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US says it backs visas to qualified Indians

Posted on Friday, 11 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles


As India announced plans to take the issue of 'discriminatory' increase in US visa fees to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Washington assured it continued to fully support the admission of qualified Indians.
The US and India 'did have a good and thorough discussion' on the visa issues in the context of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent visit to India, State department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters Wednesday.
As Clinton said it publicly 'Indians are the greatest beneficiaries in the world of both our L-1 visa programme and our H-1B visa programme,' she said when asked about India's reported move.

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US face transplant gives man new jaw, teeth and tongue

Posted on Thursday, 29 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles

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US court upholds award of $1.5 mn damages to Indian maid

Posted on Thursday, 22 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles



A US court has approved a magistrate's award of $1.5 million compensation to an Indian maid who had accused a former Indian diplomat and her husband of harassment and "slavery".

US District Judge Victor Marrero "adopted in entirety" the report of US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas recommending payment of $1.5 million compensation to maid Shanti Gurung for the alleged "barbaric treatment" and "emotional distress" by Indian diplomat Neena Malhotra and her husband Jogesh.

Neena Malhotra had employed Gurung as her domestic help for three years between 2006 and 2009 when she was serving as a counsellor at the Consulate General of India in New York.

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Golden Temple jibe: India takes up issue with US US defends TV host’s right to free speech

Posted on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Strongly objecting to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, India has formally taken up the matter with the US authorities.

Arun K Singh, Deputy Chief of the Indian mission in Washington, met Robert Blake, a senior diplomat in the Obama administration dealing with South and Central Asia affairs, and conveyed New Delhi’s displeasure over Leno’s comment, official sources said.

Leno, the host of the popular ‘The Tonight Show’ on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhs, on his programme and termed it as a possible summer home of Republic presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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For first time, US loses AAA credit rating

Posted on Saturday, 6 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


 For the first time in history, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded America's top notch credit rating, stripping the world's largest economy of its prized AAA status.

'We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to 'AA+' from 'AAA,'' S&P said Friday in a stunning blow to the country, that has enjoyed the top rating for 70 years, and its political leadership.

In July, S&P, one of the three major agencies that assign grades the credit of companies and governments, placed the US rating on 'CreditWatch with negative implications' as the debt ceiling debate devolved into partisan bickering.

To avoid a downgrade, S&P said the US needed to not only raise the debt ceiling, but also develop a 'credible' plan to reduce the federal debt by at least $4 trillion over the next decade.

Earlier this week, Congress instead passed a plan to reduce the debt by at least $2.1 trillion.

In its report Friday, S&P ruled that the US fell short: 'The downgrade reflects our opinion that the ... plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilise the government's medium-term debt dynamics.'


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