UK to prune down student visa
The UK government is to come up with strict student visa rules that can cut annual figures by nearly half, from the current 3,00,000 to 170,000. Some university chiefs have opined that many Indian students are already being denied visas on minor grounds as part of a wider move...
H-1B visa holders cannot replace native workers – Trump
American President-elect has categorically said that, he will not allow denying job and replacing native workers with H-1B visa holders. He said this in an apparent reference to the cases like that of Disney World and other American companies wherein people are hired on H-1B visas and had displaced...
India to become defense partner of US
The US senate has passed a bill accepting India as a defense partner and now the bill goes the President’s office for his acquiescence. Titled ‘Enhancing defense and security cooperation with India,’ Section 1292 of the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) asks the Defense Secretary and the Secretary of State...
Indian Origin man charged with murder
Prem Rampersaud, 50-year-old Indian origin man has been charged with murder for stabbing his wife to death in the streets. He lives in Guyana and is temporarily residing with a friend in Queens.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown had said that he has been charged with murder in the multiple...
Indian plead guilty in student visa fraud
Indian origin, Tejesh Kodali, 45, of Edison, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty and admitted to recruiting foreign nationals and enrolling them at a fake New Jersey college to maintain their "student-visa status and obtained full-time work authorisations without having to attend classes," US Attorney Paul J. Fishman said in...
May wants to be stricter on illegal migrants
While in Home Office, Theresa May wanted the children of illegal immigrants to be placed at the bottom of the list of school places, according to leaked Cabinet correspondence. The then education secretary Nicky Morgan strongly resistedand was dropped from the Immigration Bill. During the summer of 2015, Ms...
Now Indian American Seema Verma chosen by Trump
Donald Trump the American President elect has nominated another Indian American after Nikki Haley into his team. "I am pleased to nominate (Dr) Seema Verma to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," Mr Trump said in a statement.
"She has decades of experience advising on...
Indian Americans celebrate on Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian Sikh family. The Indian origin Nikki has made the Indian Americans to celebrate. The Republican President elect Donald Trump has picked her for the prestigious US envoy to the UN. This has...
Indian IT companies fear tighter visa regime
India's $150 billion IT services sector will speed up acquisitions in the United States and recruit more heavily from college campuses, anticipating a protectionist US technology visa program under the Donald Trump administration.
"The world over, there's a lot of protectionism coming in and push back on immigration. Unfortunately, people...
Hillary loses Michigan even after recounting
Even after a spectacular win by Donald Trump in the American Presidential elections conducted on 8 November, Hillary camp is not ready to accept the defeat and has asked to recount in many counties. Michigan, actually went through the process of recounting and unfortunately, for Hillary Clinton, the results...
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