Nasscom team heads to US to discuss visa issues
A delegation of IT industry body Nasscom will be in Washington DC tomorrow to engage with members of the new US administration on issues like clampdown on work visas and flow of skilled manpower between the two nations. “We will be in Washington DC between February 23 and March 2,” Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar told PTI. More..
Making all efforts to protect Indians: VK Singh on H-1B visa issue
Amid apprehensions of a clampdown on H-1B visa by the US, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today said his ministry is making all efforts in safeguarding the interests of Indian citizens. “The External Affairs Ministry is active in this direction (US President Donald Trump’s plan on H-1B visa) and we are making all efforts to safeguard the interests of Indian citizens,” Singh told mediapersons after inaugurating a Passport Sewa Laghu Kendra (PSLK) here. More..
EU says open to accommodate more Indian skilled professionals
The European Union said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa.
Pushing for deeper trade ties with India, a delegation of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also expressed "regret" over failure by both sides to resume the stalled dialogue to firm the long-pending EU-India trade and investment pact. More..
US law makers non-committal on rethink of H-1B visa norms
US law makers visiting India refused to give any assurance to the country’s policy-makers on the fate of the three Bills introduced in the US Congress for tightening H-1B visa rules.
Instead, they pressed on the need for strengthening of Indian IP laws, a Commerce Ministry official has said.
“The group of law makers who met the Commerce Minister on Monday said the situation on foreign workers was still fluid in the country and Senators were yet to make up their mind on the issue,” the official said. More..
America a land of immigrants, says Nadella
Calling America a land of immigrants, Microsoft Corp chief executive Satya Nadella said the US stands for inclusion and diversity and he himself had beneficiary of its "enlighten immigration policy".
He, however, said it should be America first in the US like it should be India first in India when it comes to creating jobs. More..
A delegation of IT industry body Nasscom will be in Washington DC tomorrow to engage with members of the new US administration on issues like clampdown on work visas and flow of skilled manpower between the two nations. “We will be in Washington DC between February 23 and March 2,” Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar told PTI. More..
Making all efforts to protect Indians: VK Singh on H-1B visa issue
Amid apprehensions of a clampdown on H-1B visa by the US, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh today said his ministry is making all efforts in safeguarding the interests of Indian citizens. “The External Affairs Ministry is active in this direction (US President Donald Trump’s plan on H-1B visa) and we are making all efforts to safeguard the interests of Indian citizens,” Singh told mediapersons after inaugurating a Passport Sewa Laghu Kendra (PSLK) here. More..
EU says open to accommodate more Indian skilled professionals
The European Union said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa.
Pushing for deeper trade ties with India, a delegation of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also expressed "regret" over failure by both sides to resume the stalled dialogue to firm the long-pending EU-India trade and investment pact. More..
US law makers non-committal on rethink of H-1B visa norms
US law makers visiting India refused to give any assurance to the country’s policy-makers on the fate of the three Bills introduced in the US Congress for tightening H-1B visa rules.
Instead, they pressed on the need for strengthening of Indian IP laws, a Commerce Ministry official has said.
“The group of law makers who met the Commerce Minister on Monday said the situation on foreign workers was still fluid in the country and Senators were yet to make up their mind on the issue,” the official said. More..
America a land of immigrants, says Nadella
Calling America a land of immigrants, Microsoft Corp chief executive Satya Nadella said the US stands for inclusion and diversity and he himself had beneficiary of its "enlighten immigration policy".
He, however, said it should be America first in the US like it should be India first in India when it comes to creating jobs. More..
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