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A Reddit post by an Indian professional who recently returned from the United States has reignited debate on the H1B visa system, workplace culture, and community-based favoritism in American tech firms. The techie, who previously worked at Amazon USA, said one of the key reasons for returning to India was the “toxic behaviour” of Indian managers abroad. According to him, many Indian managers exploit employees on visas, aware of their vulnerability due to complex immigration rules. “They avoid hiring Americans because they know they can’t push them to work 24/7. Americans won’t hesitate to sue if boundaries are crossed,” the...

A massive foreign worker scandal is brewing at Apple. The company reportedly fired nearly 200 Indian employees after uncovering their involvement in a major scam—stealing charitable contributions. And of course, hardly anybody is covering the story.Typical, right?Now, the big question is this: are these the “best and brightest” workers we’ve been endlessly told about, ad nauseam?NO WAY! HAHA, you can't make it up. 185 Apple employees — explicitly Telegu (Indian) — were fired today due to their involvement in a scam related to Apple's matching grants program.These foreign workers know our system is a convoluted joke. They understand that as...

The State Department of Archaeology and Museums (DAM) is engaged in the chemical treatment of a treasure trove of 1,600 palm-leaf manuscripts, dated back to the 17th, 18th and 19th century, at the Andhra Sahitya Parishad Archaeology Museum and Research Institute here. DAM Assistant Director K. Timma Raju told The Hindu that the text in the manuscripts belongs to the fields of ayurveda, mathematics, astrology, Telugu and Sanskrit literature and classical music. "The text of the Hindu epics -- Ramayana and Mahabharata -- is also available in the manuscripts," said Mr. Timma Raju. AMD chemist K. Rambabu said the chemical...