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What the U.S. social media vetting for student visas means to applicants: Explained
The story so far: Foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. may soon face increased scrutiny as the Trump administration is considering taking measures to collect more information from the social media accounts of foreign student visa applicants.Ahead of these changes, reports emerged that the scheduling of student visa interviews have been put on hold as officials worldwide await further guidance. This triggered panic among students worried that their education in the U.S. could be delayed or blocked.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Kolkata police arrest law student from Gurgaon for social media remarks on Operation Sindoor
According to police sources, a case was registered against Panoli at the Garden Reach Police station on May 15.According to police sources, a case was registered against Panoli at the Garden Reach Police station on May 15.A 22-year-old law student from Pune was arrested by the Kolkata police from Gurgaon on Friday afternoon for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with her remarks on Operation Sindoor on social media.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Sinner's sublime surge in shifting power centre of men's tennis
When Carlos Alcaraz won his second Grand Slam of 2024, he’d become the youngest to win majors across all three surfaces, at a rate quicker than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. When Jannik Sinner won his second Grand Slam of 2024, he'd captured his first two majors in the same season, something even Djokovic, Nadal and Federer could not manage.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Books that imagine that history took a different course
THEY MAY not have the cachet of the Pulitzer or the Booker, but the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History deserve respect.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Google could be forced to sell off Chrome by U.S. DOJ: Report
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Karun Nair scores 200 for India A against England Lions
Karun Nair continued his stellar run in the red-ball format as he completed a magnificent double hundred during the game between India A and England Lions at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury on Saturday.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
From costumes for shows to bridal gowns, how Pune's Mak Drap has evolved to meet demands over 74 years
Mak Drap, a costume rental store located in Pune’s Narayan Peth, has been in operation since 1951. Established by Pranam Gokhale, a Maharashtrian businessman who wanted to explore a new field, the store is now run by his nephew, Sumit Sathe.Explaining the name of one of the oldest costume rental stores in the city, Sathe says, “Mak Drap is two words put together — ‘mak’ meaning makeup and ‘drap' meaning drape, referring to costumes. Performers use makeup and colourful clothes to showcase themselves, and that's what we want to provide.”
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Academic Imposture Unmasked: AISF Demands Immediate Sealing of Narayana Junior College for Alleged Coaching Racketeering
* Student Body Alleges Egregious Financial Exploi- tation and Regulatory Breaches; Calls for Criminal Action and Widespread Investigation
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
An electoral history
Seven politicians have become Chief Minister of Jharkhand since the state was carved out of Bihar in 2000, but only one — Raghubar Das — has had an unbroken five years in the position.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Heartfelt Tributes Paid to Telangana Martyr Gunda Nagaraju on His 12th Death Anniversary
In a solemn and heartfelt ceremony, the 12th death anniversary of Telangana martyr Sri Gunda Nagaraju, a proud son of the Arya Vaishya community who laid down his life for the cause of a separate Telangana state, was observed with great reverence today.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Demise of Three Boys Tragic: Chittoor MP Daggumalla Prasad Rao Expresses Deep Condolences"“+Assures Government Support to Bereaved Families“
“Chittoor Member of Parliament, *Daggumalla Prasad Rao’, today expressed profound sorrow and distress over the tragic drowning of three young boys from Motlapalli village, Krishnapuram Panchayat, in V. Kota Mandal, located within his Chittoor parliamentary constituency. The incident occurred when the boys reportedly went for a swim in a local pond.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
School students in India fail to apply abstract math in real life scenarios, points out study by Nobel laureates
Teaching practices in India fail to teach school students strategies to do mathematics in real-world settings, according to findings from a study titled Children’s arithmetic skills do not transfer between applied and academic math, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday (February 5, 2025).
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Trump gets key wins at Supreme Court on immigration, despite some misgivings
The U.S. Supreme Court swept away this week another obstacle to one of President Donald Trump's most aggressively pursued policies - mass deportation - again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Amid a delay in holding Census, vital reports on births and deaths pending since 2020
With the decadal Census exercise pending since 2021 and unlikely to be conducted this year, at least two other key reports on births and deaths in the country have not been released by the Union Home Ministry for the past five years.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
SEBI confirms ban on LS Industries, key individuals amid fraud investigation
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has confirmed the suspension of LS Industries, its promoter Profound Finance, and four other individuals from participating in the securities markets.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Revenue conferences as platforms for resolving land issues: Collector Jitesh V. Patil.
