California Senate passes bill banning caste discrimination

In a historic move, the California State Senate on Thursday passed a legislation that would ban caste-based discrimination in the state. Photograph: Kind courtesy @aishabbwahab/Twitter Passed by......

California senate panel passes bill to end caste bias

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, amidst strong opposition from Indian-American business and......

ISIS, Qaeda planning large-scale attacks on US, warns FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray on Thursday expressed concern that foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), such as the Islamic State and Al Qaeda, may either launch or......

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman judge of US SC

In a momentous occasion in American history, the United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to sit in the country's highest court. IMAGE: President......

Indian IT is dead!

But Indian information technology workers might do better without the companies that held them back, says Mihir S Sharma. Let’s give President Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, and......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

Why Indian IT firms may face bigger US visa hurdle this year

According to experts, while allegations against Indian IT firms of visa misuse are nothing new, this time the scrutiny could be much greater Earlier this month, reports surfaced that two of the......

H-1B workers have minimal skills: Infosys whistleblower

H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, a whistleblower from Indian IT giant Infosys has said and asked lawmakers not to increase the number of......

FIFA scandal takes ugly turn

Ex-South American soccer chief in FIFA scandal under house arrest   The former head of South America's soccer federation was under house arrest on Monday evening, a senior police official......