INDIADonald Trump favours Indian students staying back in US
PTI | Mar 15, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.(File photo)
WASHINGTON: Indians studying in American educational institutions should not be kicked out as the country needs smart people like them, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said as he sought to set the record straight about his immigration policies.
"Whether we like that or not, they pay, et cetera, et cetera but we educate a lot of people, very smart people. We need those people in the country," Trump, 69, told Fox News in an interview when asked about his views on legal immigration.
"They cannot come into the country. You know, they go to Harvard, they are first in their class and they're from India they go back to India and they set up companies and they make a fortune and they employ lots of people and all of that," he said.
"Many people want to stay in this country and then want to do that. I think somebody that goes through years of college in this country we shouldn't kick them out the day they graduate, which we do," Trump said clarifying his position on certain aspect of H-1B visas.
Trump has been widely accused of having an "all or nothing" stance when it comes to immigrants. There are about the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
He has been advocating the scrapping of the H-1B visa programme from the beginning of his campaign as he thinks it is "very unfair" for American workers and has been taking away their jobs.
IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are beneficiary of H-1B, a non-immigrant visa in the US which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations.
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"Whether we like that or not, they pay, et cetera, et cetera but we educate a lot of people, very smart people. We need those people in the country," Trump, 69, told Fox News in an interview when asked about his views on legal immigration.
"They cannot come into the country. You know, they go to Harvard, they are first in their class and they're from India they go back to India and they set up companies and they make a fortune and they employ lots of people and all of that," he said.
"Many people want to stay in this country and then want to do that. I think somebody that goes through years of college in this country we shouldn't kick them out the day they graduate, which we do," Trump said clarifying his position on certain aspect of H-1B visas.
Trump has been widely accused of having an "all or nothing" stance when it comes to immigrants. There are about the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
He has been advocating the scrapping of the H-1B visa programme from the beginning of his campaign as he thinks it is "very unfair" for American workers and has been taking away their jobs.
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Indian muslims are very angry with trump. Sorry guys you were bullying the world., now you are paying for it. Cry babies, should not act bully.IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are beneficiary of H-1B, a non-immigrant visa in the US which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations.
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NEW DELHI: The number of child labourers aged 14 or below in India dropped to 45 lakh in 2011 from 1.26 crore a decade before, said the country's labour minister, urging lawmakers to approve planned changes to existing legislation to curb the problem.
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya told India's lower house of parliament on Monday the government will amend a three-decade-old child labour prohibition law, and called on both houses of parliament to support its passage.
"I gave a notice in the winter session, but it could not be passed. This session too, it could not be passed though I gave notice," Dattatreya said.
The amendments to the current law are scheduled to be presented during this session of parliament which ends on May 8, with a recess between March 21 and April 19.
Dattatreya's figure, which is from India's 2011 census, shows the number of child workers dropped by 64 percent over 10 years.
A February 2015 report by the International Labour Organization puts the number of child workers in India aged between five and 17 at 57 lakh, out of 16.8 crore globally.
More than half work in agriculture, toiling in cotton, sugarcane and rice paddy fields where they are often exposed to pesticides and risk injury from sharp tools and heavy equipment.
At least a quarter work in manufacturing, often confined to poorly lit, barely ventilated rooms, embroidering clothes, weaving carpets, making matchsticks or rolling beedi cigarettes. Many help their parents in brick kilns or mines.
Children also work in the services sector, in shops, restaurants and hotels, washing dishes and chopping vegetables, or in middle-class homes, cleaning and looking after younger children.
The government wants to change the current law, which bans children under 14 from working in only 18 hazardous occupations and 65 processes, such as mining, gem cutting and cement manufacturing.
If passed by parliament, the changes will outlaw child labour below 14 in all sectors and include a new category for those aged between 15 and 18 years old.
The amendments also double jail time for employing children to a maximum of two years and increase the fine up to 50,000 rupees from 20,000 rupees currently.
But child rights activists, including Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, have voiced concern over two exceptions.
Children who help their family in family businesses can work outside school hours and holidays, and those in entertainment or sports can work provided it does not affect their education.
Also, children aged 15 to 18 will be barred from working in only three industries: mines, inflammable substances and hazardous processes.
Satyarthi, whose charity Bachpan Bachao Andolan is credited with rescuing more than 80,000 enslaved children, said the exemptions are "regressive" and wants a total ban on all forms of child labour.
Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya told India's lower house of parliament on Monday the government will amend a three-decade-old child labour prohibition law, and called on both houses of parliament to support its passage.
"I gave a notice in the winter session, but it could not be passed. This session too, it could not be passed though I gave notice," Dattatreya said.
The amendments to the current law are scheduled to be presented during this session of parliament which ends on May 8, with a recess between March 21 and April 19.
Dattatreya's figure, which is from India's 2011 census, shows the number of child workers dropped by 64 percent over 10 years.
