In what can be considered as a case of pure luck, Renu Chauhan won the amount as the grand prize of the Punjab State Dear 100+ monthly lottery

With still early days into the Biden administration and signs of favourable outlook, Nasscom is hopeful of a more inclusive consultative  process in the US on decisions that will affect the Indian IT industry .

The successful applicants would be able to join their new jobs in the US on October 1, when the American fiscal year starts

This move signals the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to supporting immigrant women workers who play an essential role as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) said on Thursday

The US administration, under former President Donald Trump, had introduced the rule which would have increased H-1B wages by about 30 per cent.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iranian nuclear deal, was one of the important achievements of Obama-Biden Administration

The decision to revoke the proposed rule on H4 work permit comes on the same day Biden inked an executive order calling for racial equality in the US

Indian tech industry body Nasscom hopes the new US administration will bring changes to regulatory policies hurting IT companies while working to find solutions to the STEM skills gap

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China

President-elect Joe Biden, a Democrat, has promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trump's immigration policies are cruel

The decision will impact a large number of Indian IT professionals and several American and Indian companies who were issued H-1B visas by the US government for the FY 2021 beginning October 1

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had revoked the previous recognition for computer programmers as a 'speciality occupation' in 2017, which made the programmers eligible for H-1B visas

The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas

These changes applied to the H-1B visa program and were announced back in October. They included imposing certain salary requirements on companies hiring foreign skilled workers and also imposing limits on speciality occupation

Indian students comprised nearly 20 per cent of the over one million students from around the world, and the US has seen a steady increase in the number of undergraduate students from India

The US State Department granted nearly 15,000 student visa (F-1) to Indian between October 2019 and September 2020, a drop of 64 per cent compared to the previous year

Indian-American voters reportedly contributed $3 million to 2020 presidential campaigns, which was more than even Hollywood

Google said the CCI would find that GPay operates in an extremely competitive environment and owes its success to its ability to offer consumers a simple and secure payments experience

While BSE bankex gained 761 points to 31,505 compared to earlier close of 30,744, BSE IT index rose 463 points to 22170 against previous close of 21,707

With Kamala Harris as his deputy, Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas, which had adversely impacted a large number of Indian families in the United States