Last Updated:April 02, 2025, 18:01 IST The H-1B program allows nearly 65,000 foreign workers to acquire visas through a lottery system every year. The group includes many Indians employed at top companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon. (Representative Image/iStock) Tech professionals working in the United States have reportedly been asked not to leave the country
There is a “high degree of uncertainty” over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during the Covid pandemic will be repaid, says an influential group of MPs. In a report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticises “severe weaknesses” in the way the Department of Culture, Media and Sport
I detect a reasonable sprinkle of the jitters in government as the world waits for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement later. It is the single most globally consequential day so far of the president’s second term. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK must “prepare for the worst” and there is every expectation in
Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into President Trump’s second term. Acute uncertainty about how the administration’s trade and immigration policies will unfold and affect the economy has made him much more cautious about any expansion plans. As one of the country’s
Last Updated:April 01, 2025, 12:44 IST Major Indian IT services companies faced selling pressure in early trade on Tuesday, as concerns over US reciprocal tariffs weighed on investor sentiment Wipro, TCS, Infosys among IT stocks in focus today. Major Indian IT services companies faced selling pressure in early trade on Tuesday, as concerns over US
In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Fitr — not in joyous celebration, but in quiet apprehension. On Monday, thousands who have called Pakistan home for generations face a deportation deadline and an uncertain, possibly dangerous future. Since the Soviet invasion
In a refugee settlement on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, Afghan families gathered on Sunday to observe the festival of Eid al-Adha — not in joyous celebration, but in quiet apprehension. On Monday, thousands who have called Pakistan home for generations face a deportation deadline and an uncertain, possibly dangerous future. Since the Soviet invasion
It had been six days since Joy Marver was locked out of her office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, five days since she checked herself into a hospital for emergency psychiatric care, and two days since she sent a letter to her supervisors: “Please, I’m so confused. Can you help me understand?” Now,
Big as the U.S. stock market is, it isn’t the only place to trade stocks. Markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America have been outpacing the U.S. market in 2025. The DAX index, which tracks 40 of Germany’s most important stocks, was up nearly 15 percent for the year, led by Rheinmetall, Europe’s biggest ammunition
Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Ukrainians in the UK are losing out on job opportunities and homes because of uncertainty over how long they will be allowed to stay in the country. They were initially given the right to live and work in the UK for three years and can apply for an 18-month