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India 'missed' more H1B visas: US

India 'missed' more H1B visas: US

Rediff.com8 Sep 2008

The United States on Monday said India 'missed' a major opportunity to get a liberalised regime for the much sought-after H1B visas by not agreeing to Doha deal in Geneva this July.

Meet the man who ensured food supply during lockdown

Meet the man who ensured food supply during lockdown

Rediff.com26 May 2020

'If the mandis were not working in Delhi, or the onion market in Nashik got affected, or there were disruptions because of unloading or loading in any sector in south India, we intervened.'

Help! I am being sexually harassed at work

Help! I am being sexually harassed at work

Rediff.com18 Mar 2021

'We need to confront such people else they will be encouraged to harass more women in the future,' notes HR guru Mayank Rautela.

Nath refuses to budge on retail FDI

Nath refuses to budge on retail FDI

Rediff.com26 Feb 2007

Coming out strongly in defence of foreign direct investment in retail, the ministry of commerce and industry has told the Prime Minister's Office that there is no empirical evidence to suggest that organised retail would adversely impact small retail

Bengal keen to set things right at AEZs

Bengal keen to set things right at AEZs

Rediff.com14 Aug 2007

According to Sanjeev Chopra, secretary of the horticulture and food processing department of West Bengal, steps were being taken so that exporters from the state could sell overseas at least 1 per cent of the total state produce through the AEZs.

India is global leader in Basmati rice

India is global leader in Basmati rice

Rediff.com19 May 2007

India's share in the world market for basmati rice is about 53 per cent, said the government on Friday.

Mumbai-based firm blacklisted by US

Mumbai-based firm blacklisted by US

Rediff.com1 Nov 2007

Megatech Engineering & Services Pvt. Ltd. and three of its senior officials -- Ajay Ahuja, Ravi Shettigar and T K Mohan -- have been placed in the Denied Persons List of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and formally notified in the Federal Register.

Industries in rural areas allowed to operate from April 20

Industries in rural areas allowed to operate from April 20

Rediff.com15 Apr 2020

Fresh guidelines issued by the Union home ministry on Wednesday permit industries operating in rural areas to run from April 30 with strict social distancing norms.

Govt clears Infosys proposal to set up SEZ in Bengaluru

Govt clears Infosys proposal to set up SEZ in Bengaluru

Rediff.com5 May 2016

The decision was taken by an inter-ministerial Board of Approval.

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