Yashwi Thakur

[ad_1] A Reddit user who spent 15 years in the US shared the pitfalls of being an H-1B visa holder. While US tech workers are raging against H-1B visa holders for stealing their jobs, a Reddit post of a H-1B visa holder has grabbed the attention as the person sought advice on moving back to India -- after 15 years. The person came to the US as a student and then started working but now after 15 years, the user feels tired of restrictions. The restrictions that come being an H-1B visa holder. "Can't go anywhere, can't start my business," the Reddit post read. "The title and I want to work as a Product Manager. Do you think there will be problem in getting jobs in India? Backstory- I 37F, came to the US as a student in 2010, right […]

[ad_1] What Hajj and Eid al-Adha mean to muslims: A journey of faith and sacrifice in Islam Each year, millions of Muslims from across the globe gather in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca that represents one of the five central pillars of Islam. It is not merely a physical journey but a profound spiritual awakening—an act of devotion, equality, and renewal. For many pilgrims, Hajj is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream, one that requires months, if not years, of planning, saving, and spiritual preparation.According to The Economic Times report, this year, Hajj 2025 will begin on Wednesday, June 4, coinciding with the 8th day of Dhul-Hijja, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. As global travel stabilizes after recent years of pandemic-induced restrictions, Saudi authorities are expecting a record turnout of over 2 […]

[ad_1] Harvard University on Monday asked a federal judge to issue a summary judgment ordering the unfreezing of $2.5 billion in federal research funding that has been halted by the Trump administration, which Harvard says is illegal.The university contends that the freeze jeopardizes over 950 critical research projects, including those related to national security and public health. In a filing with the US district court in Boston, Harvard argues that the funding suspension is both unlawful and politically motivated. The university asserts that the freeze violates its rights to free speech and due process and undermines academic independence.Trump has been attempting to force change at Harvard and other top American universities, because of his view that these have been captured by the left-wing woke and has led to the rise of antisemitism. The Trump administration has not yet responded to […]

[ad_1] Zohran Mamdani strongly reacted to a deportation threat from a GOP councilwoman. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, who is running for the New York City mayoral race, torched the Republicans and President Donald Trump after a Republican councilwoman called for his deportation. Mamdani, a New York state assembly member, is an Indian-Ugandan-American who became a US citizen after 2016 -- during Donald Trump's first term. Mamdani's father Mahmood Mamdani is an India-born Ugandan academic and his mother Mira Nair is an Indian-American filmmaker. In 2019, Mamdani campaigned for Bernie Sanders for 2020 and said he was excited, as 2020 would be his first presidential vote as he was not a US citizen in 2016. "I couldn’t vote for @BernieSanders in 2016 because I wasn’t a citizen yet, but I can’t wait for my first presidential vote to be for him […]

[ad_1] Green card holders may not be able to buy land in Ohio if a proposed bill gets passed. A bill proposed by Ohio lawmakers could prohibit some green card holders from certain countries from purchasing land across the state. The bill adheres to America First policy, Ohio state representative Angel King (R), one of the sponsors of the bill, told Newsweek. The existing green card holders who already have a property are can't purchase a new property within the bill's outlined 25-mile radius, King said.Introduced by Representatives King and Roy Klopfenstein, House Bill 1, seeks to limit who can be a land owner. "This is about protecting our obligation to keep our power stations, water treatment plants, and gas lines safe from surveillance and espionage," King said.The aim is to save Ohio land from foreign citizens especially from countries […]

[ad_1] A post on X slammed Costco for its obvious bias for H-1B workers. A job posting for Costco, the retail chain, has gone viral as social media users pointed that US companies are now not even hiding that they want H-1Bs over Americans, as that is cheaper for them. "If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas," the job posting said. A social media user decoded the post and said it clearly wants foreign workers who already have work authorization like a green card which allows the company to avoid visa sponsorship costs. But the company is pretending that Americans can also apply, conforming to the corporate […]

[ad_1] Three sisters missing in Washington (Image credits: X @ktwx) A search is underway in Washington for three young sisters who were last seen during a scheduled visit with their father on Friday, according to the Wenatchee police department.Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8; and Olivia Decker, 5, were last seen on Friday shortly after 5.30 pm when they went to visit their father, 32-year-old Travis Decker, Travis Decker is currently homeless and is believed to be living out of his white 2017 GMC Sierra truck or staying at motels and campgrounds in the area.The girls’ mother, Whitney Decker, is asking for the public’s help in finding them.“Last night at 8 pm Travis was supposed to drop the girls back off with me and never showed,” Whitney said in a Facebook post on Saturday. “The cops have him going north […]

[ad_1] Hassan Chokr tried to buy assault weapons (Image credits: X @nypost) A Michigan man, Hassan Chokr, accused of planning an attack on a Jewish daycare and attempting to illegally purchase assault weapons after making threats, pleaded guilty to federal gun charges.Chokr entered his plea on May 28 and now faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.Hassan Chokr, 35, was out on bail when he drove through the parking lot of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, outside Detroit, and shouted antisemitic slurs and threats as parents dropped off their kids in December 2022, according to federal authorities.Chokr then drove to a gun store in his hometown of Dearborn and tried to purchase three semiautomatic weapons, a Del-Ton AR-15-style rifle, a Landor Arms automatic shotgun, and a Glock pistol. Chokr […]

[ad_1] The Berlin Administrative Court on Monday ruled that the rejection of asylum-seekers at border controls is unlawful unless carried out under the EU's Dublin procedure.The urgent decision is a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has pledged to crack down on migration. Shortly after taking office last month, Chancellor Merz's government advised police that they could turn back irregular migrants at the border, even if they applied for asylum.What do we know about the case?The ruling came in the case of three Somali nationals who were turned back to Poland on May 9 under the new German regulation.The court said such rejections bypass the necessary legal steps and violate asylum rights."Persons who express the wish to seek asylum while at a border check on German territory may not be sent back" before it is known which country is responsible […]

[ad_1] Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, US Special Envoy to Syria (AP) ISTANBUL: The United States has begun reducing its military presence in Syria with a view to eventually closing all but one of its bases there, the US envoy for the country has said in an interview.Six months after the ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, the United States is steadily drawing down its presence as part of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), a military task force launched in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group (IS)."The reduction of our OIR engagement on a military basis is happening," the US envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, said in an interview with Turkey's NTV late on Monday."We've gone from eight bases to five to three. We'll eventually go to one."But he admitted Syria still faced major security challenges under interim […]