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FM flags concern over H-1B visa issue

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Flagging concerns of Indian companies on the H-1B visa issue in the latest US immigration bill, finance minister P. Chidambaram today told his American counterpart Jack Lew that temporary relocation of knowledge workers should not be confused with immigration.

Chidambaram refuses to comment on JPC report

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Finance minister P Chidambaram today refused to comment on the JPC draft report which gives him a clean chit in the 2G scam, saying that he has “never been concerned” about the allegations.

Missing Indian wrongly identified

Indian-American student Sunil Tripathi, who had been missing since mid-March, was on Friday wrongly identified on the social media websites as one of the two suspects responsible for the Boston Marath

In polar race, some in US want Arctic envoy

Top US diplomat John Kerry said he would mull ways to deepen US engagement in the Arctic amid pleas from legislators to name America’s first ambassador to the resource-rich region.

India is not imposing restrictions on investments: PC

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Finance minister P. Chidambaram today rejected suggestions that India is imposing restrictions on investments and said the country’s economy is opening up in a gradual manner.

Hints of dark matter seen?

For the first time, scientists, including an Indian-origin physicist, have observed concrete hints of a particle behind the elusive dark matter that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has nev

US aid to India drops by 16%

US secretary of state John Kerry has proposed a 16 per cent cut in the American aid to India, reflecting the transition from a traditional “donor-recipient” relationship to a “strategic partnership” between the two countries.

Saturn rings are ‘raining’ water

Cosmic rain! Astronomers have discovered that the rings of Saturn produce their own rain that falls onto the planet, having a major impact on its atmosphere.

US probe says no wrongdoing

A US Navy investigation has ruled out any wrongdoing into the killing of one Indian fisherman in a firing incident off the Persian Gulf last year that also injured three others.

Star Trek rifle, toted by Capt. Kirk, gets $231K

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A one-of-its-kind rifle that actor William Shatner once toted around while filming the Star Trek series has fetched a whopping $231,000 at an auction.

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