indica News Bureau With the Trump Administration planning a major overhaul in H-1B visa policy, the American dream is set to get tougher for Indians. The move to “revise” the definition of employment and specialty occupations under the H-1B visas will have a detrimental impact on Indian IT companies and small and medium-sized contractual […]
indica News Bureau US President Donald Trump’s administration is all set to revoke an Obama-era rule that enables H-4 visa holders, or spouses of professionals working in the United States on H-1B visa, to work in the country – a move set to impact tens of thousands of Indians in the US. An H-4 […]
Justice Markandey Katju theprint.in has published Kumar Ketkar’s article ‘In Modi era intellectuals confess they are confused. My response is, one, almost all Indian ‘intellectuals,’ including professors in universities, mediapersons, writers, etc are pseudo-intellectuals who are puffed up with arrogance and bookish, sterile knowledge, which is no knowledge at all. No wonder they are confused. Two, there is no confusion […]
Anecdotes, tech pitches and fan fervor mark Hotstar CricFest Ritu Jha The first CricFest hosted by Hotstar failed to draw a large number of San Francisco Bay Area cricket fans, but two former Indian players, Anil Kumble and Virender Sehwag, delighted the attendees when they shared anecdotes, including the highs and lows that […]
indica Washington Bureau A mere 60,394 Indians in 2017 received Green Cards out of more than 600,000 waiting in line to get the ticket to work and stay permanently in the US, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The news comes amidst President Donald Trump’s plan to […]
indica Washington Bureau Taking a tough line on illegal immigration, US President Donald Trump has reiterated there will be serious consequences for entering the country illegally. Stressing that the current immigration laws have become a “laughing stock” globally, he said people with merit like technology professionals from countries such as India must only enter […]
Stress is almost an epidemic but is still a casual word to bandy, according to a healthcare expert at a seminar organized in the Bay Area. Ritu Jha Robert Browning, a master trainer at HeartMath Institute, said stress was little discussed a decade ago because of the stigma associated with it and the […]
indica Washington Bureau Two top American Senators John Cornyn and have warned that India’s data localization policy, which took off on October 15, will adversely affect American businesses in the country. “Data localization requirements, such as those contained in the draft data protection bill and draft national e-commerce policy framework, will have negative impacts […]
indica News Bureau The Trump administration’s proposal to change the definition of public charge has not gone down well with the South Asian communities in the US, who say that the new rule will affect new legal immigrants in the country, especially South Asians. The term “public charge,” indicates a person who is likely […]
Frank Islam India has the third-largest higher educational system in the world. In 2016, there were 799 universities and 39,071 colleges spread across the country. These numbers are staggering. The growth of higher education in India over a little more than half a century has been even more staggering. Between 1950 and 2014, the […]
