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Trump honours Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella after Vance drops H-1B visa hammer on companyPresident Donald Trump recognized tech leaders including Satya Nadella with National Medals for their achievements during a ceremony. Vice ...
India-Trinidad archival pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago. This pact will as...
India, Jamaica agree to boost trade, skilled mobility: JaishankarIndia and Jamaica are strengthening trade and cooperation for skilled professionals. Agreements were signed in health, solarisation, and br...
India, Jamaica agree to boost trade, skilled mobility, healthcare cooperation: JaishankarIndia and Jamaica are forging a dynamic partnership to enhance trade and foster collaboration in skilled labor. Recent talks delved into ar...
‘Indian workers are central to Middle East oil — yet, they’re unseen’Indian migrants have been crucial to the Middle Eastern oil industry from its beginnings. Professor Andrea Wright highlights their signific...
Global Bihar: How Biharis spread all over the worldPrime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged Kamla Persad-Bissessar's Bihar roots during his Trinidad and Tobago visit. A century ago, many In...
View: Despite the latest amplified noise about H-1B holders et al, Indian Americans are flourishingIndian Americans are experiencing significant success across various sectors in the US, from leading tech companies like Google and Microso...
Anurag Srivastava appointed as India's next High Commissioner to MauritiusAnurag Srivastava, a 1999 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to Mauritius. This app...
ET Explains: Why the fate of the US H-1B visa regime hangs in the balanceUS elections impact visa regime, including H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers. 85,000 visas issued via lottery, majority held by Indian...
Will US elections ring in change in the visa regime for Indians?US politicians are discussing changes to H-1B visa regime as immigration becomes a major issue in the upcoming November election. Republica...
Cambridge University launches fellowship to study Indian indentured labour historyThe University of Cambridge's Selwyn College has appointed Guyanese-American Professor Gaiutra Bahadur as the first-ever Ramesh and Leela N...
How Indian flavours became a part of South Africa’s struggleIndians have added a savoury strand to South Africa’s history and it is shameful that some politicians are now trying to trash it.
Indian indentured labourers' a story of success: DiplomatAs many as 3.5 million Indians were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour, mainly for sugar plantations.
Hypocrisy towards terrorism will not do: IndiaHe underscored that for the millions of people fleeing conflict, war and poverty, terrorism is not characterised as good or bad.
H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills: Infosys whistleblowerThe whistleblower has asked lawmakers not to increase the number of much sought-after visas and plug in the loopholes in the immigration sy...
- Indian worker has always come cheap
The contract system and racist policies favouring European immigrants forced many to return and their role is generally downplayed.
- Government to unveil memorial on indentured labour in Kolkata
Thousands of men and women set sail from Kolkata port for various destinations around the world to work as indentured labour at British pla...