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While H-1B professionals constitute a small share of the overall US workforce supported by Nasscom member companies, they play a major role in driving innovation, productivity, and job creation across the digital economy.

US shift to pay-based H-1B visa selection system raises legal, economic concerns: Nasscom

December 25, 2025 5:52 pm

For India, the country of origin for 71 per cent of H-1B holders last year, attracting this talent also reinforces the strategic partnership with a key democratic partner in the Indo-Pacific, Nasscom said.

US 'not looking to conquer' says new envoy as Donald Trump insists ‘we need Greenland for national security’

December 24, 2025 10:51 pm

Trump has repeatedly said the US needs to take over Greenland for the sake of national security and has refused to rule out military action to achieve it.

US judge rejects Chamber of Commerce's challenge to Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee

December 24, 2025 11:35 am

The move will make it far more difficult for entry-level workers, including a large number of applicants from India, to secure employment visas in the US.

US H-1B Visa 2025: Many among the affected are tech workers in their 30s and 40s who have lived in the US for years.

H-1B visa: Hundreds of visa holders stranded in India as US consular offices reschedule appointments

December 23, 2025 6:43 am

Trump H-1B Visa vetting policy: Most of the appointments have now been rescheduled between March and June 2026 owing to the implementation of the Trump administration’s new social media vetting policy, The Washington Post reported.

A diving team and police boat are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP)

US admits liability in fatal helicopter crash with American Airlines jet

December 18, 2025 12:27 pm

The government admitted it "owed a duty of care to plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident" and that the pilots of the Army helicopter and regional jet "failed to maintain vigilance so as to see and avoid each other."

UN chief calls for immediate de-escalation of US-Venezuela tensions

December 18, 2025 1:00 am

Venezuela complained to the United Nations Security Council over the US seizure of an oil tanker calling it "state-sponsored piracy" and the "illegitimate use of military force against a private vessel."

President Trump and Prime Minister Modi spoke on the phone on December 12 and both described it as a warm engagement. So it would seem to have been quite a productive discussion.

From H-1B visa to key areas requiring attention: Dhruva Jaishankar on challenges in India-US ties

December 14, 2025 9:33 pm

In a detailed conversation with The Indian Express' Flora Swain, Dhruva Jaishankar unpacked the complexities of India–US relations, examined the challenges posed by Trump-era policies, and identified key areas requiring attention from both nations to strengthen the partnership