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U.S. justice strikes down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, calls it unlawful
A national justice connected Monday (June 8, 2026) struck down a $100,000 fee that U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on caller H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful taxation that Congress ne'er authorised. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin successful Boston issued the ruling successful a suit filed by 20 Democratic authorities attorneys wide challenging a interest Mr. Trump announced successful September that dramatically raised the cost of obtaining H-1B visas.
8 dead, 6 captious aft detonation astatine Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited plant
Eight workers were killed and six were injured successful an explosion astatine the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) works successful Visakhapatnam connected Monday (June 8, 2026), officials said. The blast triggered a monolithic occurrence astatine the installation and led to the spilling of hundreds of tonnes of molten steel, they added.
24 Indian sailors rescued from vessel deed by U.S. missile
Twenty 4 Indian seafarers were rescued from tanker Marivex, a vessel sanctioned by the U.S. for Iran links, disconnected the south-eastern seashore of Oman connected Monday (June 8, 2026), aft a U.S. rocket strike. The sailors sent distress messages to a Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) office-bearer that the U.S. Navy had attacked the ship’s motor room. Audio messages purported to beryllium from the seafarers to Manoj Yadav, wide caput of FSUI, received astatine 2 p.m.
INDIA bloc to instrumentality SIR complaints to CJI; seeks Pradhan’s contiguous exit
The INDIA bloc volition constitute to the Chief Justice of India, flagging concerns over the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) and the alleged ‘vote loot’. It besides demanded the contiguous resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, stating that helium had “presided implicit the betrayal of lakhs of younker who appeared for NEET and CBSE exams”
BGB delegation arrives successful India for borderline talks with BSF
The Director General (DG) of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) arrived successful Delhi connected Monday to enactment successful the archetypal circular of the biannual DG-level talks with the Border Security Force (BSF). The talks, scheduled to proceed till June 11, are taking spot against the backdrop of tensions betwixt the 2 border-guarding forces implicit allegations by Bangladesh that the BSF has been sending undocumented Bangladeshis crossed the borderline done aggregate onshore introduction points.
Allahabad HC upholds POCSO conviction; reaffirms kid victim’s sole grounds capable if credible
The Allahabad High Court connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) upheld the beingness imprisonment of an accused convicted nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, reaffirming that the sole grounds of a kid unfortunate is capable to prolong a condemnation if it inspires confidence.
28 lakh candidates for 32,679 vacancies: Oppn. attacks U.P. govt. implicit ‘mounting unemployment’
With implicit 28 lakh candidates taking the written exam for the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable (Civil Police) Direct Recruitment-2025 from Monday starring to unprecedented unreserved astatine railway platforms, autobus stations and nationalist places successful respective districts, Opposition parties attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities implicit its “failure” to code the rising unemployment situation successful the State.
Netanyahu acknowledges halt successful warring with Iran but vows to respond ‘with force’ to aboriginal attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the halt successful warring with Iran connected Monday (June 8, 2026), but helium vowed to respond “with force” to aboriginal attacks. In a videotaped statement, Mr. Netanyahu said the warring stopped aft Israel “hit the panic authorities successful Tehran.”
India vs Afghanistan one-off Test: Manav, Washington vessel India to its biggest win
The one-off Test against Afghanistan was India’s archetypal astatine location since 2010 without either the now-retired R. Ashwin oregon the rested Ravindra Jadeja. Much similar Ashwin and Jadeja astatine their vintage champion successful the subcontinent, left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and off-spinner Washington Sundar dovetailed nicely to propel the big to triumph by an innings and 300 runs wrong 3 days astatine the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium connected Monday (June 8, 2026). It is India’s biggest triumph by an innings successful Test history.
Women’s T20 World Countdown: Host England the squad to ticker retired for successful Group B
The 2nd bracket of the expanded 12-team ICC women’s T20 World Cup mightiness look lighter connected enactment erstwhile compared to the Group of Death featuring heavyweights Australia, India and South Africa. Group B pits inaugural victor England, holder New Zealand, erstwhile champion West Indies, Sri Lanka, Scotland and Ireland successful a six-way tussle for the 2 semifinal slots.
