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Delhi HC stays government order on school fee panels; allows status quo on
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Saturday put on hold the Delhi government's February 1 notification directing private schools in the national capital to set up School-Level Fee Regulation Committees (SLFRCs) and submit proposed fee structures for the next three academic years.
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Won't implement fee regulation for private schools this year: Delhi govt t
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The Delhi government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the new legal-framework provided under the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixing and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025 which has been brought to regulate the fee and prevent arbitrary fee hikes by private schools in Delhi
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"Almost every decision of Trump has been challenged": Foreign affairs expe
Updated : 3 months ago IST
S President Donald Trump's decisions are facing challenges in the US Supreme Court, with 20 states opposing the H-1B visa fee hike. Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev noted that Trump's policies are being contested, with Democratic states leading the charge.
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Uttarakhand government grants relief to vehicle owners, postpones fitness
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Acting on the directions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Uttarakhand government has granted significant relief to vehicle owners in Uttarakhand by postponing the proposed hike in the fitness fee for old (15-year-old) commercial vehicles until July 1, 2026.
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H1B Visa fee hike shifts career dreams back to India, says VDart Group CEO
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the recent announcement regarding the H1B Visa, Sidd Ahmed, CEO and Founder of VDart Group, pointed out that the increasing costs are not only making it harder for companies to hire talent but also altering the aspirations of Indian professionals.
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"If tariffs are tax on goods, toll on H-1B is tax on trust": Ex-Indian Dip
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin has criticised the US's steep H-1B visa fee hike as a "tax on trust", warning that it undermines the mutual benefits of the programme and risks eroding goodwill between India and the United States.
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Both India, US-based firms raised concerns on sufficient availability of t
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Executive Director of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) America, Dhruva Jaishankar, on Tuesday (local time) said that both Indian and US-based companies have expressed concern over the availability of sufficient skilled talent for their jobs in the wake of recent hikes in H-1B visa fees
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H1B fee hike will hit US startups and innovation more, will have minimal i
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The recent H1B visa fee hike announced by the US administration will hit more to startups and innovation of the United States than India's IT services exports, said US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President and CEO Mukesh Aghi.
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Piyush Goyal highlights India's talent, clean energy potential amid US H1B
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has emphasised India's strength in talent, innovation, and clean energy while addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, days after US President Donald Trump revised the H1B visa norms and raised the annual fee to USD 100,000.
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H-1B visa fee hike driven by Trump's domestic politics, says Shashi Tharoo
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Tharoor mentioned that the sudden hike in H-1B visa fees is about America's domestic politics and the President is trying to gain support of the anti-immigration base, as US legislative elections are set for November this year.
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"Also impacting American companies, they would've huge issues": MCCIA DG P
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The reaction follows the US administration's recent increase in H-1B sponsorship fees to USD 100,000, a move that has sparked sharp responses from India and industry stakeholders.
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H-1B visa fee hike will reduce India's brain drain: Mkt & Banking expert A
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The United States' decision to impose a steep increase in H-1B visa fees has triggered concerns across Indian industries. But banking and market expert Ajay Bagga has a different view. Speaking with ANI, Bagga said that the USD 1,00,000 fee for the H1B visa will check the brain drain from
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