India tells Silicon Valley it will unveil voice-based LLM before Delhi AI summit

IANS | December 6, 2025 1:07 PM

Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) India plans to unveil a new voice-enabled Large Language Model ahead of next year's global Artificial Intelligence (AI) summit in New Delhi, a top government official, Abhishek Singh, has told the Silicon Valley community this week, outlining an expansive road map to accelerate the country's AI capabilities.

​New York woman charged with smuggling people across Canada–US border

IANS | December 6, 2025 12:56 PM

Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman from upstate New York has been indicted for her alleged role in an international human smuggling network that federal prosecutors say moved foreign nationals -- primarily Indian citizens -- across the US-Canada border in multiple illicit crossings this year.

US Senator flags H-1B abuse, raising questions for Indian tech talent

IANS | December 6, 2025 12:49 PM

Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A senior US lawmaker on Friday urged the Trump Administration to intensify federal scrutiny of corporate use of H-1B visas, warning that major American technology firms are laying off domestic workers even as they continue recruiting thousands of foreign professionals — a trend with direct implications for Indian engineers who make up the single largest group of H-1B beneficiaries.

BNM urges EU to reassess Pakistan's GSP+ status over human rights abuses

IANS | December 6, 2025 10:43 AM

Brussels, Dec 6 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) attended a conference at the European Parliament, presenting evidence of Pakistan's human rights violations across Balochistan and calling for a re-evaluation of Islamabad's preferential trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) in light of the grave abuses.