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Indian Student Flung 100 Feet After Police Car On 911 Call Hit Her: Report
The video of a US cop laughing while discussing the death of an Indian student in Seattle has sparked outrage, both among lawmakers as well as Indian-Americans.
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US Lawmaker's Bill To Double H-1B Visas To Benefit Indian Techies
An association of more than 2,100 small and mid-size IT companies in the US mostly owned and operated by Indian Americans has urged lawmakers to double the H-1B quota from the current 65,000.
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TikTok CEO Says Company at ‘Pivotal’ Moment as Calls for Ban in US Grow
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said the Chinese-owned short video app company faces a pivotal moment as a growing number of US lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns.
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More Than 100 U.S. Lawmakers Urge Speaker Pelosi To Back Union EV Tax Credit
More than 100 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep a $4,500 tax credit incentive for union-built electric vehicles (EV) in a massive spending bill.
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Over 100 US Lawmakers Urge Joe Biden To Support India Before WTO On Covid Vaccines
More than 100 US lawmakers have written to President Joe Biden urging him to support India's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19 diagnostics and vaccines.
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Trump Raises Questions About TikTok-Oracle Deal if ByteDance Ties Remain
US President Donald Trump raised questions on Wednesday about plans by China's ByteDance to keep a majority stake in the U.S. operations of popular social media platform TikTok after six Republican lawmakers urged him to reject the proposal.
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US Lawmaker Apologises To Indian-Americans Over Letter On Kashmir
In an unprecedented move, a US Congressman has apologised to Indian-Americans for not consulting them before writing a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express his concerns on human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre scrapped its special status.
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US Lawmakers Seek To Protect Work Visa Of Spouses Of H-1B Holders
Two influential lawmakers from California have introduced a legislation in the US House of Representatives to protect work authorisation of H-4 visa workers, a significant number of whom are Indian-American women.
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More Than 100 CEOs Call For Laws To Protect US 'Dreamer' Immigrants
More than 100 corporate leaders and other prominent figures on Monday called on US lawmakers to protect immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.
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This US State Is Considering Raising Legal Smoking Age -- To 100
Would-be cigarette smokers in the US state of Hawaii might have to wait a very long time for their first legal drag, after a lawmaker introduced a bill that would bar sales to anyone under the age of 100.
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In This US University, Ex-Doctor Named In Over 100 Sexual Abuse Cases
More than 100 Ohio State University alumni have given investigators firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by former athletic doctor Richard Strauss, the school said Friday in an update on the probe.
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No Decision On H4 Visas Final Till Rulemaking Process Completed, Says US
No decision about H-4 visas is final until the rulemaking process is completed, a senior US official has said, days after over 100 lawmakers urged the Trump administration to continue granting work authorisation to certain dependent spouses of non-immigrant workers holding H-1B visas, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.
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'Fix Fakebook': Activists Plant 100 Life-Size Zuckerberg Cutouts on Capitol Lawn
Before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday, an advocacy group staged a public spectacle of its own.
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Indian Techies In US Seek Congressional Help Over Green Card Quota
A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas today knocked on the doors of US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them.
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Over 100 Lawmakers Ask India To Allow US-Based NGO To Function
Over 100 US lawmakers have asked India to give a "temporary reprieve" to an American donor NGO until a more permanent solution can be found under the Indian laws for the Christian organisation to function. Compassion International is said to be shutting down its India operations after it was put under 'prior permission category' in May last year. W...
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Indian Student Flung 100 Feet After Police Car On 911 Call Hit Her: Report
The video of a US cop laughing while discussing the death of an Indian student in Seattle has sparked outrage, both among lawmakers as well as Indian-Americans.
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US Lawmaker's Bill To Double H-1B Visas To Benefit Indian Techies
An association of more than 2,100 small and mid-size IT companies in the US mostly owned and operated by Indian Americans has urged lawmakers to double the H-1B quota from the current 65,000.
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TikTok CEO Says Company at ‘Pivotal’ Moment as Calls for Ban in US Grow
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said the Chinese-owned short video app company faces a pivotal moment as a growing number of US lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns.
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More Than 100 U.S. Lawmakers Urge Speaker Pelosi To Back Union EV Tax Credit
More than 100 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep a $4,500 tax credit incentive for union-built electric vehicles (EV) in a massive spending bill.
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Over 100 US Lawmakers Urge Joe Biden To Support India Before WTO On Covid Vaccines
More than 100 US lawmakers have written to President Joe Biden urging him to support India's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19 diagnostics and vaccines.
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Trump Raises Questions About TikTok-Oracle Deal if ByteDance Ties Remain
US President Donald Trump raised questions on Wednesday about plans by China's ByteDance to keep a majority stake in the U.S. operations of popular social media platform TikTok after six Republican lawmakers urged him to reject the proposal.
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US Lawmaker Apologises To Indian-Americans Over Letter On Kashmir
In an unprecedented move, a US Congressman has apologised to Indian-Americans for not consulting them before writing a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express his concerns on human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir after the Centre scrapped its special status.
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US Lawmakers Seek To Protect Work Visa Of Spouses Of H-1B Holders
Two influential lawmakers from California have introduced a legislation in the US House of Representatives to protect work authorisation of H-4 visa workers, a significant number of whom are Indian-American women.
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More Than 100 CEOs Call For Laws To Protect US 'Dreamer' Immigrants
More than 100 corporate leaders and other prominent figures on Monday called on US lawmakers to protect immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.
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This US State Is Considering Raising Legal Smoking Age -- To 100
Would-be cigarette smokers in the US state of Hawaii might have to wait a very long time for their first legal drag, after a lawmaker introduced a bill that would bar sales to anyone under the age of 100.
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In This US University, Ex-Doctor Named In Over 100 Sexual Abuse Cases
More than 100 Ohio State University alumni have given investigators firsthand accounts of sexual misconduct by former athletic doctor Richard Strauss, the school said Friday in an update on the probe.
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No Decision On H4 Visas Final Till Rulemaking Process Completed, Says US
No decision about H-4 visas is final until the rulemaking process is completed, a senior US official has said, days after over 100 lawmakers urged the Trump administration to continue granting work authorisation to certain dependent spouses of non-immigrant workers holding H-1B visas, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.
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'Fix Fakebook': Activists Plant 100 Life-Size Zuckerberg Cutouts on Capitol Lawn
Before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday, an advocacy group staged a public spectacle of its own.
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Indian Techies In US Seek Congressional Help Over Green Card Quota
A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas today knocked on the doors of US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them.
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Over 100 Lawmakers Ask India To Allow US-Based NGO To Function
Over 100 US lawmakers have asked India to give a "temporary reprieve" to an American donor NGO until a more permanent solution can be found under the Indian laws for the Christian organisation to function. Compassion International is said to be shutting down its India operations after it was put under 'prior permission category' in May last year. W...
