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India IT Feeling U.S. H-1B Immigration Angst

India IT Feeling U.S. H-1B Immigration Angst

India’s information technology lobbyists are wrapping up a week in the halls of Congress as India’s sizable U.S. tech community worries about losing out in the Washington, D.C. immigration maelstrom. The U.S. H-1B visa, which grants extended permission for U.S. work for highly skilled workers, has been a boon for India and its émigrés. Many are […]

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

The F.B.I. said on Tuesday that it was investigating the shooting of two Indian immigrants by a white man who leveled ethnic slurs at them and questioned their immigration status before he opened fire at a Kansas bar as a hate crime. The suspect, Adam W. Purinton, was thrown out of Austins Bar and Grill […]

Narendra Modi’s Israel visit likely in June to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties

Narendra Modi’s Israel visit likely in June to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties

With India and Israel marking 25 years of establishment of diplomatic ties on 29 January, the two countries have planned a series of events including the exchange of prime ministerial visits before the close of the anniversary year in January 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Israel in June—the first ever visit […]

Govt survey: Over 20 per cent Indians suffer from diabetes, hypertension

Govt survey: Over 20 per cent Indians suffer from diabetes, hypertension

A government health survey conducted across 26 states and Union Territories has found that more than a fifth of India’s 125-crore population suffers from diabetes and hypertension. According to the National Family Health Survey-4, whose results were released on Tuesday, the overall incidence of diabetes was 20.3 per cent and that of hypertension 22.2 per […]