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India-Oman CEPA to boost trade, MSME exports, energy security: Bank of Baroda economist New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): India has taken another significant step towards deepening its integration with global supply chains by signing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Oman, a move expected to expand bilateral trade, strengthen MSME-led exports and enhance…
Former US Rep and economist Dr Dave Brat trained the guns at India over the H-1B visa program and said that while the national cap for H-1B is 85,000, one Indian district got 220,000 H-1B visas which is 2.5 times the limit. “When you hear H-1B, think of your family, because these fraudulent visas just…
Paul Gruenwald, global chief economist at S&P Global Ratings, was in India last week. In an interaction with TOI, he spoke on a range of issues from the state of the US economy, the impact of tariffs on the global economy to India’s strong economic growth. Excerpts: How do you look at global economy, given…
Scott Baulier (image credit: scottbaulier.com) Northern Michigan University recently passed over an accomplished scholar for its president role after controversy erupted over his past academic work, according to The College Fix. Scott Beaulier, an NMU alumnus and current dean of the University of Wyoming’s business school, had applied to lead his alma mater. Despite his…
India’s services and manufacturing exports hold significant untapped potential for overseas investors, according to Franziska Ohnsorge, Chief Economist for South Asia at the World Bank.“I draw attention to two opportunities for investment. One is in services exports and the other is in goods exports because it’s the export industry rather than tradable industries that foreign…
IMF economist Shekhar Aiyar has been appointed as the new Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), the think tank announced on Wednesday. He is set to take charge in November, news agency PTI reported.Aiyar currently serves as Assistant Director in the Research Department of the International…
As technology reshapes work and talent moves across borders with unprecedented ease, long-term visas such as the H-1B have emerged as a key focus of international policy discussions. Yet, according to Sanjeev Sanyal, an Indian economist and popular historian, these visas primarily serve the interests of the host country, rather than the nations from which…
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics feels that the US economy may be teetering on the edge of recession. In an interview with Business Insider, Zandi revealed that the combination if policy missteps and speculative market behaviour including the rise of meme assets like Dogecoin (DOGE)—as key contributors to the slowdown. “The reason why…
