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Kharge slams $100K H-1B visa fee as 'birthday return gift' from Trump to P
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Indians are pained by the return gifts you have received after the birthday call. Birthday Return Gifts from your "Abki Baar, Trump Sarkar" Govt! USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas, hits Indian tech workers the hardest, 70 per cent of H-1B visa holders are Indians," Kharge wrote in a p
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Trump's H-1B visa fee hike "two-edged sword" for US innovation, India's IT
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former senior Indian diplomat Mahesh Sachdev on Saturday described US President Donald Trump's proclamation of imposing a USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications as a "two-edged sword", warning that it could undermine America's IT innovation while significantly impacting Indian com
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Congress leaders slam US decision to Impose $100K H-1B visa fee
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
President Trump's presidential proclamation is set to take effect on September 21. The order represents one of the Trump administration's most aggressive efforts yet to overhaul the H-1B visa programme. Framed as a crackdown on "systemic abuse", it places strict financial and compliance burd
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"Congress ignored all of India's potential": PM Modi slams license raj, fo
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed Congress' economic policies, saying that the party ignored India's potential.
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Tech giants urge H-1B holders to stay in US after Trump's visa overhaul, a
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid the looming implementation of US President Donald Trump's overhaul of the H-1B visa programme, tech giants Amazon and Microsoft on Saturday advised their foreign employees holding H-1B and H-4 visas to immediately return to the United States and urged the H-1B holders to stay in the
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"America's loss will be India's gain": ex-NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant sees
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former NITI Aayog CEO and ex-G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant hailed US President Donald Trump's H-1B visa overhaul as a potential boon for India's innovation ecosystem, asserting that the restrictive USD 100,000 fee per visa application will stifle US foreign talent inflows and redirect global br
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Trump says US seeks to reclaim Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump said Washington is working to reclaim Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base, citing its proximity to China's nuclear facilities. China urged respect for Afghan sovereignty, while Kabul reiterated opposition to foreign troops. Afghan analysts warned against force as Russia c
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France halts counterterrorism cooperation with Mali after envoy's arrest
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
France has suspended counterterrorism cooperation with Mali and expelled two Malian diplomats after Bamako arrested French envoy Yann Vezilier on coup-plotting charges. Mali accused him of working for French intelligence, which Paris called "unfounded." Ties have soured since Mali's military
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Spotlight on IT companies as Trump imposes USD 100,000 fee for H1B visas
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) issued a new presidential proclamation titled "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers" that introduces a major overhaul to the H-1B visa programme, imposing a steep USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, raising fre
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"Indian coaches as capable as foreign ones": AIFF President praises Khalid
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Senior men's national team head coach Khalid Jamil, senior women's national team head coach Crispin Chettri, U23 men's head coach Naushad Moosa, and U20 and U17 women's head coach Joakim Alexandersson provided detailed insights into their teams' preparations, strategies, and upcoming challen
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New visa programme will end foreign workers 'taking jobs from hard-working
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick lauded the Trump administration's recent overhaul in its visa programmes, announcing that these new visa programmes will ensure foreign workers provide "significant benefit" to the US by ending practices where they "take jobs from hard-working Ameri
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Trump Administration imposes USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Trump administration has announced a massive increase in H-1B visa fees, imposing a USD 100,000 annual charge that will fundamentally alter how American companies hire skilled foreign workers, particularly impacting Indian IT professionals who comprise the largest group of beneficiari
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