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US President Joe Biden on Sunday conferred Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, recognising the Pope's significant influence and contributions, just days before leaving the White House. Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), President Biden expressed his admiration for Pope Francis and called the leader of the Catholic Church the "People's Pope." «Pope Francis, your humility and your grace are beyond words, and your love for all is unparalleled. As the People's Pope, you are a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world,» Biden said on X.

immigration policy: the H-1B visa for college-educated foreigners. Proponents say the visa is an essential but insufficient pipeline of global talent for hard-to-fill jobs — jobs that have long been part of the lifeblood of the American economy. Critics say visa holders are stealing jobs from American workers and driving down wages. The profanities both sides have lobbed across social media obscure their agreement that the H-1B program isn’t working as well as it should. Created in 1990, the H-1B is an employer-sponsored visa that authorizes foreigners with “highly specialized knowledge” to work in the US for up to six years. Tech companies and IT consultancies rank among the top recipients. Every year, a government lottery awards 65,000 slots to applicants with an undergraduate degree and another 20,000 to those with advanced degrees (universities and nonprofits are exempt from these caps). The private-sector allocation is typically filled within days. ALSO READ: TCS, Infosys & other Indian-origin tech firms corner 1/5th of H-1B visas issued by US

electric vehicle industry and meet growing energy storage demand.

hosts of Pod Save America couldn't stop laughing while discussing President Joe Biden's medal ceremony. They appeared completely perplexed by Liz Cheney's victory over Barack Obama.

power generation capacity for the next two fiscal years including battery energy storage systems, people familiar with the development told ET. The move is aimed at ensuring readiness to meet rising peak power demand.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A civil war has erupted among Donald Trump’s supporters over the H-1B program, America’s primary visa for skilled workers. Does putting “America First" mean ending the program, as Steve Bannon believes, or supporting it, as Elon Musk and Mr.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Centre proposes to keep its focus on rapid infrastructure growth in the next financial year, with plans to push capex allocation for the ministries of road transport and highways, and railways in the upcoming budget by upto 10%, two persons aware of the development said.

Steve Bannon expressed his strong disapproval of US President Joe Biden awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros while calling for an ‘exorcism’ of the White House in response, reported Daily Beast.

Nikki Glaser received a lot of backlash after making horribly messed up Diddy 'Freak Off' jokes. During her opening monologue for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Nikki Glaser made a joke about troubled rapper Sean «Diddy» Combs, which has drawn criticism.

The Brutalist," the story of a Holocaust survivor who chases the American dream, and musical thriller "Emilia Perez" took home the first major movie honors of Hollywood's awards season at the Golden Globes on Sunday.

Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, hit the theatres and created a storm at not just the box office but award functions as well. The film marked the debut of the director’s son, Hrithik Roshan and actress Ameesha Patel. Now, after 25 years, the romantic Bollywood film is all set to re-release in the theatres, following the release of other films like Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani and Kal Ho Naa Ho.

Golden Globe Awards kicked off awards season, and celebrities on the red carpet certainly didn’t disappoint.Comedian Nikki Glaser kicked off what she called “Ozempic’s biggest night,” with a promise: “I’m not here to roast you.”The night’s first winner was Zoe Saldaña for best female supporting actor. Saldaña won for her performance in Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez, the trans musical that came in with a leading 10 nods.FX’s Shogun also got started early with wins for Hiroyuki Sanada, for best actor in a drama series, and Tadanobu Asano for male best supporting actor in a drama series.

Golden Globe Awards took place in Hollywood Sunday evening, but before the awards were handed out, first came the red carpet.This year’s Globes marked the first of Hollywood’s awards shows, and was a star-studded affair, with Andrew Garfield, Catherine O’Hara, Seth Rogan, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo and Mindy Kaling all presenting, among many others.Nikki Glaser, an Emmy-nominated comedian and actor, made history as the first woman to host the Golden Globes on her own.

Best Non-English Language Feature, and many believed Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light had the potential to end this long drought. However, the coveted award ultimately went to Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez.

Lionel Messi could not be present in person at the White House to receive the US' highest civilian award — the Presidential Medal of Freedom — from outgoing President Joe Biden. Messi currently plays for Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States.

D Gukesh climbed dizzying heights in the past one month, a World Championship triumph getting garnished by the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award recently, but the chess prodigy now wants to reset his focus and goals to tackle a «challenging» 2025. Gukesh will be seen in action in the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee in Netherlands, beginning on January 17.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IT HAS BEEN a long time coming. Assuming there are no last-minute delays, then in the next few days Blue Origin, a firm run by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will make the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A Major League Baseball panel cut the rights fees owed the Washington Nationals from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network by 20% for each of the final three seasons of the five-year period through 2026, citing a deteriorating cable television market

Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman during the valedictory session of the upcoming PBD Convention, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday as it announced the names of the awardees for this year. The awardees, who «represent the excellence achieved by our diaspora in various fields», include among others Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar from the UK (in the field of politics), Dr Sharmila Ford from the US for community service. There are a couple of institutions as well who will be given the award.