Image copyrightAFPImage captionIndians get around 85% of H1-B visas, mostly in the IT industry India is concerned that a new US bill designed to limit the number of highly skilled workers entering will heavily impact the country’s IT industry. The bill introduced to the US House of Representatives proposes doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000 from… Read more »
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly banned most of India’s cash on Nov. 8, he warned that “difficulties” could persist for 50 days. The payoff, he said, would be less corruption and less tax evasion. He was right about the difficulties. Indians endured an acute cash shortage and massive lines at banks as they sought to exchange worthless notes for… Read more »
The ongoing insurgency in the Balochistan Region of Pakistan has led to sickening numbers of deaths among Baloch separatists and protesters of both the Pakistani and Iranian governments. The Balochs are rising against the powers of the state in order to gain greater autonomy, increased royalties from natural resources and provincial revenue, and to become an independent nation-state. The Pakistani… Read more »
Given the severity of the recent bombings, it is clear that NATO and the U. S. made the right decision to deploy soldiers and marines to Afghanistan in the days leading up to this attack. Since the Taliban stated that they have been planning this attack for a while, it is clear Afghanistan must step up its security and intelligence… Read more »
Agni-V, India’s new long range missile, is capable of delivering a nuclear warhead anywhere in China NEW DELHI: A week after India conducted an Agni-IV test, Pakistan yesterday conveyed its “concern” about New Delhi’s missiles programme to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), saying that it posed “a danger to regional peace and stability,” The Express Tribune reported. The MTCR… Read more »
With 90% abandonment rate, females babies are dying throughout Rajasthan, India just because they are female. They die because they are left outside in to be exposed to the elements and wild animals. Some babies are rescued but two alternatives exist – death due being so ill or placement in adoption centers. What is at the heart of the female… Read more »
The November 3rd fight where the United States and Afghan troops carried out a ground and air assault against the Taliban, is still a relevant topic because now the investigation has come out with the exact numbers of Taliban lives killed and the even more pressing number: how many innocent lives were killed. The big controversy to this topic is whether or not… Read more »
The United Arab Emirates says five of its diplomats died in a bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar that killed at least 11 people and wounded 17 others, including Juma al-Kaabi, the UAE ambassador to Afghanistan.
A US military investigation has found that air raids targeting the Taliban during a gun battle in northern Afghanistan last year killed 33 civilians. Twenty-seven other civilians were wounded in the village of Boz in Kunduz city, a statement from US Forces Afghanistan said on Thursday.
Afghan officials are pushing to create a “safe zone” for Taliban insurgents in a bid to wean them away from traditional sanctuaries inside Pakistan, in a radical and contentious strategy to de-escalate the conflict. The plan underscores desperation in Afghanistan for out-of-the-box solutions to tackle the 15-year insurgency, as peace bids repeatedly fail and US-backed forces suffer record casualties in… Read more »