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For the 725,000 Indian immigrants living in the U.S. without a visa, the third-largest group of undocumented immigrants, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on immigration brings much-needed relief. It eases the path to employment and citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, or ‘dreamers’, that is, undocumented residents who were brought to the US as children. Around 2,000 of such “dreamers” in the US are Indian, and they are now eligible to apply for employment-based visas, like the H1-B. The executive order also lifted some application requirements for undocumented spouses of US citizens. However, for the nearly…
Actor Lisa Kudrow says colleague Sandra Bullock once confused her with her F.R.I.E.N.D.S alter ego Phoebe Buffay. Sandra Bullock, known for Miss Congeniality films, The Proposal, and Two Weeks Notice, is an ardent fan of the iconic NBC TV series which ran for 10 seasons between 1994 to 2004.In a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host Anthony Anderson, Kudrow recalled an incident in which Bullock accidently addressed her as Phoebe, the oddball of the group of six friends.”I just love this. I was at a big party and I was talking to Sandra Bullock – name-dropping, I have…
He was beaming when the Vikram Lander part of the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission touched down on the moon surface on August 23 last year. But his smile was brighter as he received today his PhD degree at the 61st Convocation of IIT-Madras. S Somanath, an aerospace engineer and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, is now ‘Dr’ Somanath. Somanath in Sanskrit means ‘Lord of the Moon’ and the ISRO chief, who led India’s big mission to the moon, is now over the moon after his doctorate. Dr Somanath already had nearly a dozen honorary PhDs, thanks to his work…
Actor Kartik Aaryan has earning accolades for his role in Chandu Champion since its release. Apart from his acting prowess, he amazed everyone with his dramatic physical transformation for the role of athlete Murlikant Petkar, reportedly dedicating 18 months to achieve it. As the film completes one month of its release, Kartik recently took to Instagram to share Behind The Scenes photos from his rigorous training sessions. Alongside these snapshots, he penned a heartfelt appreciation note. In the photos, Kartik proudly displays his toned physique, standing beside his devoted trainer, acknowledging their collaborative effort in attaining his fitness goals.View this post…
New day, new poster of Ulajh. On Friday, the makers shared new poster from the film on social media. The first one features Janhvi Kapoor with a file that has “conspiracy” written on it. The other ones feature her co-stars Gulshan Devaiah, Roshan Mathew, Rajesh Tailang, Meiyang Chang sneaking in on her. Janhvi Kapoor captioned the post, “Every whisper is a lie. Every friend is a trap. Every clue is a betrayal.” The film features Janhvi Kapoor as a young officer in the Indian Foreign Services, who is tangled in a web of lies, deceit, betrayal and a conspiracy. The…
Triptii Dimri’s rumoured boyfriend, Sam Merchant, is her biggest cheerleader. Need proof? Head straight to his Instagram handle. To give a shoutout to Triptii’s film Bad Newz, the model-turned-businessman shared a special video in his Instagram Stories. From inside a theatre, Sam shared a small clip from the film’s song Tauba Tauba. We can see Vicky Kaushal dancing on the big screen. In his caption, Sam tagged his rumoured girlfriend and wrote, “Great performance. Thoroughly entertaining. Ufff.” He also attached a red heart to his caption. In addition to Triptii and Vicky, Bad Newz also features Ammy Virk in a key role. The film…
Microsoft makes “third-rate products” – Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ damning assessment of the Seattle-based software giant, made back in 1995, went viral Friday as the company battles a major Windows outage issue that has affected millions of users, including commercial services like airlines. Microsoft Inc. said the error was due to a recent CrowdStrike update, and that it is working recover all affected services. In a detailed post on X the company said it is also “working on rerouting impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion”. Meanwhile, as the company races to resolve the…
Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw today said the government is “in touch” with the US tech giant Microsoft regarding the global outage that has affected multiple sectors across the world. In a post on X, the Minister also said the reason for the Microsoft outage has been “identified” and updates have been released to resolve the issue. “NIC network is not affected,” Mr Vaishnaw said, referring to the National Informatics Centre’s (NIC) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) network, NICNET, which is a pan-India communication network that provides services to the central and state governments. MEITY is in…
In its first statement after the massive Microsoft outage caused by an update to CrowdStrike ‘Falcon Sensor’, the security firm’s CEO has said the issue has been isolated and a fix has been deployed. The bug has affected many stock exchanges, supermarkets and flight operations across the globe. Users are experiencing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, which is causing their systems to shut down or restart unexpectedly. In a statement on X, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that the company is working with customers who have been impacted by a defect found in a single content update for…
The makers of Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba released the new posters of the film, on Wednesday afternoon. One of the poster features Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey holding hands as Sunny Kaushal stands by their side. The second poster features Taapsee and Sunny Kaushal standing hand-in-hand and they are third-wheeled by Vikrant Massey. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba is a sequel to the film Haseen Dilruba. The film featured Taapsee and Vikrant along with Harshvardhan Rane. Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba is a murder mystery within a twisted love story.Sharing the poster on social media, Taapsee Pannu wrote, “Khoon ko mitaye ye…