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Saudi Aramco Achieves 70% Local Content Milestone in Supply Chain, Boosting Saudi Vision 2030 Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals company, has announced a major breakthrough in its In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) programme by achieving a 70% local content benchmark in its supply chain, a milestone that underscores the Kingdom’s push…

Indian expat Rajan Lall hits the $1 million Dubai Duty Free jackpot at 79 / Image: @DubaiDutyFree For UAE-based businessman and Bollywood producer Rajan Lall, the number 79 will forever be synonymous with luck. Just six days after celebrating his 79th birthday on February 8, Lall received a life-changing phone call. He was announced as…

Oman sets Ramadan’s first fasting day on February 19, 2026, using scientific moon data / Image: AI In a landmark announcement on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the Sultanate of Oman became the first nation to officially declare the starting date for the holy month of Ramadan. The Main Committee for Moon Sighting, under the Ministry…

Greg Steube’s proposed Exile Act is the latest in the list of legislation proposing to end the H-1B visa program. In the past few months, several US lawmakers came up with similar proposals under different names — all targeting the visa program that allows US companies to hire skilled specialty workers fromforeign countries. EXILE Act…

TOI Correspondent from London: Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into an “American-style” stabbing of two boys, aged 12 and 13, at Kingsbury High School in northwest London.Police were called at 12.40 pm local time on Tuesday to reports of a stabbing at the comprehensive secondary school in Kingsbury. Armed police were on the scene…

While consular officers can deny visas after going through the social media history of the applicants, it can happen to Green Card applicants too, New Jersey-based immigration lawyer Abhisha Parikh said. And this can even include old dating app activities as well. The case of Indian CEO Jasveer Singh being denied a B1/B2 visa has…

A Georgia man who spent more than six weeks in jail after being accused of trying to kidnap a toddler at a Walmart has filed a federal lawsuit claiming wrongful prosecution and civil rights violations.57-year-old Mahendra Patel of Acworth, Georgia, was arrested in March 2025 after a shopper told police he tried to abduct her…

The Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) and HinduAction hosted a congressional briefing highlighting testimonies from witnesses and activists who described the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh under Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus as a coordinated violence.The report came just a day ahead of the Bangladesh contested February 12 national election. The event featured journalists,…

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday said that Moscow will continue to observe the limits set under the New START nuclear arms control treaty, even after its expiry, as long as the United States adheres to the same restrictions.The New START treaty formally expired on February 5, leaving the world’s two largest nuclear powers…

31-year-old Sukhwinder Sidhu, an Indian-origin trucker in Ontario, pleaded guilty before the trial of the August 2023 crash is scheduled to begin this month. Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul was killed in the crash as Sidhu’s speeding truck crashed into the back of several vehicles, including Paul’s. It was a multiple-vehicle pileup caused by Sidhu,…