Indian IT firms see US green card curbs, Opposition’s Rashtrapati: A practical reader guide

Indian IT firms see US green card curbs, Opposition's Rashtrapati: A practical reader guide

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Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling said the suspension would cover Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Microsoft, Adobe and Capgemini. The Trump administration froze on Thursday some Green Card filings by eight firms including India’s Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys and opened probes into nine elite universities, widening a visa crackdown it says targets fraud and American job losses.

Furthermore, security forces in Delhi have mounted one of the largest ground deployments yet. The police have issued media advisories (but also met with counter-advisories). Read the full story here .

Around 26,000 personnel from the CAPF have been deployed with Delhi Police ahead of the October 10 protest announced by the Cockroach Janta Party.