The policy could have particularly significant consequences for employment-based Green Card applicants, many of whom have traditionally relied on adjustment of status (AOS) while continuing to live and work legally in the U.S. There is a large number of Indian immigrants who stand to face significant disruption and delay because of this policy shift.
It is not just Indian professionals, but this bill could result in a further drop in Indian students - the largest foreign student cohort in the US - showing interest in higher studies in the US. It is not just the H-1B visa by itself, but the proposal for ending the OPT which prospective students would be paying attention to. OPT helps students in drawing employment, gaining experience and potentially transferring to H-1B Visa status. In 2024-2025, over 140,000 Indian students were participating in the OPT program.
Le-Huu calls the Red EP “a bright exemplar of world fusion music… -- a folk duo blending South Asian and American traditions” layering “original Urdu, Hindi, and English lyrics over classical Indian ragas and beats borrowed from rock, reggae, and American roots music.”
In the end, the need to remember our war dead transcends borders, alliances, and eras. These disturbed graves — British, Australian, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi in origin — call us to a solemn duty: To honour all who fell with dignity. Forgetting them, or allowing their memory to be selectively bulldozed, diminishes us all.
Millions of doses of a new, cheap coronavirus vaccine will soon be available in India, thanks to the efforts and generosity of Dr. Peter J Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas
Once advised against attending university by her career counselor, Saira Malik, a Pakistan-American woman, has been appointed to the post of chief investment officer (CIO) in Nuveen, a top US firm managing $1.2 trillion in equities, fixed income, real estate among others
India has flagged to the Canadian government the Indo-Canadian community’s concerns over a bill before Canada’s parliament to ban the sale and display of "hateful symbols", including the swastika, for its association with Nazism
A team led by Pakistan-born in scientist Yassir Siddique has developed a promising solar cell technology, setting two new world records of efficiency which could help foster clean energy initiatives to combat the global warming issue
In a dilemma over realpolitik and priniciple, India has tried to stay neutral in what has become a confrontation between Russia and the US
In a setback to the Pakistani government, Altaf Hussain, a dissident leader of Pakistan’s MQM party, was acquitted by a Landon court in a case involving “encouraging terrorism” charges
Since the Taliban's takeover of their government in Afghanistan in August last year, several Afghan diplomats in the United States are struggling without pay and to keep the embassy open
I am advocating for greater representation of Indo-Caribbeans, the largest ethnic minority group in the English-speaking Caribbean
Indians constitute about half of the population in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname and form the largest minority in Jamaica, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada and Belize
M Khairuzzaman, Bangladesh’s former high commissioner to Malaysia, has been arrested by Malaysian authorities, Malaysian Home Minister Hamza Zainudin confirmed
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) has condemned the vandalization of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Union Square Park in Manhattan borough of New York City and sought arrest and punishment of the culprits
One member of the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team and three board members have reportedly refused to return to Afghanistan and are "seeking asylum" in the United Kingdom
A group of prominent American lawmakers has written a letter to President Joe Biden to ensure global supply and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines as US partners and allies were forced to use "sub-standard and ineffective" Chinese and Russian vaccines
A Russian invasion of Ukraine would also have implications for India and Washington has been in touch with New Delhi at different levels on the tense situation on their border, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price
A tweet in Malayalam by Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, soon after his meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Dubai has reaffirmed the close ties between southern Indian state and the Gulf emirate
