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Wild horse advocates in Nevada have scored a rare legal victory

American Airlines is easing a restriction in its pet policy

A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of forum shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Dali collided with Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, leading to a controversial response. A US-based webcomic, Foxford Comics, posted a cartoon the day after the incident, captioned «Last known recording from inside the Dali moments before impact,» which has sparked outrage. The collision occurred when the Indian crew operating the Dali lost power, causing it to collide with a concrete pier supporting the bridge. This impact resulted in a significant portion of the bridge collapsing into approximately 50 feet of freezing water below. However, the crew's quick thinking and Mayday call alerted authorities, enabling them to swiftly shut down traffic on the bridge, potentially saving lives.

Layoffs at Apple: Apple Inc was trying to develop microLED displays for the future models of Apple Watches internally. However, according to Bloomberg, the efforts were futile and because of it the tech giant re-organised its display engineering teams while laying off dozens of employees across Asia and United States. Layoffs at Dell: Dell had said that it is cutting its workforce as a part of broader cost-cutting measure.

NewsClick UAPA case: The Special Cell of Delhi Police will shortly file a chargesheet against the news portal NewsClick in Delhi's Patiala House court. The police team has brought the 8000-page chargesheet copy and relevant documents in a trunk to the court. Editors, co-founders and employees of the news portal have been named in the chargesheet, according to police.

new H-1B application visa fee, which is form I-129, has been increased from USD 460 (over ₹38,000) to USD 780 (over ₹64,000). Moreover, the H-1B registration will increase from USD 10 ( ₹829) to USD 215 (over ₹17,000) from next year.

Carl Pei, CEO and co-founder of consumer electronics company Nothing, doesn’t believe in labels. “I don’t like people who say that they are an ‘entrepreneur’ or a ‘disruptor’. I think your work should speak for itself," he says.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday gave a push to the LDF's Lok Sabha poll campaign by attacking the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of endangering the secular and democratic nature of India. Vijayan alleged that as a result of the repeated moves by the BJP-led Centre to endanger secularism in the country, a large section of people, who have been living in India for decades, are concerned whether they can continue to live in this nation. «Crores of people are living in fear and apprehension in the country,» he claimed. The steps being taken by the central government have also adversely affected India's image, of being a democratic and secular nation, before the world community. «Organisations like the UN and Amnesty International as well as countries like the US and Germany are criticising certain recent developments in India and questioning whether democratic ways are being followed here,» the Marxist veteran said.

Germany is set to join the global cannabis revolution on Monday, with a law coming into effect legalising recreational use of the drug. It is the first big European country to legalise the possession and consumption of small amounts of the drug by adults and one of only two among the G7 group of leading world powers, with Canada.

AI data centers capable of handling increasingly complex tasks driven by the rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence technology. According to the report, talks about the proposal indicate that Microsoft is poised to lead the funding, a move anticipated to far surpass the expenses linked with present data center operations by a considerable extent.

Stocks to buy now: After witnessing an impressive trend reversal in the last session of the financial year 2023-24, stock market investors are busy finding out the value picks for their portfolio in the new fiscal. As most of the Indian indices are at record high levels, investors are looking at the IT segment as the segment has remained under the sell-off heat for a long time. So, it would be prudent to know whether one should accumulate IT stocks in the new financial year 2024-25.

Read more here In a recent discussion with Bill Gates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India's strides in technology, focusing on digital empowerment, women's inclusion, and AI challenges. He explained how India has embraced technology to prevent monopolies and ensure it is accessible to all citizens. PM Modi conveyed that India has democratized technology to avoid monopolies, asserting it as a people-centric endeavor.

Donald Trump was heavily criticized for posting a video on a social media platform, containing the image of a hog-tied President Joe Biden painted on the tailgate of a passing truck. The video, posted on Truth Social, shows a passing truck decked with the ‘Trump 2024’ campaign for the upcoming US presidential elections. The visuals were taken in Long Island, New York.

Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 passengers may be 'crime victims': FBI Biden's remarks came during a high-dollar campaign fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall. Boeing is under fire following relentless episodes of callousness pertaining to the safety of the passengers. Earlier this year, a door of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane operated by Alaska Airlines blew out midair.

investors are on guard for potential bumps in the second quarter as they gauge whether the Federal Reserve delivers on an expected interest rate cut by June and turn their focus on the health of upcoming earnings. The S&P 500 ended the first quarter with a gain of more than 10%, its largest first quarter advance since the nearly 13.1% jump in the first quarter of 2019. While so-called Magnificent Seven stocks such as chipmaker Nvidia and Facebook parent Meta Platforms provided the bulk of the gains for the quarter, economically-sensitive sectors such as energy and industrials have rallied over the past six weeks.

Jerome Powell repeated that the US central bank isn't in any rush to cut interest rates. «We don't need to be in a hurry to cut,» Powell said Friday at an event at the San Francisco Fed. Fresh inflation data released earlier is «pretty much in line with our expectations,» he said. But Powell reiterated it won't be appropriate to lower rates until officials are confident inflation is on track toward their 2% goal.

The Indian rupee's path against the US dollar is one of long-term appreciation as India builds increasingly strong services and goods export buffers to offset the country's traditional current account deficit, said Patrick Law, head of Asia-Pacific fixed income, currencies, and commodities trading, at Bank of America. While a weaker Chinese yuan and the risk of US rates staying higher for longer pose risks for emerging market currencies, the rupee is «a very special case» because of India's bullish outlook, Law tells Bhaskar Dutta. Edited excerpts: Amid sharp swings in the US dollar and Asian currencies, the rupee continues to be stable. Have the fundamental drivers changed for the Indian currency? I am very bullish on India. It's not just about global bond index inclusion. It's about the long-term prospects of the country and the economy, foreign inflows, and investment. India is definitely benefiting from the China-plus-one narrative.

Biden administration on Friday revised rules aimed at making it harder for China to access U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chips and chipmaking tools, part of an effort to hobble Beijing's chipmaking industry over national security concerns. The rules, released in October, seek to halt shipments to China of more advanced AI chips designed by Nvidia and others as Washington cracks down on Beijing over concerns its advancing tech sector could help boost China's military.

H-1B visa selection for the fiscal year 2025, and selected candidates are being notified, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday. «Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B cap petitioners: random selections have been made and notifications are being sent to myUSCIS accounts beginning yesterday and continuing over the next few days prior to April 1,» the immigration agency said in a post on social media platform X. The intial registration period for FY25 was originally announced from March 6 to March 22. However, a technical malfunction on the USCIS website caused a three-day extension to the deadline, shifting it from March 22 to March 25. Despite this delay, USCIS assured potential petitioners that they would still have the opportunity to confirm their eligibility to submit a petition subject to the H1B cap.

Washington Post as reported by Reuters. "It means we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps," he added. "We are trying to find some way not to retreat." Shortages of munitions, Zelenskyy said, meant "you have to do with less.