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Industry body, Nasscom, has urged its member companies to bring back H-1B employees stuck outside the United States before new visa fee rules come into force.The warning comes with just a day left before the US raises the cost of applying for an H-1B visa to $100,000, a move that could severely disrupt businesses.Shivendra Singh,…
H-B visa fee hike: This decision could notably affect Indian IT professionals and workers in the United States. H-B visa fee hiked! The Donald Trump administration sent shockwaves across the technology sector – particularly Indian IT, by substantially hiking the fee for H-1B visas. The revised regulations mandate organisations recruiting foreign professionals on H-1B visas…
Companies will be discouraged to hire H-1Bs if they have to pay $100,000 fee. In a major overhaul of the H-1B program, President Donald Trump is planning to add $100,000 application fee for the program, and may sign the proclamation Friday, reports, quoting a White House official said. This will be a steep jump costing…
NEW DELHI: Indian industry needs to participate in the efforts to achieve the vision of a developed nation at a time when govt is rolling out several reforms, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Thursday, emphasising that the push is needed when the world is passing through several challenges. Speaking at an Indian Foundation…
MUMBAI: In a move that is expected to reduce compliance for companies and allow smooth transition to the new GST regime, the govt has relaxed price sticker norms, making re-stickering of unsold stock manufactured before Sept 22 voluntary (optional) for firms. Companies will no longer be obligated to do so. The FMCG industry, which sells…
Intel shares soared more than 25 percent to $31.25 on Thursday following Nvidia’s announcement that it will invest $5 billion in the struggling semiconductor giant, giving a much-needed boost to the Silicon Valley veteran.The deal will see Intel and Nvidia collaborate on custom data centres for artificial intelligence infrastructure and integrate Nvidia technology into personal…
MUMBAI: After bouts of volatility, the IPO market seems to be gaining pace with a flurry of activity on startup street. Urban Company made a stellar debut on the bourses on Wednesday, setting the pace for more new-age listings.Pine Labs secured Sebi’s go ahead this week while companies such as Groww and Physicswallah are a…
MUMBAI: Sebi will engage with the government to allow banks, insurance companies and pension funds to invest in non-agriculture commodity derivative markets, its chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Wednesday.He said the capital markets regulator is also looking at a proposal to allow foreign portfolio investors to trade in non-cash settled, non-agricultural commodity derivative contracts….
CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said that he is disappointed by China’s internet regulator’s reported instruction to the country’s largest technology companies to stop purchasing the US-based chipmaker’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips and to terminate their existing orders. “We probably contributed more to the China market than most countries have….
MUMBAI: You will soon be able save more when you shop for groceries because prices of a host of products you use daily – from jams to shampoos are set to get cheaper. With barely a week to go for the rollout of the new GST rates, FMCG companies have begun firming up price cut…