A February 2015 report by the International Labour Organization puts the number of child workers in India aged between five and 17 at 57 lakh, out of 16.8 crore globally.
More than half work in agriculture, toiling in cotton, sugarcane and rice paddy fields where they are often exposed to pesticides and risk injury from sharp tools and heavy equipment.
At least a quarter work in manufacturing, often confined to poorly lit, barely ventilated rooms, embroidering clothes, weaving carpets, making matchsticks or rolling beedi cigarettes. Many help their parents in brick kilns or mines.
Children also work in the services sector, in shops, restaurants and hotels, washing dishes and chopping vegetables, or in middle-class homes, cleaning and looking after younger children.
The government wants to change the current law, which bans children under 14 from working in only 18 hazardous occupations and 65 processes, such as mining, gem cutting and cement manufacturing.
If passed by parliament, the changes will outlaw child labour below 14 in all sectors and include a new category for those aged between 15 and 18 years old.
The amendments also double jail time for employing children to a maximum of two years and increase the fine up to 50,000 rupees from 20,000 rupees currently.
But child rights activists, including Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, have voiced concern over two exceptions.
Children who help their family in family businesses can work outside school hours and holidays, and those in entertainment or sports can work provided it does not affect their education.
Also, children aged 15 to 18 will be barred from working in only three industries: mines, inflammable substances and hazardous processes.
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TNN | Mar 15, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
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NEW DELHI: After loans defaulter Vijay Mallya denied giving an interview to The Sunday Guardian, the newspaper on Tuesday released a chain of emails of its interview, purportedly with the former 'King of Good Times.'
In the supposed email interview, Mallya had said it was not the right time for him to return to India.
"I am an Indian to the core. Of course I want to return. But I am not sure I'll get a fair chance to present my side. I've already been branded as criminal. I do not feel the time is right." the newspaper quoted an email, supposedly from Mallya, as saying.
Mallya left India on March 2 and in tweets right after, asserted he is just an 'international businessman' and not an absconder.
Mallya claimed last night that he never gave the weekend interview to The Sunday Guardian.
"Shocked to see media statements that I gave an interview to Sunday Guardian without verification. I have not given any statement to anyone," Mallya tweeted last night on his official Twitter page.
The newspaper said it stood by its report.
The email trail that the newspaper put online says "Interview for the Sunday Guardian newspaper" in the subject line.
Mallya's supposed reply begins: "I urge you not to misquote me or twist my words to suit any narrative. Please use my answers as it is," says Mallya in his reply to the reporter.
Further, Mallya, or somebody, responds to four queries from the newspaper.
The replies mention being victimized and that "big media houses are running a whole lot of lies".
"I don't think it is wise for me to reveal my whereabouts. For now, I want to feel safe," is another reply, purportedly from Mallya, to a question about where he's staying.
When Mallya left the country on March 2, he reportedly managed to do so despite a CBI lookout notice on him and allegedly on a diplomatic passport.
The Congress and the BJP have since been accusing each other of helping Mallya leave the country or get loans.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Mallya to Mumbai on March 18 as part of its money laundering probe in the alleged default of repayment of a Rs 900 crore loan from IDBI bank by Kingfisher Airlines.
The liquor baron owes more than Rs 9,000 crores in unpaid loans taken for his failed Kingfisher Airlines. Not just that, he owes interest, too, on those Rs 9,000 crores.
In the supposed email interview, Mallya had said it was not the right time for him to return to India.
"I am an Indian to the core. Of course I want to return. But I am not sure I'll get a fair chance to present my side. I've already been branded as criminal. I do not feel the time is right." the newspaper quoted an email, supposedly from Mallya, as saying.
Mallya left India on March 2 and in tweets right after, asserted he is just an 'international businessman' and not an absconder.
Mallya claimed last night that he never gave the weekend interview to The Sunday Guardian.
"Shocked to see media statements that I gave an interview to Sunday Guardian without verification. I have not given any statement to anyone," Mallya tweeted last night on his official Twitter page.
The newspaper said it stood by its report.
The email trail that the newspaper put online says "Interview for the Sunday Guardian newspaper" in the subject line.
Mallya's supposed reply begins: "I urge you not to misquote me or twist my words to suit any narrative. Please use my answers as it is," says Mallya in his reply to the reporter.
Further, Mallya, or somebody, responds to four queries from the newspaper.
The replies mention being victimized and that "big media houses are running a whole lot of lies".
"I don't think it is wise for me to reveal my whereabouts. For now, I want to feel safe," is another reply, purportedly from Mallya, to a question about where he's staying.
When Mallya left the country on March 2, he reportedly managed to do so despite a CBI lookout notice on him and allegedly on a diplomatic passport.
The Congress and the BJP have since been accusing each other of helping Mallya leave the country or get loans.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Mallya to Mumbai on March 18 as part of its money laundering probe in the alleged default of repayment of a Rs 900 crore loan from IDBI bank by Kingfisher Airlines.
