{
  "id": 13076179,
  "title": "'Deeply Offensive': MEA Rebukes JD Vance's 'Indentured Servants' Remark As US Bans Indian Tech Firms From Green Card Programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/deeply-offensive-mea-rebukes-jd-vances-indentured-servants-remark-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T08:19:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/deeply-offensive-mea-rebukes-jd-vances-indentured-servants-remark-as-us-suspends-indian-tech-firms-from-green-card-programme"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has criticised US Vice President JD Vance's description of H-1B workers, saying language with colonial connotations is \"deeply offensive\". The statement also responds to the US Department of Labor's suspension of certain tech companies like Infosys, Wipro, and TCS from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme. What the MEA said The ministry…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}