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      6 January

      Immigration rights network urges Biden admin not to move forward with proposed fee hikes

      The National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), a network of 60 immigrant rights organizations across 40 states in the US, has urged the Biden administration to reject the proposed regulations relating to fee-hikes for a variety of immigration benefits – be it employment or family visas or even obtaining employment authorisation permits. If this revision goes into effect, it will disproportionately impact low-income and working communities seeking green cards or family reunions through non-immigrant petitions and employment-related visas, said NPNA. It urged individuals and organizations to comments against the proposed rule during the 60 day open period. “Citizenship and other immigration benefits remain out of reach for so many lower-income individuals that even nominal fee increases will exacerbate current disparities…

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    • 6 January

      Rishi Sunak set to announce anti-strike laws as train driver walkouts bring Britain to standstill

      The Prime Minister is expected to bring forward his updated “minimum service levels” legislation which the Government hopes will crackdown on disruptive walkouts.  The original laws would only have applied to the transport network but they are reportedly being expanded to also cover areas including education, the NHS and border security.  Strikes which fail to maintain a minimum service would be deemed illegal and employers would be able to sue unions, according to The Times.  Meanwhile, union staff who are asked to work to ensure the minimum service is provided but who refuse to do so could reportedly be sacked. Mr Sunak said yesterday that the Government would have more to say on the anti-strike laws in the “coming days”…

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    • 5 January

      You can’t insult Hyderabadi by saying biryani is tiffin: Satya Nadella

       Microsoft Executive Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella had a disagreement with ChatGPT after the software called ‘biryani’ one of the popular tiffin items. Nadella asked ChatGPT, popular AI-enabled software, and a chat robot, to name the most popular south Indian tiffin items in the future and it came up with the usual breakfast items–idli, dosa, and vada. Biryani was among the options and the wide-eyed Nadella told ChatGPT that the software cannot insult Hyderabadi’s intelligence by calling biryani South Indian tiffin. And according to him, the software apologised, and to keep the dialogue going after this, he asked ChatGPT to create a play between idli and dosa over who was better. Hyderabad-born Nadella was speaking at the Future Ready Technology Summit in Bengaluru on Wednesday and…

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    • 5 January

      Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID cases surge

      Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as Covid-19 surges in China`s capital Beijing. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city`s east was packed with newly arrived patients on Thursday. By mid-morning beds had run out, even as ambulances continued to bring those in need. Hard-pressed nurses and doctors rushed to take information and triage the most urgent cases. The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on the economy and prompted street protests not seen since the late 1980s. It also comes as the the European…

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    • 5 January

      Turkey’s Erdogan presses Putin to declare ‘unilateral’ ceasefire in Ukraine

      Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to announce a “unilateral” ceasefire in the war-ravaged Ukraine.  “President Erdogan said that calls for peace and negotiations should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision for a fair solution,” Erdogan’s office quoted the Turkish president as saying during a telephonic conversation with Putin.  Later on Thursday, the Turkish president was scheduled to hold a separate meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Erdogan has been trying to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv, as he shares good relations with both countries, to end the war.  Two initial rounds of peace talks were hosted by Turkey as the nation helped finalise an UN-supported agreement for restoring the delivery…

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    • 5 January

      EU advises pre-flight Covid tests on passengers from China

      Brussels: The European Union on Wednesday “strongly encouraged” its member states to impose pre-departure COVID-19 testing of passengers from China, in a move that is likely to upset Beijing and has already been criticised by the global airline industry. Following a week of talks between EU health experts, the bloc stopped short of fully imposing on all 27 member states such a travel restriction that members like Italy, France and Spain had already implemented. China has already vehemently rejected such actions and has warned of “countermeasures” if such policies were to be imposed across the bloc. The Chinese government and European health experts have said there is no pressing need for any blanket restrictions on travel since the coronavirus variants emerging…

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    • 5 January

      Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirms to lay off 18,000 employees

      The Amazon CEO said in a statement that they were not done with the annual planning process as earlier mentioned, and “I expected there would be more role reductions in early 2023”. San Francisco: Amazon on Thursday confirmed it is laying off around 18,000 employees and several teams will be impacted, especially Amazon Stores along with People, Experience and Technology (PXT) organisations. The Amazon CEO said in a statement that they were not done with the annual planning process as earlier mentioned, and “I expected there would be more role reductions in early 2023”. “We typically wait to communicate about these outcomes until we can speak with the people who are directly impacted. However, because one of our teammates leaked this…

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    • 5 January

      Indian citizen sentenced to 29 months of imprisonment in US for being involved in call centre scam

      US Attorney Alamdar S Hamdani said between December 2019 and July 2020, Pinjara was a “runner” in an Indian-based call centre scam. Washington: An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 29-month of imprisonment for being involved in a call centre scam. Moin Idrishbhai Pinjara had pleaded guilty November 30 and is expected to face removal proceedings following his imprisonment. US District Judge Andrew Hanen ordered him to pay USD 6,35,103 in restitution to the victims of the conspiracy. US Attorney Alamdar S Hamdani said between December 2019 and July 2020, Pinjara was a “runner” in an Indian-based call centre scam. Callers in India would contact potential victims in the United States to extort money from them. Pinjara would then use aliases…

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    • 5 January

      South Korea searches for ‘wanted’ Chinese national who escaped from Covid quarantine centre

      The South Korean authorities on Wednesday (Jan 04) said that they are tracking a Chinese national, who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival but went missing while waiting at a quarantine facility.  Kim Joo-young, a health official said that the Chinese passenger tested positive after his arrival at the Icheon International Airport near Seoul on Tuesday.  He added that the individual has not yet been identified and has been listed on a ‘wanted list.’ Kim said that the individual might be subjected to a year in prison or a 10 million won ($7,840) fine for violating the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act. Amid Beijing’s Covid spike, several countries have imposed travel restrictions. After the UK, South Korea also joined…

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    • 5 January

      Rishi Sunak makes five promises on economy, health and immigration in keynote speech

      Rishi Sunak has pledged to boost the economy, cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings in the Channel in his first speech of the year. Speaking in Stratford, the PM laid out his priorities for 2023 and asked the public to judge his premiership on five promises. These pledges are: • to halve inflation • to grow the economy • to reduce debt • to cut hospital waiting lists • to stop migrant crossings Mr Sunak promised to work “night and day” to deliver on the above five challenges during this parliament and to create “a future that restores optimism, hope and pride in Britain”. But Labour accused him of focusing on areas where progress is already predicted over the coming…

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