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US bill to hike visas for science grads; Indian students to gain
New York: Senator John Cornyn, the senior Republican on a panel that oversees immigration, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make an additional 55,000 visas available each year for foreign graduates with Master's and doctoral degrees who have studied at US universities. The bill, called the “STAR Act of 2012,” #Education #Immigration reform #John Cornyn #science #Visas #Vivek Wadhwa
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India’s plan to cut Iran oil is likely to ease US pressure
New York: India will win breathing room after Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas RPN Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that refiners are targeting an 11 percent overall reduction in crude imports from Iran this fiscal year. The announcement came as Carlos Pascual, the US special envoy #diplomacy #Iran #Iran-India #oil imports
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Boom! India in $660 m deal for howitzers aimed at China
New York: The last time India bought a big gun, it backfired. But nearly 26 years after the controversy over the purchase of Swedish Bofors guns, the defence ministry on Friday approved the purchase of 145 ultra-light howitzers made by the multinational BAE Systems Inc for around $660 million (Rs #BAE Systems #Bofors #China #Defence procurement #M777 howitzer
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Have a Himalayan feast with Obama — for $35,800!
New York: President Barack Obama will re-voice his support for gay marriage at a fundraiser at the Ruben Museum in New York on 14 May organised by the LGBT Leadership Council and Latino nonprofit Futuro Fun. The celebrity host, singer Ricky Martin, is openly gay and an LGBT activist. The #Barack Obama #LGBT #Q&A #Vikas Khanna
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Pakistan sulks after Hillary’s barbs during her India trip
New York: Pakistan is in a full-blown sulk after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood next to India’s external affairs minister SM Krishna and pressed Pakistan to do more to stamp out homegrown terrorism. It’s also livid at America’s charge that Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is hiding in Pakistan #Al-Qaeda #Asif Ali Zardari #Ayman al-Zawahiri #Hafiz Saeed #Hillary Clinton #Pakistan
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Infosys’ visa row: Forrester says clients turning to plan B
New York: Indian IT services giant Infosys’ continuing US visa woes, missed annual sales guidance, and lackluster outlook has clients mulling contingency plans, according to Forrester analyst Stephanie Moore. Claims that Infosys routinely brought Indian tech workers into the US on B-1 visas to do work that required an H1-B visa #H-1B visa #Infosys #WhatNext
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Desis and minorities in US favour Obama over Romney
New York: The trends that helped Barack Obama get to the White House four years ago still favour his re-election. He enjoys a wide lead over Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, among Millennials and minorities. In fact, 85 percent of Indian Americans support Obama, according to a Lake Research #Barack Obama #Identity #Indian-American #Mitt Romney #US elections
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How Patels took over motels
New York: Like the Greek owners of many a roadside diner, Indian immigrants predominantly from Gujarat, have become curators of a nice slice of Americana by opening motels, a quintessential feature of America’s serpentine highways dating back to the 1940s. The so-called “Patel motel” phenomenon began in the 1960s when immigrants #Asian American Hotel Owners Association #BooksWeLike #Motels #Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin #Patel motel #Pawan Dhingra #Yashwant Patel
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Pakistan lost its chance to clip army’s wings after Osama raid
New York: One year after the stunning raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the Pakistani army still willingly or unwillingly lets a rogue’s gallery of terrorists wanted in India and the US live large. What is striking, say analysts, is how little has changed in Pakistan and how the military #Al-Qaeda #Ashfaq Parvez Kayani #Hafiz Saeed #ISI #Osama bin Laden #Pakistan Army
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Why foreign companies are ‘scared’ of investing in India
New York: Dave M Cote, chairman and CEO of US-based Honeywell International, said on Wednesday that India's labyrinthine bureaucracy and aggressive tax policies are scaring foreign investors and will redirect investment to China and elsewhere. "Foreign companies are starting to become scared here,” Cote told The Wall Street Journal in #Dave Cote #Foreign Investments #Gaar #Honeywell #Taxation