NEW DELHI: Indian techies and industry can breathe a sigh of relief as the US has resumed premium, or expedited, processing of H-1B visas in all categories. The service was suspended five months ago as officials struggled to handle a huge rush of applicants. The suspension+ had been seen as an example of US President Donald Trump‘s election campaign remarks…
The scope and scale of misery caused by Irma continues to grow, including its human toll. Irma, at one point the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the open Atlantic, has claimed the lives of dozens of people across the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Victims include two women in Havana, Cuba, who died when…
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he supports the Sikh population in their quest for justice for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the country. Gandhi, who is currently on a visit to United States, addressed a gathering at the University of California, Berkeley amid protests by a section of the Sikh-American population outside the…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trumpintends to nominate Manisha Singh, a prominent Indian-American lawyer, to a key administration position in the State Departmentthat would make her in charge of the country’s economic diplomacy. If confirmed by the Senate, Singh would replace Charles Rivkin as the assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, according to the White House. Read More @ economictimes…
As you read this, Hurricane Irma would have roared into Florida, and Hurricane Jose and Hurricane Katia would have slammed into the Americas — the Caribbean Islands (once again) and Mexico, respectively. These storms accompanied by torrential rainfall and floods come barely a fortnight after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston, a disaster that the Texas governor estimated would call…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to scrap a programme that grants work permits to immigrants who arrived in the country illegally as children, a move likely to impact more than 7,000 Indian-Americans, a media report said today. The programme — Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA) — was a key immigration reform of…
