Cost of H-1B fee hike? $500 mn for 5,000 new filings

The magnitude of the new H-1B visa application fee for fresh petitions - math of which works out to $500 million in case of 5,000 filings - may nudge IT companies to expand offshore delivery or......

Sensex, Nifty tank nearly 1% on selling in pharma, IT shares

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Friday, marking their sixth consecutive day of decline, following heavy selling in pharma and IT shares as US President Donald......

Why Trust In Ambani, Adani, India Inc Is Vital

Who else will take on the might of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon if not the Adanis, Ambanis, Birlas, or Tatas?, asks R Jagannathan. IMAGE: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance......

Indian-origin tech firms corner 1/5th of H-1B visas

Indian-origin tech companies cornered a fifth of all H-1B visas issued by the US with Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services leading the pack, an analysis of data from the US immigration department......