On one hand, the job is gone, and now the threat of leaving the country has also emerged. This is the exact crisis faced by many Indian professionals living in America. Recently, companies like Meta, Oracle, and Amazon conducted large-scale layoffs. The jobs of thousands of people were snatched away in a single stroke through just one email. Among them was a large number of Indian professionals too. Now, the crisis of leaving America has arisen before these people because most Indian professionals work in America on an H-1B visa. But the rule of this visa says that a new sponsor must be found within 60 days of losing the job. That means if there is no new employer, the visa will end and the legal right to stay in America will be over. In such a situation, there is pressure on the laid-off Indian professionals to find a job immediately. However, according to a Business
Today report, professionals do have some options in case the H-1B visa lapses. For instance, they can change their visa status to B-1 or B-2. This allows them to stay in America for a few months even without getting work. But according to the report, changing this status is also becoming extremely difficult now. Citing some immigration experts, the report states that the acceptance rate for visitor visas has seen a huge decline in recent times. Cases of applications being rejected are continuously rising. The immigration authorities are either demanding extra proof to change the visa status or are directly rejecting the applications. In such a situation, alternative paths for Indian professionals have also become limited. Conditions have become extremely difficult for them. Due to the continuous ups and downs in the tech industry, finding new jobs has also become hard. On top of that, the constant news of layoffs is scary. This can have a direct impact on India’s job market as well.
If a large number of professionals return to India from abroad, it will put pressure on the job market here too, which is already going through a phase of crisis. Overall, the situation is fragile. It is hoped that the government will address the problem in time and protect the interests of the country as well as the professionals living abroad. Moving to the next news, if a girl has reached the age of puberty, meaning roughly between 10 to 13 years old, her silence can be considered as consent for marriage. If a marriage of any boy or girl has been performed without giving dowry, then that marriage can be considered invalid. If the husband is not behaving affectionately, the girl can appeal to get the marriage cancelled after reaching the age of puberty; but if the husband refuses to grant a divorce, the divorce will not be granted.
These are literally Taliban rules. The Taliban government of Afghanistan has implemented them, implemented these rules. Last week, Afghanistan’s Justice Ministry issued an order regarding new rules of divorce. The rules just mentioned are a part of that. In these, child marriage has been legally justified and many rights related to the freedom of girls have been snatched away. From the United Nations to several human rights organizations, concern has been expressed over these rules. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has said that this will further increase discrimination against women and young girls. Restrictions have already been imposed on the education of girls in Afghanistan.
There are restrictions even on their stepping out of the house. Girls cannot go to gyms, salons, and even public parks. Now, their marriage at a young age is being promoted. Rights related to divorce are being snatched away. On this side, the Taliban regime has rejected these allegations. They said that all orders are in accordance with Islamic law. The Afghan government says that the objections of people who are against Islam are nothing new, and we do not need to pay attention to them. This means that the Taliban is justifying laws that snatch away the basic rights of girls under the guise of religion. Keep watching The Lallantop. Thank you. Good night.
