The H1B visa, popular among Indian IT firms and professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US firms to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Google is promising to be more forceful and open about its handling of sexual misconduct cases, a week after thousands of high-paid engineers and others walked out in protest over its male-dominated culture.
The White House said that there is need to carry on reforms in H-1B to keep more talented graduates in this country.
A 25-year-old Indian worker was found hanging in his accommodation here, a Sharjah Police official said.
A statue of a Sikh soldier honouring South Asian soldiers' role in the First World War, which was unveiled less than a week ago has been vandalised.
A stabbing incident in Melbourne this afternoon that has left one person deceased is being treated as terror related at this stage.