India defends trafficking record
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India rejects its inclusion on a US list of countries which have problems eradicating human trafficking.
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India said on Friday that it had not dumped a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, opposed by the Indian government's communist allies, but feared that time was running out to clinch it.
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A U.N. procurement official has   been referred to U.S. prosecutors over allegations he steered   U.N. contracts to an Indian government firm, the United Nations   and diplomatic sources said on Friday.
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The investigative arm of the U.N. mission in Congo has opened an inquiry into allegations that Indian peacekeepers serving in this central African nation are illicitly trafficking in gold, a spokesman said Friday.
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Governments must view human  trafficking as a security issue because the proceeds are often  used to fund violence including terrorism, actress and U.N.  Goodwill Ambassador Julia Ormond said on Thursday.
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India sought to calm on Wednesday opposition to the first port call by a U.S. aircraft carrier, saying firm environmental measures were in place for the visit of the nuclear-powered vessel.
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One of India's largest retail firms, whose expansion has sparked violent protests, defends its growth plans.
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NEW DELHI: More than a decade of reforms has not helped India shake off the perception that it&#39;s amongst the most corrupt business environments.
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New venture in India raises questions about the evolution of offshore outsourcing.
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NEW DELHI: Internet auction site baazee.com on Saturday said it was outraged that Delhi Police objected to the release on bail of its chief executive Avnish Bajaj when his case came up in a court here.
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A 2.37-minute clip of a sexual act shot by a New Delhi teenager along with his classmate has unleashed a serious debate over India&#39;s cyber laws, and the arrest of eBay&#39;s India unit
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India's foreign minister on Tuesday defended a landmark civil nuclear agreement with the United States in the face of strong opposition from supporters of the country's ruling coalition and the main opposition party.
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Ramesh Bhatkar and others have a case registered against them in Pune.
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The country has a sterling reputation as a hotbed of technological know-how, but that knowledge doesn't always run deep, particularly in law enforcement. Manu Joseph reports from Mumbai, India.
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Nasscom, India's National Association of Software and Service Companies, has been rebuffed in its request for cooperation from a UK news program that plans to air a documentary on an alleged data-theft sting in which a  reporter was involved.
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The arrest of the chief of eBay's Indian unit has prompted calls for clearer laws on whether executives of auction sites can be prosecuted for selling material like pornography.
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(InfoWorld) - India's chief outsourcing association has admitted there may be instances of U.S.Â visa abuse by Indian companies, but said the problems are confined to "small, fly-by-night operators." Most of the Indian companies that sponsor large numbers of U.S. visas are "publicly listed and ethically managed," the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) said on Thursday. Any abuse of U.S. visas at such companies would tend to be less than at smaller operations, it added. However, NASSCOM admitted in its statement that small companies are "an area that may need more attention." The association's comments come after further allegations of U.S. visa abuse by two U.S. senators this week. Following their complaints last month aboutÂ alleged misuse of H-1B visas by Indian outsourcers, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, this weekÂ questioned the use of large numbers of L visasÂ by Indian outsourcers. Information from the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) indicated that the companies using the most H-1B visas are the same firms that use the most L visas, the senators said. That made them suspect that companies are using L visas to circumvent worker protections required under the H-1B program. The allegations come as the U.S. Senate attempts to revive an immigration reform bill which includes a provision for increasing the number of H-1B visas available. Earlier this month, Patni Computer SystemsÂ reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay back-wages to employees brought to the U.S. under the H-1B visa program, who then worked at lower salaries than U.S. workers would get for similar work. Patni is among the top 10 users of H-1B and L-1 visas from India. The senators wrote letters toÂ nine Indian companiesÂ in May, asking them for details on their use of H-1B visas. Among the companies were top Indian outsourcers including Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, and Wipro. The nine companies together account for close to 20,000 visas, the senators said. Companies appear to be increasingly using H-1B visas to displace qualified American workers, Grassley said in May. India's Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath warned at the time that the complaints could have repercussions at the ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, since the issue of work permits is a trade issue. Those negotiations fell through this month, not due to work permits but on account of differences over subsidies and tariffs on agriculture products. NASSCOM replied to the two senators in May but has yet to receive any acknowledgement, the association said on Thursday. It said it looks forward to a positive engagement that will address the politicians' concerns withoutÂ disrupting the growing two-way tradeÂ between India and the U.S. The H-1B visa is an employer-sponsored, non-immigrant visa that allows a foreign worker to come to the U.S. temporarily to perform services in a specialty occupation. The L-1 visa, a popular type of L visa, is a non-immigrant visa that allows companies in the U.S. or abroad to transfer certain classes of employee from their foreign operations to a U.S. operation. L visas are designed to give multinational companies the freedom to transfer managers and specialists within the company to their U.S. offices, Durbin said on Tuesday. But some of these companies have hundreds, and, in some cases, thousands of L visa workers, he said. "I find it hard to believe that any one company has that many individuals that are legitimately being transferred within a single year," Durbin said. "I find it even harder to believe that these L visas are being used appropriately when many of the same companies are some of the largest employers of H1-B workers." TCS of Mumbai was the largest user of L visas in 2006, with 4,887, according to a list of the top 20 L users posted by the two senators on their Web sites Tuesday. The list also includes the names of multinational companies such as IBM and Intel. Â