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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicIndia IT sector

Topic: India IT sector

What is American H-1B visa system & why Trump’s $100,000 fee proclamation triggered panic

Each year, nearly 85,000 H-1B visas are granted via a lottery system. Between October 2022 and September 2023, 72 percent of nearly 4,00,000 visas were granted to Indian nationals. 

Wipro’s CEO Thierry Delaporte resigns, to be replaced by Srinivas Pallia

Delaporte was leaving to 'pursue passions outside the workplace'.Srinivas Pallia, a 32-year veteran of the company, will take over from 7 April, Wipro said in a statement.

Nearly 6% of outsourced contract workers lost jobs from Jan-Mar in IT, says recruitment body

India's unemployment rate in April rose for the fourth month in a row to 8.11%, from 7.8% in the previous month, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

On Camera

SIR notice to Amartya Sen reveals how burdensome India’s overseas vote really is

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, there were 1,19,374 registered overseas electors on the rolls. However, only 2,958 actually voted. Kerala alone accounted for 2,670 of those votes.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.