Новости за 31.03.2021

The union home ministry's recent notification on the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) has raised some concerns over employment benefits for OCIs. While the scheme provides work permit as well as lifelong visa facilities, the new rules could create some administrative problems in terms of employment for both OCI cardholders seeking jobs as well as their employers.

An elementary school in the US state of Texas will be named after an Indian-American trailblazer Sonal Bhucher so that her legacy in education and philanthropy continues for generations to come, according to a statement.

While many of the students in the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, that was declared as the state’s biggest Covid cluster, have returned home after getting an RT-PCR negative report, students who are currently on campus are beginning to feel lonely and powerless, and are living in constant uncertainty.

The Assam health department has come up with a roadmap to start a massive vaccination drive to inoculate adults aged 45 years and above from April 1, starting from the health sub-centres in villages to district and private hospitals to resist the fresh threat of virus infection.

Police here have registered a case against a couple from Bihar and others for allegedly cheating a man from Hisar of Rs 30 lakh on the promise of providing his daughter admission to the MBBS course at Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health College in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

After a fire broke out at a Covid care centre in Mumbai, the Karnataka government has instructed all district health officials to do an audit of all Covid care units in their respective districts and submit a report within seven days.

A woman police officer in Mayurbhanj district was suspended on Monday for allegedly forcing an eight-month pregnant woman to walk nearly three km under the scorching sun to reach Sarat police station on Sunday. The pregnant woman’s only fault was that she had not worn a helmet while riding pillion on her husband’s bike.

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has pushed for a massive $10 trillion investment plans over a decade to re-industrialise the country. Khanna also supported Biden's move to raise rates on those making over $400,000, and raising top marginal rates on them.

From gym trainers and beauticians to counsellors and head hunters, thousands of service providers in the city lost a steady source of income as well as a regular daily routine when the pandemic and the lockdown struck last year.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Rupa Ranga Puttagunta as a federal judge, among 10 other diverse picks for top judicial positions which include African-American and Muslim-American candidates.