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“Tech Firm Sues USCIS after Their Client’s H-1B Application is Falsely Denied”

May 20, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

Ritu Jha- San Francisco based company, Xterra Solutions says that even though they fulfilled all the requirements needed by USCIS to process H-1B applications for their highly educated client, the agency denied the application. Xterra Solutions has filed a complaint on behalf of the plaintiff, Praharsh Chandra Sai Venkata Anisetty. Anisetty, of Indian origin, […]

Pro-life Trump defines…

IANS- US President Donald Trump has outlined a less restrictive view of abortion than what was recently passed by Alabama’s Republican state government. Alabama…

Most exit polls…

IANS- The BJP-led NDA is set to return to power, according to most exit polls released on Sunday, with Congress-led UPA expected to fall far…

No benefit in…

IANS- As the chorus grows to break up Facebook, the social networking platform’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has said that it won’t serve any…

NY bar turns…

IANS- A Sikh youth has claimed that a bar in New York’s Long Island didn’t let him enter because he was wearing a turban. Gurvinder…

Tech

Facebook sharing users’ data with telecom firms, phone makers: Report

May 21, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

IANS- A confidential Facebook document reviewed by The Intercept has revealed that the social networking giant is offering private data of its users without their knowledge or consent to 100 different telecom companies and phone makers in 50 countries. Confidential documents seen by the website showed late Monday that Facebook is helping operators and phone […]

Flash Electronics files…

IANS- Electric auto components maker Flash Electronics India on Monday said it has filed a lawsuit against Eicher Motors Ltd’s Royal Enfield in the…

Remaining silent in…

IANS- Rajat Gupta, the first foreign-born head of influential management consultancy McKinsey and Co who was jailed for two years for insider trading, says his…

Young Entrepreneur, Zala…

Ritu Jha- On May 11, when 15-year-old Harshwardhansinh Zala took the stage at TiEcon 2019, he looked no different than the other young entrepreneurs,…

Telegram rubbishes WhatsApp’s…

IANS- As the world left shocked at the news of a bug in WhatsApp’s audio call feature that allowed hackers to install spyware onto…

Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger, and No Bull

May 21, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

Partha Chakraborty- China’s moves for global hegemony need be contained. It’s about time to call their bluff. An expression caught my eyes today in the context of China-America trade war, “Chimerica”. Immediately I recalled another very similar word – “Chindia” as in “China-India”. Long before the majority of today’s Chinese population were born slogans like […]

May 23: A…

Frank Islam- On May 23, the seven-week long Indian election process will come to an end. The votes will be counted and a winner will…

Some serious problems…

Justice Markandey Katju- India is passing through a transitional period in its history, the transition from feudal, agricultural to a modern, industrial society. In…

Cartels and collusion…

Amit Kapoor- The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become almost synonymous with the US regulatory authorities. The Indian firms that have slowly expanded their market…

Gender Equality and…

Shalini Nataraj- In January of this year, the National Women’s Party (NWP), an all-women political party, was launched in New Delhi. The NWP had…

‘Kab Tak Rokoge’ sums up the Indian political whirligig

May 22, 2019 Ritu Jha 0

IANS- As the final countdown begins for Indias bitterly fractious polity, IANS cools down the rising temperature by bringing an exclusive Amitabh Bachchan poem — one which says a lot about who we are, what we represent and our continuing struggles in the hurly-burly of everyday life. It also sums up the seven phases long […]