A legislation has been introduced in the US Senate on reforming the H-1B and L1 visa programmes, popular among Indians, under which the American firms looking for skilled foreign professionals are required to make a "good faith" attempt to recruit local workers first.
Narang preferred to remain practical as far as another shot at the Olympics is concerned.
The selected shooters would be mentored by top international coaches and receive training at state-of-the-art facilities, including sports science support, for a full year.
The big cities have been covered and the roll-out in tier-II towns has begun. The aim is to reach out to 1,100 women by the end of 2013
'This government has not created any employment.' 'Forget employment, the government had not done anything in skill development.'
Prospects are grim for many, as humans and organisations aren't keeping up with the pace of technology. Shyamal Majumdar ponders the future of employment.
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow's, admission notice for session 2008-09.
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.
'30 to 40% of the industry needs to be reskilled as existing jobs will go to automation.' 'Reskilling is required as some existing jobs will not be required in the future.'
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for the state assembly elections, saying that it is a blueprint for development of all sections of the society.
'We are only talking about 65,000 H1B visas a year, it is not going to go down drastically.' 'If the number reduces and when you spread that reduction across all the top IT services companies, the impact will be marginal.'
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, (IIT-KGP) has lined up four courses for rural development this year to facilitate skill development among the rural youth as well as create self-employment opportunities.
'Adaptability is what is needed right now and students have to continuously learn the new tools to remain relevant in the career they choose.'
The protestors demanded that the promises made to them under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme be kept.
NMIMS School of Pharmacy and Technology Management invites students to join its MBA (Pharm Tech) and B Pharm programmes.
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Congress on Monday approached the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it accused him of "misusing state machinery" and "abusing authority" over the broadcast of his 'Mann ki Baat' address on All India Radio ahead of Assembly polls later this month.
The BJP does 'empowerment and not appeasement,' Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi asserted.
100 model career centres all across the country to help job seekers connect with potential employers and skill providers.
The two-day summit beginning Sunday will seek to review the progress in ties and deepen strategic dimension of the bilateral relationship.
It has been the preferred visa for Indian IT companies and has helped them keep costs down and gain a margin advantage over multinational players by sending engineers to the US.
NIIT on Wednesday joined hands with Microsoft to launch an IT skills enrichment programme for faculty as well as students of engineering colleges and IT educational institutions.
Describing it as 'a very powerful order' Trump told reporters during his daily news briefing at the White House on Wednesday that he signed the order to protect American workers' jobs in an economy pummelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many join an MBA programme to bag a lucrative job. But some students are skipping placement season to plan their own ventures.
Experienced Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara has been rendered a doubtful starter for the five-match ODI series against India due to a back injury.
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
'This generation wants to try different things, are ready to take risks and experiment with their careers.'
A series of events were held across the country to mark the day and government officials, security personnel and others took a pledge 'to preserve the unity, integrity and security of the nation and also strive hard to spread this message'.
TCS is hiring from over a hundred engineering campuses, MBA graduates from top B-schools in the US
The youths will be provided short-term training for at least three months, in a range of skills for which there is good market demand.
Mir Abdul Hanan and Mudasir Mehraj, two budding footballers from Kashmir are all set to fly to Spain to polish their skills in soccer.
The bill, Trump said, 'would represent the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century'.
From educating people about the internet, connecting far-flung areas with a high-speed net, promoting entrepreneurship, building start-up incubators, women empowerment, to even running a voter registration campaign, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, Facebook and Google have done it all for the government.
How do you decide if you should take up a new job in these difficult times? HR guru Mayank Rautela has some tips that could help you decide.
The ICC has lauded the contribution of Bob Woolmer, who was appointed coach of the Pakistan national team, to the ICC High Performance Programme.
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Modi said that there was an immediate need to strengthen the WTO, fighting protectionism, ensuring energy security and work together to fight terrorism.
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