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Andhra to emerge as single-use plastic-free state by June 2026: CM Chandra
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Chief Minister participated in the tank cleaning programme along with people as part of the Swarnandhra-Swachandra programme at Macharla in Palnadu district today. Later, he interacted with sanitation workers at a medical camp organised for them at the venue. The Chief Minister also dist
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BJP Mahila Morcha members pray for PM Modi's well-being at Tripura's Tripu
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The event was led by the Mahila Morcha Pradesh President, Mimi Majumder, who was joined by several office-bearers and grassroots activists of the women's wing. More than a hundred Mahila Morcha workers gathered at the historic temple premises, which is regarded as one of the 51 Shakti Peetha
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US' H-1B fee move can have ripple effects on American innovation system, w
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Indian IT industry body Nasscom has expressed concerns following the White House's September 19 announcement of a new USD 100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applications, calling the move potentially disruptive to global business continuity and the innovation ecosystem in the United States.<
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"Wait for him to get some wisdom": Chhattisgarh Dy CM slams Trump over H-1
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Trump's order mandates companies to pay $100,000 annually for H-1B visa petitions, aiming to curb perceived abuses and prioritise American workers.
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw interacts with workers after Mumbai-Ahme
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Today, an important milestone has been achieved in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. An undersea tunnel is being constructed beneath the creek between Mumbai and Thane," Minister Vaishnaw told ANI.
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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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"70% of H-1B visa holders are Indians," says Visa consultant Bikram Chabha
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bikram Chabhal, president of AVIC, said Trump's decision to raise the H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000 will heavily impact Indians, who form 70% of holders. He warned companies may struggle to pay, but added India could benefit if skilled workers return home.
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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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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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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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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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