INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
locally, the State Department said on Thursday.Reuters reported on Wednesday that the United States had told India it was considering
restricting the H-1B visa programmes for countries with the data storage requirement
visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally," a State Department spokeswoman said in a statement in response to the
visa programmes, including the H-1B program, it was not targeted at a specific country, the spokeswoman said.It is "completely separate from
our ongoing discussions with India about the importance of ensuring the free flow of data across borders," the spokeswoman added.Earlier on
Thursday, India said it was in talks with the United States on H-1B visas, but foreign ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar told a news