(Indian Chronicle) District Collector Jitesh V. Patil has instructed officials to make Bhubharati revenue conferences platforms for resolving revenueand land-related issues.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Despite torn spikes, teenager Pooja leaps to high jump gold at Asian Athletics – and is leading a revolution in her village
Even a torn spike, patched up using Kinesiology tape, didn’t deter teenage high jumper Pooja from taking aim at the women’s national record of 1.92 metres at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
How to know when your child is phone-ready and manage it
Parents often have difficulty in deciding when to give their children their first smartphone. Safety concerns, particularly around travel to and from school, or being home after school without a parent, often drive this decision. And the pressure increases if their child’s friends already own a phone.Parents need to be aware of the concerns about children’s well-being around technology, including potential harms to mental health, if they are exposed to inappropriate content, bullying or simply use the phone too much.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
OPPO Licenses Cellular Standard-Essential Patents to Volkswagen Group for Connected Vehicles
Hyderabad: Leading smart device company OPPO today announced the signing of a global patent licensing agreement with Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (hereafter referred to as Volkswagen) to license OPPO's cellular standard-essential patents portfolio to the group, including 5G.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Yoga Andhra 2025 Preparatory Programs Grandly Held at Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam
\"\"*June 6 Indian Chronicle Rayalaseema co-ordinator \"\"As part of the prestigious \"Yoga Andhra 2025\" program being conducted statewide, the teaching staff of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam enthusiastically participated in a yoga session today, performing various yogasanas.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
'I'll never be 'Mr-I-apologise' too much': Kagiso Rabada on recent drug suspension
Kagiso Rabada said that he has discussed his recent doping suspension with his South Africa teammates ahead of the WTC final. (AP) Kagiso Rabada said that he has discussed his recent doping suspension with his South Africa teammates ahead of the WTC final. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada has opened up on his recent one-month suspension for recreational drug use, confirming that he has cleared the air as much as possible with his national teammates and is willing to discuss the incident further if required ahead of their maiden ICC World Test Championship final in London in the second week of June.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Experts to farmers: Punjab’s draft agri policy gets universal thumbs up
PolicyDespite three policy drafts on Agriculture over the past decade, Punjab still lacks an official agriculture policy, said Prof Ranjit Singh Ghuman, a renowned agricultural economist.Even as the state government continues to delay the adoption of its Punjab Agriculture Policy-2023, experts across disciplines have hailed the draft as an excellent document with some limitations that can be removed at the time of implementation.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
PhonePe to Launch UPI Payments for New Feature Phone Users
Hyderabad:PhonePe Limited (“PhonePe”), today announced an IP purchase of conversational engagement platform Gupshup's proprietary ‘GSPay’ technology stack for enabling UPI-based payments for feature phones.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Staff should ensure that pregnant women give birth in government hospitals. ITDA Project Officer B. Rahul"
Supervisors, ANMs, and ASHA workers working under PHCs should coordinate and take special responsibility to ensure that pregnant women who come to PHCs do not go to private hospitals and give birth in government hospitals, said ITDA Project Officer B. Rahul.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Delhi Police make one more arrest in espionage case
The Delhi Police arrested one more person from Rajasthan on Friday in connection with the espionage case registered with the Special Cell, officials said.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Why Mumbaikars queue up daily at this 86-year-old iconic vada pav outlet near CST
Around six every evening, a long queue begins to form opposite Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Breach in Punjab’s Abohar-Malukpura canal within 24 hours of water release sparks farmers’ fury
Farmers are questioning the efficiency and intent of the canal cleaning operations Farmers are questioning the efficiency and intent of the canal cleaning operations A 100-foot-wide breach in Punjab’s Abohar-Malukpura canal, reported on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, widened rapidly to nearly 200 feet, sparking fresh outrage among farmers just as paddy transplantation was set to begin.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu Extends a Lifeline with 75,000 CMRF Assistance to Ailing Begumpet Resident.
In a heartfelt gesture exemplifying compassion and swift governance, Hon'ble Minister for IT, Industries, and Legislative Affairs, Shri Duddilla Sridhar Babu Garu, has sanctioned a Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) grant of ?75,000 to aid Ms. Ayithoju Ramya, a resident of Begumpet village, Ramagiri Mandal, under Manthani Constituency, who is currently undergoing critical medical treatment at NIMS Hospital, Hyderabad.
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Journalist Leaders Met Newly Appointed TTD Chief Vigilance & Security Officer
\"June 6 Indian Chronicle Rayalaseema co-ordinator \"Journalist leaders from the Andhra Pradesh Media Federation and prominent senior journalists today extended their congratulations to *Murali Krishna*, who has recently assumed charge as the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer (CVSO) for the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
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June 07, 2025
Indian Chronicle
Trump says he plans to double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he planned to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to 50% from 25%, ratcheting up pressure on global steel producers and deepening his trade war.\"We are going to be imposing a 25% increase. We're going to bring it from 25% to 50% - the tariffs on steel into the United States of America, which will even further secure the steel industry in the United States,\" he said at a rally in Pennsylvania. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here.Trump announced the higher tariffs just outside Pittsburgh, where he was talking up an agreement between Nippon Steel. Trump said the $14.9 billion deal, like the tariff increase, will help keep jobs for steel workers in the U.S.He later posted on social media that the increased tariff would also apply to aluminum products and that it would take effect on Wednesday.
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