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Donald Trump’s protectionist stand and H1B visa reform bill carry a message for India that the game has changed, and we better recognize this quickly, writes Ravi Venkatesan The US visa reform bill seeking to double the minimum wage payable to H1B visa holders is only the most recent instance of Donald Trump’s protectionist stand. Photo: Bloomberg America has a protectionist new president who appears to be energetically following through on his election promise to put “America First” and move his country away from the global order based on free trade that has served both America and the world so incredibly well. His rhetoric and early actions are creating an enabling environment for other protectionist-minded CEOs and lawmakers to advance new legislation that aim to narrowly protect American jobs. The new bill proposed by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren seeking to double the minimum wage payable to H1B visa holders is only the most recent instance of this. It certainly won’t be th...

As President Obama's second term as president winds down, he keeps reminding us how much we're all going to miss him. From (literally) dropping the mic at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to responding to questions about Donald Trump by saying that the presidency is "not a reality show," he's doing most everything right. And now, President Obama has shared a Mother's Day message that's lovely and heartfelt — one that takes on extra meaning in light of what he has said in the past about his relationship with his own mother. Obama posted the message on his official POTUS Facebook account Sunday morning. In it,  he thanked his mother  for "instilling in me a sense that I could do anything if I worked for it," a belief that later led to him becoming president. He thanked superwoman Michelle Obama and her mother for all the hard work they put in to raise Malia and Sasha, and said he was "lucky to have lived [his] life surrounded b...