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Trump’s database of nations whose immigrants person payment successful U.S. does not notation India
U.S. President Donald Trump connected Sunday (January 4, 2025) posted a database of respective countries, including Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Nepal, to item rates of payment and assistance received by immigrants from those countries successful the U.S., a compilation that does not see India. The ‘Immigrant Welfare Recipient Rates by Country of Origin’ database includes astir 120 nations and territories astir the world.
Maduro to look earlier U.S. justice connected January 5
Venezuela’s deposed President Nicolas Maduro is scheduled to look earlier a national justice successful New York astatine noon connected Monday (January 5, 2026), to beryllium formally notified astir the charges against him, the tribunal said. His lawyers are expected to contention the legality of his arrest, arguing that helium is immune from prosecution arsenic a sovereign caput of overseas state, which is simply a bedrock rule of planetary and U.S. law.
Bangladesh ‘not to travel’ to India for T20 World Cup
With little than 5 weeks remaining for the tourney opener, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that it volition “not question to India” for adjacent month’s Men’s T20 World Cup and has formally requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to “consider relocating Bangladesh’s matches extracurricular India”. The announcement came a time aft the BCCI directed Kolkata Knight Riders to portion ways with Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman ahead of the IPL 2026 season.
Making beardown efforts to big the 2036 Olympics: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (January 4, 2025) asserted that India is preparing with afloat spot to big the 2036 Olympic Games, and declared his authorities was committed to providing “more and much players greater opportunities to compete” by hosting mega sporting events successful the country.
External Affairs Minister begins 6-day sojourn to France, Luxembourg
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected Sunday (January 4, 2025) began a six-day sojourn to France and Luxembourg to clasp talks connected bilateral and planetary issues of communal interests. In Paris, helium volition conscionable the French enactment and clasp talks with Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Amit Shah dubs the DMK authorities the astir corrupt successful the country
Launching a scathing onslaught connected the DMK government, BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) that if determination was 1 astir corrupt State authorities successful the country, “it is unluckily the 1 successful Tamil Nadu”. The DMK government had “failed” connected each fronts and was the lone authorities that had implemented “very few” predetermination promises, helium said in Pudukottai
Centre volition let aggregate airports successful large cities, says Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu
The Union Government volition let the functioning of 2 oregon much airports successful large cities successful presumption of accrued aerial rider postulation crossed the country, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu has said. “The Centre volition reappraisal the existing argumentation that bars the functioning of 2 airports wrong 150 km radius,” helium said aft the palmy archetypal trial formation astatine the Alluri Sitharama Raju International Airport astatine Bhogapuram connected Sunday (January 4, 2026).
With Indus Waters Treaty successful abeyance, Manohar Lal calls for desilting of Salal project
Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) directed sediment removal astatine the Salal Power Project successful Jammu and Kashmir to guarantee maximum utilisation of h2o resources, successful the aftermath of the Indus Waters Treaty being kept successful abeyance betwixt India and Pakistan.
Centre relaxes norms for start-ups to avail funds from DSIR
The Centre connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) relaxed norms for deep-tech start-ups to avail fiscal assistance from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh announced the removal of the three-year viability criteria for deep-tech start-ups to avail fiscal assistance of up to ₹1 crore nether the Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme (IRDPP) of the department.
Stone-pelting during spiritual procession successful Bengaluru’s J.J. Nagar; lawsuit registered
Tension prevailed successful parts of J.J. Nagar connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) nighttime aft a stone-pelting incidental allegedly took spot during a spiritual procession adjacent V.S. Garden successful the J.J. Nagar constabulary presumption limits. According to the police, the incidental occurred astir 8 p.m. erstwhile devotees were pulling the deity’s chariot arsenic portion of a procession that began from the Om Shakti temple.
Goa nightclub occurrence victims’ kin question decease condemnation for co-owners
Families of the 25 radical killed successful the massive occurrence astatine a nightclub successful Goa staged a protest astatine Jantar Mantar connected Sunday (January 4, 2026), demanding justness and a decease condemnation for those liable for the tragedy. Raising slogans specified arsenic “hang the killers”, astir 50 relatives of the victims gathered astatine the protestation site, holding photographs of their loved ones who died successful the blaze astatine the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub successful Arpora colony of northbound Goa connected December 6.
Shiv Sena (UBT) person says helium got decease threats aft opposing Bangladeshi cricketer successful IPL
Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey connected Sunday (January 4, 2026) alleged that helium received decease threats after publicly opposing the inclusion of Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman successful the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squad for the 2026 IPL season. Mr. Dubey said the calls came from Bangladesh-based numbers, aft helium had reiterated his party’s basal that Bangladeshi cricketers should not beryllium allowed to play successful India.
U.S.-Venezuelan struggle not to interaction India’s trade: GTRI
The U.S.-Venezuela struggle volition person a negligible interaction connected India’s trade with the South American country, deliberation vessel Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said connected Sunday (January 4, 2026). “India faces negligible impact, arsenic commercialized with Venezuela has collapsed nether sanctions, with crude imports down 81.3% successful FY2025 and wide bilateral commercialized remaining marginal,” GTRI laminitis Ajay Srivastava said.
Denmark PM Frederiksen urges Trump to halt threats to instrumentality implicit Greenland
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen connected Sunday (January 4, 2025) urged U.S. President Donald Trump to halt threatening to instrumentality implicit Greenland, aft helium reiterated his privation to bash truthful in an interrogation with The Atlantic magazine. “It makes perfectly nary consciousness to speech astir the U.S. needing to instrumentality implicit Greenland. The U.S. has nary close to annex immoderate of the 3 countries successful the Danish Kingdom,” she said.
Last 16 victims of Switzerland barroom occurrence identified: police
The last 16 people who died in the New Year’s Eve barroom fire astatine the Swiss mountain edifice of Crans-Montana person been identified, constabulary said on Sunday (January 4, 2026). This means each 40 victims of the blaze, which broke retired at the Constellation barroom early connected January 1, person present been identified, Swiss constabulary said.
