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Students at IIT Delhi staged a rare campus protest after the death of 31-year-old MSc Physics student Rishikesh, with demonstrators demanding accountability from the administration and an independent inquiry into student safety and mental health concerns.
Textile processing units in Surat have decided to scale down operations by shutting factories for two days each week, as the industry struggles with a growing labour shortage and increasing production costs.
The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed a new $103,265 fee for certain cap-subject H-1B petitions, a move that could significantly increase the cost for employers seeking to hire foreign skilled workers.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has accused the Union government of failing to honour commitments made after its Jantar Mantar protest ended in July. The group said its National Working Committee will meet on August 24 to decide its next course of action and hinted at a possible fresh protest.
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The diplomatic signal comes as Iran-backed Houthi forces push deeper into Yemen's highlands and tensions rise around the Red Sea and Gulf.
A Pune civil engineer who once travelled to Kota hoping to enter an IIT allegedly turned his own unfulfilled dream into an admission racket, targeting anxious parents with promises of engineering seats at reputed colleges.
The United States has warned countries against helping Iran bypass sanctions, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek.
Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar has directed the intelligence wing to strengthen protest-related intelligence gathering after a large July demonstration exposed gaps in crowd assessment, communication and police preparedness.
A large crowd gathered in Delhi for the ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’, with Rapid Action Force and Delhi Police deployed as protesters remained at Jantar Mantar beyond the permitted time. Several protesters were reportedly detained.
Asian refiners are sending record volumes of diesel to Africa as Middle Eastern fuel shipments fall sharply because of shipping disruptions, security threats and refinery outages linked to the regional conflict.
Union Minister JP Nadda met a delegation of reservation-reform activists after the August 21 Jantar Mantar protest. Activist Ajeet Bharti criticised the meeting, alleging that the government's outreach failed to address the movement's core demands.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe secretly traveled to Moscow and met Russian intelligence officials, according to the Kremlin, as US-Russia relations remain strained and Ukraine peace talks remain stalled.
