Project, Apollo moon expeditions, the Interstate Highway System, and the Human Genome project.Hyperscalers the most aggressive players will have issued USD 600 Billion of new bonds in 2026, after U

Children born in the U.S. to certain foreign government employees can now get a broader pathway to lawful permanent residence from birth under a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule. However, a federal court order limits the governments ability to enforce the change.

For two days this September, the San Francisco Bay Area will turn its attention to the many stories, ideas and experiences that shape South Asian life across the world, as the South Asian Literature & Arts Festival (SALA) returns for its seventh edition.

When Anthropic claimed that Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in revenues and valuation, I wasnt surprised. Ive grown wary of CEOs who talk up their own companies their motives are rarely pure. But something about Anthropics CEO, Dario Amodei, struck me differently: ahead of the companys IPO, expected as early as this October, he openly warned that a single years miscalculation in AI demand could bankrupt the company he built. He consistently comes across as an open book in interviews and in publi

U.S. Congressman Suhas Subramanyam has raised concerns about federal surveillance of his phone calls with Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas, saying the FBI and Justice Department told him the conversations were monitored as part of an investigation into Lucas.

A bipartisan group of nine U.S. lawmakers has discussed ways to deepen strategic ties with India, with trade, defense, China and Indo-Pacific security among the key issues raised during meetings on Capitol Hill.

There are certain things we don't openly talk about in South Asian families. Pregnancy is one of them - at least until it feels safe to do so. This is even more true with IVF pregnancies.

Sam Altman believes artificial intelligence could usher in a new era for entrepreneurs by making it possible for small teams to accomplish in minutes what once took start-ups months.