The proposed annual quota for Indian companies could be between 10 and 15 per cent. Currently, there are no country-specific limits on H-1B allotment.
Today, he lies in an unknown grave in a corner of a farmer's field in Pakistan, having given his all for his country. A riveting excerpt from Ian Cardozo's Beyond Fear: True Stories on Life in the Indian Armed Forces.
Expert staff in the line of fire in the tech sector. Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board, which is the government head-hunter, interviewed seven candidates for the post, which fell vacant after Dinesh K Sarraf was elevated as Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC.
Companies have also managed to find talent created by frequent exits.
IT services firms would no longer focus on large volume hiring from campuses like they did at least two to three years ago, as demands of clients are changing.
The Finance Ministry is considering a proposal to rope in professionals from the private sector for appointment of chairman and CEO-cum-managing director in state-owned financial institutions as it looks for talent from a wider pool of applicants.
Online marketplace majors, e-grocers, Internet of Things firms, app-based companies and transport service aggregators are among those that have had to shut shop or scale down operations. Now, survival skills like upskilling and retraining will determine who makes it.
If an employee bond is used to ensure that the employee never leaves, then it is illegal.
As per Indian tax laws, bonus in kind paid to the employees could be considered as salary income in the hands of the employees.
'You will see more and more people working independently -- starting beauty parlours, driving cars, etc.' This is what we call the gig economy.' 'The same people who have been laid off in India or are unable to get visas to work in the US may be part of this gig economy.' 'India needs billions of jobs, and it can only be created by self-employment or the gig economy.'
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back.
The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not take his Christian name when he became king.
'The Megalithic period had a significant feature. Their pottery uses black and red clay.' 'Another identifying feature is that all Megalithic burial sites are oriented towards the east.'
Why check into a hotel when you can pitch a tent and get close to nature.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
New Zealand pace spearheads exploited a tricky Basin Reserve wicket to bowl India out for under 200 twice with Jamieson's height and delivery angle providing plenty of problems.
The market buzz is that the GoAir promoters are hoping for a valuation that is at least a little more than double its closest rival SpiceJet.
Evaluation gets tougher as companies battle uncertain macro conditions and automation.
Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
Rishabh Pant has silenced his critics forever, says childhood coach Tarak Sinha.
Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
'After some time, they all want to know what is happening in their companies.' 'It is better they remain board members rather than talk outside.'
'Gold could benefit from the resulting risk aversion, as happened last year.'
In India, 29 positive cases have been reported so far, including 16 Italian tourists. New Zealand Cricket said that the cricket board is in constant touch with the country's health, foreign affairs and sports ministry to get regular updates which will ensure health safety for its players.
On the itinerary: Luxury camping, tribal homestays, heritage cities.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
'Over the next two to three years, hiring will come down further.' 'You will see the industry intake of freshers go down to 150,000 from the current 200,000.'
In September, Sebi had given a six-month extension to companies.
D K Sarraf replaces Vasudeva, who turned 60 on Tuesday and is due to superannuate on Friday.
Kyle Jamieson said he believed he was capable of rapid improvement in both speed and general performance.
'Jim Corbett was a remarkable man. There's a history behind Corbett and he deserves the honour of the area being the Jim Corbett National Park.'
The sixth edition of the World T20 cricket tournament is beginning in Nagpur on Tuesday with two qualifying matches being played. In the opening game, 13th-ranked Zimbabwe will take on 14th-ranked Hong Kong in Group B at 3 p.m. In the second match, also in Group B, 9th-ranked Afghanistan and 11th-ranked Scotland will clash at the same venue later in the evening at 7.30 p.m. Qualifying matches of Group A will be played at Dharamsala on Wednesday. The second round of the tournament, known as Super 10, will kick off on 15th March, also in Nagpur, when India go head to head with New Zealand in Group B. The other teams in Group B are Pakistan and Australia. They will be joined by the qualifying team.
New Zealand's run machine Martin Guptill will finally get a chance to showcase his skills in the Indian Premier League when he was called up by defending champions Mumbai Indians as a replacement for the injured Lendl Simmons.
A handy list of things we must do when we have just been handed the rejection slip.
'Anyone who should be worried about or critical about this new capability of the Indian Air Force, it should be those who want to threaten our territorial integrity'
Captain Virat Kohli looks back on India's humiliating 0-2 series defeat to New Zealand in the Test series.
'But one of the important things to remember is that what we are seeing today in India -- the destruction of the forests, the opening up of the forests to mining companies.' 'It's a horrifying thing that's going on.' 'Yet, if you look at who owns the mining companies, you will see that almost always they are vegetarians!' 'They are people, who in their own lives would probably not even hurt an insect, but yet have no qualms about destroying an entire ecosystem.'
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