Category: India News

U.S. work visa caps to squeeze businesses, jobs: Nasscom

BENGALURU – The United States’ plans to cap H1-B work visas, used by Indian IT firms to send employees there, would imply a “further crunch” for businesses to access skilled workforce, industry lobby group Nasscom said on Thursday. The United States told India it is considering caps on […]

Exclusive: U.S. tells India it is mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules – sources

NEW DELHI – The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, widening the two countries’ row over tariffs and trade. The plan to […]

MPs should work in a way that people are inspired: Prez

New Delhi, Jun 20: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday advised parliamentarians to accord priority to their duties as public representatives so that people are inspired to discharge their duties as citizens. In his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, […]

New industrial policy to be announced soon: President

New Delhi, June 20: The government will soon announce a new industrial policy aimed at promoting growth of industries and creation of jobs, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday. Addressing the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, the President said work is underway in full earnest to transform […]

National security top priority of Modi govt: Kovind

New Delhi, Jun 20: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday flagged national security as one of top most priorities of the Narendra Modi government, saying all possible steps will be taken to ensure country’s security as it was done after the terror attack in Pulwama. He also said that illegal […]

Prez address tabled in Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Jun 20: President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament was laid in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Both Houses were convened after the president’s address. In Rajya Sabha, as soon as the House assembled, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked new […]

‘People gave mandate to continue India’s development journey’

New Delhi, Jun 20: The people of India have given a mandate to continue with the country’s development journey that started in 2014, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday. In his address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament in the historic Central Hall, he said government […]

Hotels, firms cut back on water use as taps run dry in Chennai

CHENNAI, India – Hotels in Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million faces its worst shortage in years. All four reservoirs that supply Chennai, known as the Detroit of South Asia for its flourishing automobile industry, […]

Explainer: Mysterious ‘brain fever’ killing children in Bihar

MUZAFFARPUR, India – More than 110 children in India, most from poor rural families, have died this month from encephalitis, a type of brain disease that has afflicted the eastern state of Bihar for more than two decades. Health experts have long been dumbfounded by the root of […]

Portable sensor can detect explosives in real time

New Delhi, Jun 19: Scientists have developed a compact and portable sensor that detects explosives like DNT and TNT in real time, and can be used to monitor public spaces to counter terrorism.  Nitroaromatic explosives like DNT, TNT and TNP pose a serious threat to civilian and military safety. […]

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