Bill for increasing allotment of Green Cards introduced in US HouseA legislation that seeks to push for a merit-based immigration system and increase the allotment of Green Cards by 45 per cent annually has...
11 Jan, 2018, 01.59 PM IST
Trump plays left and right in drive to protect 'Dreamers'The outreach to conservatives suggests the administration is trying to minimize the potential backlash from Trump's base over the Dreamer i...
29 Sep, 2017, 07.27 AM IST
US Senate confirms 3 Indian-Americans to key government positionsThe Senate confirmed Neil Chaterjee as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Vishal Amin as IP enforcement Coordinator i...
04 Aug, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
US tells India no significant change in H-1B visa regimeNirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha that India is articulating its concerns regarding the visa policy vigorously with the new administrati...
20 Mar, 2017, 01.57 PM IST
India articulating visa concerns vigorously with US: Nirmala Sitharaman"India is articulating visa concerns vigorously with new administration in US," Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a...
15 Mar, 2017, 07.11 PM IST
IT companies need to communicate mutual benefits to US: NasscomThis is important as in some cases those "benefits and the actual workings of the visa programs are not well understood", Nasscom President...
06 Mar, 2017, 06.40 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi asks US to have 'farsighted' view on movement of skilled professionalsSoon after taking over, Trump decided to overhaul the visa programme, a move that will adversely hit the lifeline of Indian IT cos and work...
22 Feb, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
Satya Nadella discusses rural digital programme with IT minister Ravi Shankar PrasadThe strategic partnership was announced by Satya Nadella on his maiden visit to Bengaluru after he took over the reins of the world's large...
21 Feb, 2017, 08.16 PM IST
India wants certainty, transparency in US visa regime: Nirmala SitharamanCommerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the visa issue has been discussed in detail with a group of US Congressmen.
21 Feb, 2017, 02.02 PM IST
IT jobs, H-1B visa & Pakistan: Three issues Modi government to take up with US lawmakersGovt will convey to the visiting US lawmakers that India’s IT professionals and IT companies have made significant contributions to the Ame...
20 Feb, 2017, 06.32 AM IST
Record 27 US Congressmen travelling to India this monthThe top lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are visiting India in two separate delegations.
15 Feb, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
California shooter's visa request did not have key info: LawmakerMalik and Farook killed 14 people at a San Bernardino, California county center on December 2. Both were fatally shot by police.
20 Dec, 2015, 03.55 PM IST
US House votes to block funding for Obama immigration orders"We are dealing with a president who has ignored the people, ignored the Constitution, and even his own past statements," House Speaker Joh...
15 Jan, 2015, 09.15 AM IST
US House opens first immigration hearingThe Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said the U.S. immigration system is ``in desperate need of repair'' as he opened C...
05 Feb, 2013, 10.25 PM IST
US threatens to take India to WTO over Nexavar GenericThe US has threatened to drag India to the WTO for issuing the firstever compulsory licence to a domestic company to manufacture generic ve...
05 Jul, 2012, 01.05 PM IST
- US ups the ante on Nexavar Generic, threatens to take India to WTO
The US House of Representatives and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have threatened to drag India to the WTO.
05 Jul, 2012, 08.23 AM IST
- Republican lawmakers want US ethanol requirements reduced
More than four dozen House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce required ethanol production this year,...
01 Jul, 2008, 02.00 AM IST