The United States Department of Labor has announced an immediate freeze barring eight major technology employers—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Cognizant, Capgemini, Microsoft, and Adobe—from participating in the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program. Under the directive, the department will neither accept new PERM applications nor continue processing pending …
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‘Deeply Offensive’: India Strongly Rebuts JD Vance’s ‘Indentured Servants’ Remark on H-1B Workers
In an unusually stern diplomatic rejoinder, the Government of India has strongly condemned United States Vice President JD Vance for describing high-skilled H-1B visa holders as “foreign indentured servants”. Terming the rhetoric “unwarranted” and “deeply offensive,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi issued a comprehensive statement reminding …
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