Donald Trump's proposed $5 million Gold Card visa program is generating significant buzz among Indian professionals, particularly those in the tech, finance, and healthcare sectors. Despite the lack of official launch and legislative support, the initiative has attracted considerable interest.
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The CUET UG 2025 result has been officially declared by the National Testing Agency. Over 13 lakh candidates can now check their scorecards on cuet.nta.nic.in or through the direct result link. The scores will be used for admissions across 243 universities, including DU, BHU, JNU, and AMU. This year’s results are based on normalised percentiles, and include postponed papers such as Tamil, Urdu, and accountancy. Counselling and admission processes will begin shortly.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 14-year-old, made the fastest century in Youth ODIs. He scored a 52-ball century against England U19. Earlier, he became the youngest T20 centurion in IPL 2025. Suryavanshi now aims to score a double-century in his next match. He was inspired by Shubman Gill's innings at Edgbaston. He wants to bat longer for his team's benefit.
India strategically utilised Ravindra Jadeja's quick over before lunch, enabling Washington Sundar to dismiss Ben Stokes with the final ball. Akash Deep's impressive spell with the new ball rattled England early on Day 5, exploiting seam movement and claiming crucial wickets.
LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan's recent remarks about contesting the Bihar assembly polls with a "Bihar First, Bihari First" agenda have stirred political waters. Despite being an NDA ally, his statements seem to target Nitish Kumar's leadership. Paswan aims to win considerable seats so that he can have a greater say in deciding NDA's leadership in Bihar post assembly elections.
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