US President Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet gathering – a marathon three-hour-plus session, looked more like a competition on who could praise Trump more than a government meeting.

For the first time this millennium, excluding the Covid period, Indian visits to the US declined in June 2025, dropping 8% to 2.1 lakh. This fall aligns with an overall decrease in international visitors to the US. While industry experts hesitate to attribute the decline solely to stricter visa policies, concerns are rising, particularly regarding student visas.

Officials say the substantial number of exclusion requests highlights the effectiveness of the SIR in detecting irregularities within the existing voter data