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A Hurriyat statement said, "Umar Farooq will lead a delegation of dozens of leaders to the Pakistan High Commission following an invitation for a function on 'Pakistan Day'."
"Besides Mirwaiz, we have received invitation for 35 leaders, including 20 from the Hurriyat and rest from the Awami Action Committee (AAC)," said media advisor to Mirwaiz, Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam.
Earlier, Adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had called off his visit to India after New Delhi protested against the scheduled meeting between him and Hurriyat leaders.
Reacting to India's stand, Islamabad had said Pakistani leaders had met Hurriyat leaders whenever they visited India in the past 20 years, and it would be "inappropriate" for India to "impose the condition India's determination to not allow the separatists to be a party to the engagement was reflected in the detention of separatist leaders Shabir Shah and Bilal Lone, among others, in the capital."
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A Hurriyat statement said, "Umar Farooq will lead a delegation of dozens of leaders to the Pakistan High Commission following an invitation for a function on 'Pakistan Day'."
"Besides Mirwaiz, we have received invitation for 35 leaders, including 20 from the Hurriyat and rest from the Awami Action Committee (AAC)," said media advisor to Mirwaiz, Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam.
Earlier, Adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had called off his visit to India after New Delhi protested against the scheduled meeting between him and Hurriyat leaders.
Reacting to India's stand, Islamabad had said Pakistani leaders had met Hurriyat leaders whenever they visited India in the past 20 years, and it would be "inappropriate" for India to "impose the condition India's determination to not allow the separatists to be a party to the engagement was reflected in the detention of separatist leaders Shabir Shah and Bilal Lone, among others, in the capital."
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Reuters | Mar 15, 2016, 09.08 AM IST
LONDON: Drinks tycoon and motor racing boss Vijay Mallya faces a sensitive diary clash this week as the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix coincides with an appointment to appear before the Enforcement Directorate.
Mallya, under pressure from banks to repay $1.4 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines, left India for Britain on March 2. His departure sparked outrage in Parliament, after creditors had asked courts to ensure he stayed in the country.
A senior official from the Enforcement Directorate(ED) said last week that Mallya had been summoned for questioning this Friday as part of an investigation related to one of the bank loans.
Friday is also the first official practice day before Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Mallya, who co-owns Britain-based team Force India and regularly attends races, did not respond to a request for comment on whether he plans to go.
If he does, without first making a pit stop back home, it is likely to trigger further uproar in India. Mallya, who sports a goatee, an ear stud and a ponytail, is one of India's most flamboyant entrepreneurs and a fixture in the society pages.
The self-styled "King of Good Times" and chairman of the Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India has denied fleeing the country, saying on Twitter he was the victim of a media witch hunt. He said in his posts that he would comply with domestic laws.
A spokesman for Force India told Reuters last week that he did not know about Mallya's plans. In February, the team's chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, said he expected Mallya to attend more than half of this year's 21 races.
Force India cars were reported to be coming and going last week at Mallya's 11.5 million pound ($16.5 million) mansion in the village of Tewin, just north of London. The run-up to a season-opener is a hectic time for teams, as cars must be readied for air freight.
Mallya bought the sprawling Hertfordshire estate last year from Anthony Hamilton, father of triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The house boasts two swimming pools, multiple cars and at least 20 windows, all of which had their curtains drawn tight when a Reuters reporter visited on Friday.
Mallya, under pressure from banks to repay $1.4 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) owed by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines, left India for Britain on March 2. His departure sparked outrage in Parliament, after creditors had asked courts to ensure he stayed in the country.
A senior official from the Enforcement Directorate(ED) said last week that Mallya had been summoned for questioning this Friday as part of an investigation related to one of the bank loans.
Friday is also the first official practice day before Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Mallya, who co-owns Britain-based team Force India and regularly attends races, did not respond to a request for comment on whether he plans to go.
If he does, without first making a pit stop back home, it is likely to trigger further uproar in India. Mallya, who sports a goatee, an ear stud and a ponytail, is one of India's most flamboyant entrepreneurs and a fixture in the society pages.
The self-styled "King of Good Times" and chairman of the Federation of Motorsports Clubs of India has denied fleeing the country, saying on Twitter he was the victim of a media witch hunt. He said in his posts that he would comply with domestic laws.
A spokesman for Force India told Reuters last week that he did not know about Mallya's plans. In February, the team's chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, said he expected Mallya to attend more than half of this year's 21 races.
Force India cars were reported to be coming and going last week at Mallya's 11.5 million pound ($16.5 million) mansion in the village of Tewin, just north of London. The run-up to a season-opener is a hectic time for teams, as cars must be readied for air freight.
Mallya bought the sprawling Hertfordshire estate last year from Anthony Hamilton, father of triple Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The house boasts two swimming pools, multiple cars and at least 20 windows, all of which had their curtains drawn tight when a Reuters reporter visited on Friday.
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