Morning Digest | U.S. to ease visas for skilled Indian workers as PM Modi visits; Amit Shah calls all-party meeting to discuss Manipur situation on June 24, and more
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U.S. to ease visas for skilled Indian workers as PM Modi visits
The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the United States, using this week’s state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help some skilled workers enter or remain in the country, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The State Department could announce as soon as Thursday that a small number of Indians and other foreign workers on H-1B visas will be able to renew those visas in the U.S., without having to travel abroad, one of the sources said, part of a pilot program that could be expanded in coming years.
Manipur violence | Amit Shah calls all-party meeting on June 24
Nearly 50 days after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has convened an all-party meeting on June 24 to discuss the situation in the State.
The Union Home Ministry tweeted on Wednesday that the meeting would be held at 3 p.m. in Delhi. More than 100 people have been killed in the ongoing violence in the northeastern State and more than 50,000 people have been displaced.
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