Yashwi Thakur

[ad_1] Indian-origin woman Shalini Singh went missing in Canada in December. The Hamilton Police found some partial human remains at a landfill and they suspect that the remains probably belong to Indian-origin woman, Shalini Singh, who was missing since December. Police are awaiting DNA confirmation, which can take weeks, the CBC reported. Shalini Singh’s family members reported her missing on December 10, 2024. According to the information provided at the time of her disappearance, Singh, a mental health care worker, last spoke with her family on December 4. She was last seen entering her apartment two days before that, on December 2.Homicide detectives have been conducting an extensive search for Singh at the Glanbrook Landfill on Haldibrook Road since February 24. The search was initially meant to conclude on April 18, but was extended by two weeks, CBC reported.Shalini Singh's […]

[ad_1] Suspension on visa will be brief and students should continue to check for any slot opening, the State Department said. The US administration has said that the suspension on interviews for student visa applications is temporary and the spots might open "sooner than later" and hence the students must keep on checking the site. "So if you’ve applied for a visa, and you want to, please do. Then if there’s no – if you’re not getting an appointment, just – there’s an online system. You continually recheck to see when those spots might open," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said. The department has suspended all visa interviews to widen social media vetting of foreign students looking to study in America. The decision came amid government's crackdown on international students -- arrest of foreign students, the administration seeking the records […]

[ad_1] JD Vance said what he thinks about foreign students in US. Vice President JD Vance broke his silence amid the ongoing H-1B row and the controversy over the Donald Trump administration's crackdown on universities. In an interview with the Newsmax, Vance dismissed criticisms that the crackdown will lead to an academic brain drain in the US. "First of all, I've heard a lot of the criticisms, the fear that we're going to have a brain drain," Vance said. "If you go back to the '50s and '60s, the American space program, the program that was the first to put a human being on the surface of the moon, was built by American citizens — some German and Jewish scientists who had come over during World War II, but mostly, by American citizens who built an incredible space program with […]

[ad_1] The only daughter of Chinese President Xi Jinping and renowned soprano Peng Liyuan, Xi Mingze has spent most of her life cloaked in secrecy. From carefully staged public appearances to tightly controlled media coverage, her existence has been shielded by the full weight of the Chinese state. Yet, in what now seems like a geopolitical paradox, Xi’s daughter spent her formative academic years in the United States—under the radar, but very much within its borders.Early Education and the Road to HarvardXi Mingze began her academic journey at Hangzhou Foreign Language School (2006–2008), where she studied French, before briefly enrolling at Zhejiang University. Like many children of China’s political elite, she was quietly groomed for overseas education—particularly in the West, where brand-name universities serve as both a rite of passage and a marker of status.In 2010, she enrolled at Harvard […]

[ad_1] Megha Vimuri was called a 'woke Hindu' on X as she spoke about Palestine in her graduation speech. Indian-origin Megha Vemuri who the limelight as she chose to speak against Israel at the MIT commencement ceremony received a lot of hatred on social media. As the class president, Vemuri condemned the university's ties to Israel's military and defense industry and called it a 'shame' that MIT is a part of it. "Megha Vemuri, President Class of 2025, MIT & a woke deracinated Hindu used her graduation speech podium to speak for “Palestine” instead of talking about her batch. It’s incredible how these same woke Hindus choose to ignore plight of Bangladeshis Hindus," one wrote. "What does the Israel-Palestine conflict have to do with a graduation speech? Has bashing Israel become a fashion statement or a shortcut to fame? I […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk has always been open about taking drugs but he denied ever overdoing it. Elon Musk's daily medication box with which he travels has about 20 pills, including stimulant Adderall that is marked separately, a New York Times report claimed citing those who have seen the box. The report chronicled Musk's brief stint in the government that started with Musk throwing himself into the campaign and ended with him exiting the Department of Government Efficiency -- a brainchild of his. The report sad that this period coincided with Musk's family drama along with his heavy drug use. People familiar wit his activities confirmed to the Times that he was using drugs far more intensely than previously known. Elon Musk told people he was taking so much ketamine that it was affecting his bladder, the report said. He also […]

[ad_1] Hunger crisis persists in Gaza as Israel imposes a full blockade under Netanyahu's rule. The United Nations has declared that Gaza is now the only place on Earth where every single person is at risk of famine Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, said on Friday, "Gaza is the hungriest place on earth.""It's the only defined area, a country or defined territory within a country, where you have the entire population at risk of famine. 100 percent of the population at risk of famine."His statement comes as scenes of desperation and lawlessness grip the enclave. In Gaza City, seven police officers were reportedly killed by an Israeli air strike while trying to control looting in a marketplace. According to the Hamas-run interior ministry, the officers had been deployed to restore order but were targeted while confronting […]

[ad_1] 'There's a shark in the pond!': 20-foot predator startles Rhode Island diners (Video credit: atlantic_shark) Memorial Day diners at a popular seaside restaurant on Block Island were treated to more than just seafood this week, they witnessed a massive 20-foot shark gliding through the calm waters of Great Salt Pond, just feet away from a small boat.The startling scene was captured on video by local resident Jen Seebeck, who was eating at Dead Eye Dicks, a waterfront restaurant overlooking the pond. The footage shows the shark’s enormous dorsal and tail fins cutting through the surface as onlookers gasp. At least one person can be heard shouting the now-iconic phrase from the 1975 film Jaws, “There’s a shark in the pond!”The Atlantic Shark Institute, which reported the sighting, said the shark’s species has not yet been identified, but estimated its […]

[ad_1] A man was brutally attacked by the tiger (Video credits: X/Sidharth Shukla) An Indian man was brutally attacked by a tiger at an Animal Park in Thailand. The shocking incident was recorded and shared across multiple platforms in social media. The video has gathered widespread reactions from several social media users and have reignited the debate of animal cruelty and wildlife ethics. In the video, a man is seen walking beside a tiger. He suddenly stopped and attempted to take a selfie with the animal. However, the tiger became aggressive and attacked him. Another person, who appeared to be an animal caregiver, quickly stepped in and tried to control the tiger. The man suffered minor injuries in the incident.The video was shared on X by an user Sidharth Shukla on May 29. In the caption, the user wrote, " […]

[ad_1] Kids scream, cry 'stop' as adults throw punches at each other at Arkansas kindergarten graduation (Video credit: WREG) What should have been a heartwarming celebration of young students' achievements turned into a scene of chaos and disgrace on Wednesday, when a kindergarten graduation ceremony at Faulk Elementary erupted into a violent brawl between parents.Video footage from inside the school shows several adults throwing punches in a crowded hallway as frightened children scream and cry in the background. Some kids can be heard pleading “stop,” while other parents scramble to shield their children and remove them from the melee.What started as an argument quickly escalated, with both women and men caught in the fray. Two men initially appeared to attempt to break up the fight but soon joined the chaos, throwing punches of their own, according to video obtained by […]