Morning Digest: U.S. Judge blocks Trump limits on visa duration for foreign students, journalists; BJP bags four of 10 municipal corporations in Rajasthan civic polls, and more
A US federal judge blocked a Trump-era rule limiting visa duration for foreign students and journalists. In India, the BJP won municipal elections in Rajasthan, the government updated UPI transaction rules, and a Maratha quota activist announced a protest.
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This article covers diverse significant events across different regions, including legal challenges to past US policies, political developments in India, and changes in financial regulations, reflecting a broad spectrum of current affairs.
A U.S. federal judge on Monday (September 14, 2026) blocked the Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the U.S. without applying for extensions.
The ruling BJP emerged ahead of the Congress in Rajasthan’s urban local body elections on Monday (September 14, 2026), winning 4,179 wards against the opposition party’s 3,613 and securing clear majorities in four of the state’s 10 municipal corporations. Congress Rajasthan chief Govind Singh Dotasra claimed that the BJP’s winning margins had thinned against the pattern, even as he blamed an “unfair” delimitation to his party’s narrow losses
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