Indian travelers won’t need a transit visa for a layover at any German airport starting from June 3. Germany announced that Indian nationals will no longer require a transit visa when traveling to another country with a layover at a German airport. The new rule come into effect on June 3. “This implements a result…

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This line, attributed to Barack Obama, frequently appears in leadership write-ups, interviews, and motivational pieces, typically in contexts where people discuss setbacks and recovery. It is not framed as something dramatic or abstract. It reads more like something said from experience, where failure is treated as something that simply happens in the course of doing…

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Representative image (Photo credit: AP) Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since World War II in May, highlighting the deepening economic crisis facing ordinary citizens as the country grapples with the fallout of conflict, sanctions and long-standing structural problems.According to data released by Iran’s Central Bank, the consumer price index rose 77.2…

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TOI correspondent from Washington: Historians may someday conclude that US President Donald Trump‘s greatest contribution to American political discourse was not immigration enforcement or peace treaty, or even a trade war. It may have been a painstaking seminar on how he coined the word “Dumocrats.“In several interviews and speeches over the past week, Trump has…

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TOI correspondent from Washington: One day US President Donald Trump declares that prolonged negotiations with Iran are “boring.” The next day he predicts a breakthrough agreement “within a week.” On another, he hints that military action remains very much on the table.In between, according to an explosive new report by Axios, Trump unleashed a profanity-laced…

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the appointment of William J Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as the interim Director of National Intelligence (DNI), ahead of Tulsi Gabbard’s departure from the post to care for her cancer-stricken husband.Also Read | From surf buddies to soulmates: How Tulsi Gabbard and…

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Some USCIS officers have begun asking green-card applicants why they chose Adjustment of Status (AOS) rather than consular processing abroad following the agency’s controversial May 22 policy memo, according to immigration attorneys.Attorneys told TOI that while several field officers are questioning applicants on why they did not pursue immigrant visa processing in their home country,…

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Indian-origin entrepreneur and The Apprentice winner Karishma Vijay became emotional and appeared to break down in tears while opening up about body insecurities and mental health struggles, saying the pressures of a life-changing year have left her exhausted.The 29-year-old won a £250,000 investment from Alan Sugar earlier this year for her skincare brand Kishkin after…

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For decades, archaeologists suspected that a strange landscape hidden in the Spanish Pyrenees was more than a product of nature. Deep trenches, artificial ravines and enormous excavated areas hinted at a forgotten human story buried beneath the mountains. Now, researchers have confirmed that the site, known as Guilleteres d’All in northeastern Spain, was once a…

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The UK government has revoked travel authorisations for pro-Palestinian figures Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, preventing them from entering the country ahead of scheduled speaking engagements in London.The pair had been due to participate in the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in London and speak at the Oxford Union this week.In a statement to CNN,…

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