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Family of Indian student gets 262 Crores after winning lawsuit with Seattle PD. This finally brings justice to Jaahnavi Kandula a MS student who passed away in road accident involving police officer from Seattle. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/family-of-indian-student-killed-by-us-officer-gets-29-million-settlement-10991855

🚨Sad news 🚨 UNT Denton student Chandrashekar Pole passed away due to injuries from a gunshot in U.S. last week on Friday. This is a stark reminder for avoiding unsafe places (off-campus) such as Gas stations. https://www.fox4news.com/news/fort-worth-gas-station-employee-killed-before-drive-by-shooting-attempted-home-invasion

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Certain non-immigrant aliens on H1B are now required to pay $100,000 for new petitions or extensions. https://youtu.be/PH4ImvvjX3Q?si=U1tza2cJq0TPAF5U https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-suspends-the-entry-of-certain-alien-nonimmigrant-workers/

This isn’t the only issue, but when combined with other incidents, it is damaging the reputation of the entire Indian community in the USA and abroad, and fueling resentment and hate against Indians Video from Dallas which lead to arrests and penalties for mass number of Indians. https://youtube.com/shorts/79Z3MItfoHk?si=ov_c9LM6muZe4WTN

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✨F1 News Flash Sunday✨ The situation is so bad in United States right now for the universities that there are more than 10,000+ research position open due to lack of students. https://t.me/F1_Interview_Program Usually these positions are filled by Indian student, but due to the recent drop in international students admissions mostly from India, there is a huge void. @F1_Interview_Program For instance: 185 research in academic positions open in SUNY Buffalo. https://scholaridea.com/2025/07/22/the-university-of-buffalo-in-the-united-states-invites-application-for-vacant-185-research-and-academic-positions/ This is just the tip of the iceberg. Now Multiply this number with more than 100+ research nationally ranked based universities in US. https://t.me/F1_Interview_Program But there is a silver lining to this problem, more research opportunities, and less students means more on campus opportunities, funding and scholarship for students Follow our group @f1_visa_news for more such critical information and knowledge. Other critical groups: https://t.me/F1_Interview_Program Https://t.me/F1_Visa_Discussions

🚨Lawmakers Ask Rubio to Address Indian Student Visa Backlog🚨 Members of Congress are asking the US State Department to address a visa backlog that threatens delay Indian students Fall enrollment at US Universities for 80% of students @F1_Visa_News The country accounts for the largest group of student visa holders, who contribute $9 billion to the US economy each year, according to a letterto Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday. Many of those students take part in basic research and cutting-edge inventions at universities in the lawmakers’ districts. @F1_interview_program “We are dismayed at the possibility that many of these bright young individuals may be blocked—due to limited visa slots availability” Sources: #Bloomberg #F1VisaSlotsIndia #ColumbusAcademics https://x.com/Columbus_Acad1/status/1948858181637058579

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💢Good news💢 As we have mentioned earlier. This will pave positive way for major developments between India and U.S. including slot release. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-india-push-trade-pact-after-trump-strikes-deal-with-vietnam-sources-say-2025-07-02/ For more such updates Follow: @F1_Visa_News @F1_Interview_Program Hoping to expect slot release between July 5 and July 7.

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Indian American leads ahead in the race for New York City mayor. https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/politics/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-takeaways

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