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H-1B Visa: The Hardest Hit Will Be...

The US has replaced random H-1B selection with a wage-weighted lottery and a new $100,000 fee for applications, raising uncertainty for students and junior hires. Illustration: Dominic...

The Queue For US Visa Just Got Longer

As of September 2025, the expected time of interview appointments for visitor visa (B-1/B-2) at New Delhi was 12 months, far more than the time at other US consulates in the capital cities of top...

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of...

Every One Of These Pictures Tell A Story

Glimpses from around the world that will make you smile and cry. Trump Moves to Tech-ify Pennsylvania IMAGE: US President Donald John Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for Pennsylvania...

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons...

174 Indians file lawsuit against Trump's proclamation on H-1B

The lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H4 visas or admitting new H-1B or H-4 visa holders as unlawful. A group of 174 Indian...

US to invest $150 million to train H-1B One Workforce

In sectors like IT, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and transportation, the H-1B One Workforce grant programme would be used to upskill the present workforce and train a new generation of...

Big relief for Indian IT as Biden administration removes H-1B visa curbs

Dept of Homeland Security vacates rule that would have redefined H-1B specialty occupations, curbed off site placement and raised employer compliance obligations. Illustration: Uttam...

No clean chit from US to Indian carpet industry

The United States said on Tuesday it had not given any clean chit to the Indian carpet industry on the issue of using child and forced labour."The Labor Department wishes to clarify that it has not...

US jobless claims fall more than expected

It was the 15th straight week that claims held below 300,000 The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to a tightening labour...

Australia considers diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics, report says

IMAGE: Artists chat near a sign of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Photograph: Thomas Suen/Reuters Australia is considering not sending any government officials to the Winter Olympics...

Australian government cancels Djokovic visa again

IMAGE: A relaxed looking Novak Djokovic practised his serves and returns with his entourage on an empty court at Melbourne Park on Friday. Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Australia...

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