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These changes could lead to deportation of 500,000 to 750,000 Indian H-1B visa holders LATEST NEWS :  The proposed US Bill, Protect and Grow American Jobs, is riddled with "onerous conditions" and places "unprecedented obligations" on both Indian IT companies and clients using H-1B visas. Software body Nasscom said it has flagged its concerns around visa-related issues in the US with the Senators, Congressmen and the administration, and will engage further in a dialogue over the next few weeks over the proposed legislation. The Bill, which is aligned with President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” vision to protect local jobs for American, proposes new restrictions to prevent abuse and misuse of H-1B visas. It tightens the definition of visa-dependent companies and imposes fresh restrictions in terms of minimum salary and movement of talent. If the proposal gets approved, it can cause large-scale deportation of H-1B visa holders, a ...

Democrats are united against the bill, saying it would end healthcare coverage for millions LATEST NEWS : US Senate Republicans have voted in favour of a floor debate on their efforts to re-write healthcare policy, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie. The Senate on Tuesday decisively rejected a Republican proposal to repeal-and-replace Obamacare as Senator John McCain returned from Arizona to applause from fellow senators to cast a critical vote for Republicans, CNN reported. The floor debate will on Wednesday morning continue to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, even though there are no guarantees the votes are there to eventually pass the bill. Two GOP senators -- Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski -- sided with all Democrats in opposition, meaning all remaining Republicans and Pence were necessary for the motion to pass. The vote came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump dared their fellow Republicans to block th...

US President claimed that the climate deal was unfair Former US President Barack Obama and other political leaders on Firday slammed Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the historic Paris climate deal, saying he has squandered America's global leadership and put the country with "a small handful of nations that reject the future." "The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created. I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack," Obama said in rare a statement. "But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; I'm confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we've got," he said. He said it was the steady, principled American ...

Vladimir Putin said he had a lot in common with the US leader The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin , on Thursday praised the US President Donald Trump and said he was exactly the kind of person he liked most. Putin said he had never met Trump but that he agreed relations between their countries had to improve and he was willing to talk with the US leader. "I have to recognize that I love that kind of person. They are simple, direct, they have a very honest view of things and that can be very advantageous," Efe quoted him as saying. He said he had a lot in common with the US leader as he considered that neither were professional politicians and highlighted that he himself had never been a member of a party. Nonetheless, records show that Putin entered the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1970 while attending St. Petersburg State University, and remained a member until December 1991. Putin insisted that whether he liked Trump or not was irrel...

Trump's NATO summit move is reminiscent of Modi pulling aside Facebook CEO in 2015 to get the camera US President Donald Trump does not like to stand at the back of a line, and he definitely will not have someone else steal his thunder at a photo session. According to the New York Times, video footage of world leaders getting ready for a group photo during a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday shows Trump push aside Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic to make his way to the front. A lot has been made of the similarities anddissimilarities between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trump. However, this particular episode reminded many in India of an incident from September 2015, social media had gone abuzz with a video footage of PM Modi pulling Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg aside because the latter was blocking the frame. CNBC staffer Steve Kopack tweeted out footage showing the Trump incident. On the issue, the Associated Press quoted Montenegro newspape...

The list also includes Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Theresa May, among others Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  and Paytm founder  Vijay Shekhar Sharma  were the only two Indians to make it to the  Time ’s  annual list of ‘100 most influential people in the world’. The list features pioneers, artists, titans, leaders and icons from around the world honoured for “the power of their inventions, the scale of their ambitions, the genius of their solutions to problems that no one before them could solve.” US President Donald Trump, Russian President  Vladimir Putin  and British Prime Minister  Theresa May  are also included on the new list. The profile of Modi, 66, was written by author Pankaj Mishra. “Once barred from the US for his suspected complicity in anti-Muslim violence, and politically ostracised at home as well, this Hindu nationalist used Twitter to bypass traditional media and speak directly to masses feeling l...

However, Syria denied that either its forces or Russian forces were behind the attack US President  Donald Trump  condemned the "intolerable" alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria and blamed the Bashar al-Assad regime, media reports said. "Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people, including women and children, is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilised world,"  Efe news  quoted Trump as saying on Teusday in a statement. Trump said that "heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution", referring to former President Barack Obama, who "said in 2012 that he would establish a 'red line' against the use of chemical weapons" in Syria but then "did nothing". "The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this intolerable attack," the President concluded. Shortly before Trump...