US bars Microsoft from sponsoring green cards for H-1B workers over alleged abuseThe US has barred Microsoft from sponsoring green cards for H-1B visa holders, alleging that the company abused the immigration programme.
08 Oct, 2026, 09.58 PM IST
Trump’s H-1B crackdown hurts Indian IT, but the industry saw it comingIndian IT’s H-1B dependence was shrinking well before Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown. New H-1B approvals for seven major India...
09 Sep, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
Another Indian to head Adobe: Are they better at running Big Tech?The question is no longer why a few Indians have made it to the top. It is why so many of them appear particularly well suited to running s...
05 Sep, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
‘Leave India, I’ll give you Rs 30 lakh’: Techie says father is offering money to leave country, seeks adviceA Hyderabad techie says his father has offered Rs 30 lakh to help him leave India and pursue a career abroad. The backend developer earns R...
29 Aug, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
H-1B visa extensions could soon come with a hefty new price tag under new Trump planThe Trump administration is preparing to expand an existing fee on H-1B and L-1 visas by applying it to extension petitions, not just new a...
04 Aug, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
Microsoft says it does not think US ICE uses firm's tech for mass surveillance of civiliansThe statement from the technology company came in response to a report by The Guardian that said ICE deepened its reliance on Microsoft's...
19 Feb, 2026, 09.51 AM IST
India has incredible engineering power, says CEO of Silicon Valley incubatorSaeed Amidi, CEO and founder of Plug and Play -- a global innovation platform aiming to connect early-stage investors, startups and the wor...
04 Jun, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
'Confidence hit, has not sunk in': IITian posts on Twitter after being laid off by MicrosoftKoustuv Saha is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and worked with the Microsoft Research team until he was laid off earlier this month. He shared...
14 Feb, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
Will Trump's H-1B visa freeze really help American job seekers?There is little credible evidence to suggest these travel bans have any positive impact on the US unemployment.
02 Jul, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to visit India this monthThe visit comes on the heels of the Indian-origin CEO recently voicing concerns over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) - Saty...
13 Feb, 2020, 04.52 PM IST
BJP cites Nadella's official statement, says govt protecting bordersWhile BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra did not attack the Indian-origin CEO at the party's press briefing here, another party spokesperson Mee...
14 Jan, 2020, 10.59 PM IST
Perfect example on how literate need to be educated: Meenakashi Lekhi on Nadella's remarksResponding to a question by BuzzFeed on the CAA, Nadella was quoted as saying that what is happening in the country is "sad" and "just bad".
14 Jan, 2020, 02.20 PM IST
Nasscom was 3rd biggest tech lobbyist in US in 2019Nasscom’s lobbying spends have risen significantly since 2015. It fluctuated between $40,000 and $150,000 between 2010 and 2014. But the ti...
25 Dec, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
Culture is just a reflection of you and what you do in an organisation: Satya NadellaMicrosoft CEO addressed the executive order on immigration, saying there is no place for bias in any society.
12 Feb, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
Amazon,Microsoft workers join pledge to oppose Muslim registryThe open letter is a response to the election of Donald Trump, and particularly his campaign-season call for a mandatory registry of Muslim...
16 Dec, 2016, 02.05 PM IST
Google, Facebook and Microsoft among top tech companies asking Obama to allow more skilled immigrationFour high-tech companies alone- IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle-have combined 10,000 openings in the United States.
19 Mar, 2013, 01.17 PM IST
- US shouldn't kill hi-tech talent: Steve Ballmer
Exclusive Interview: Ballmer said MS would continue to hire skilled professionals in India, China if the co is unable to employ them in US....
13 May, 2009, 06.53 AM IST