The United States has reportedly told India that it may cap the number of H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally. However, the US state department has denied Washington is planning such a move.
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The IAF announced that the mortal remains of 13 crew members of the ill-fated An-32 plane have been recovered from the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Nitish Kumar visited Muzzaffarpur district for the first time since an outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome 17 days ago and was met by a crowd of angry parents and protesters chanting “wapas jao (go back)”.
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The death toll is steadily rising in Bihar’s encephalitis outbreak with as many as 100 children losing their lives after falling prey to the disease, so far. Hundreds more have been admitted in various hospitals in the state’s Muzaffarpur district with acute encephalitis syndrome.
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she has accepted all demands made by the striking doctors and asked them to return to work immediately. This comes after the striking doctors refused to meet Banerjee at her office.
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At least five policemen were killed when suspected Maoists attacked a police patrol party in an area under West Bengal’s Tiruldih police station in the Jharkhand-Bengal border. After killing the policemen, the Maoists fled with their weapons.
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After the doctors’ strike that started from Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital following assault of junior doctors by the family members of a patient who died, junior doctors in several states boycotted work affecting medical services.
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In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said nations sponsoring, aiding and supporting terrorism must be held accountable. He added that India stands for a terrorism-free society.
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