The Obama administration, responding to India's angst over the sharp hike in H-1B and L1 visa fees as discriminatory and anti-trade in services, has argued that India is equally discriminatory.
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said India will not "rush to" the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the "regressive" steps taken by the US recently, which include an increase in the visa fee and a special levy on foreign manufacturers.
Britain's Immigration Regional Director for Central and South Asia Thomas Greig said the new initiative has been taken as part of efforts to streamline the visa application process and to make it consistent with the wider global trend.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma has shrugged off the recent irritants that have cropped up less than six weeks before US President Barack Obama makes his visit to India as 'transient negativity', and predicted they would 'get dissipated' soon.
PepsiCo chief raps Indian infrastructure, manpower skills as big growth obstacles.
Rao was in Boston to deliver the third Harish Mahindra Memorial Lecture at Harvard University.
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India and the US will have a series of high-level meetings starting from this week with the visit of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to that country to set the agenda for President Barack Obama's tour in November.
Of the 65,000 H-1B visas issued by the US annually, 11,000 were lying vacant at the end of 2010.
Ignoring India's concerns on raising of certain category of work visa fee, the White House on Thursday said President Barack Obama would sign into law a comprehensive plan to secure the Southwest border, including $600 million in supplemental funds for enhanced border protection and law enforcement activities.
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The US is reviewing the suggestion that the border security bill, that significantly increases visa fees of H1-B and L1 categories, was not WTO compliant, days after President Barack Obama signed it into law.
Infosys has been focusing on winning more lucrative digital technology and automation outsourcing contracts.
India's roughly $150 billion outsourcing sector generates about three quarters of its revenue from the United States.
All companies that have 50% or more employees from outside the US to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 for each such staffer, against $4,500 at present.
All visitors to the UAE will now also be required to have a health insurance and give a Dh 1,000 (Rs 10,000) deposit, the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department said. The UAE has unveiled a series of new visas, in a move that is being described as step to curtail the number of visit-visa seekers by making the process expensive.
Union Tourism Minister Shripad Naik has said that the pub culture needs to be controlled and that tourism should not be promoted on its basis.
Almost all Indian IT companies pay between $8,000 and $10,000 per H1B visa as per the hike
Addressing the 'Namaste Trump' event at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, Trump said that both the countries are in the early stages of discussion for an 'incredible' trade agreement to reduce barriers of investments.
On Demand Mobile Visa service is launched by VFS Global and UK Visas and Immigration.
The Pakistani PM is now scheduled to travel to Malaysia next week and to China on November 3 to seek financial assistance from the two friendly countries.
Six years ago, the company discovered an incident of embezzlement of about $4 mn by an employee.
These firms invested $17.9 bn and have also contributed $147 million towards corporate social responsibility and $588 million as R&D expenditure in the US.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri.
Software services industry may have to relook its cost structure to maintain a higher margin.
India has flown in relief material, rescue teams and medical supplies to quake-hit Nepal.
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The immigration bill, from the US point of view, is going to bring in much more talent to the US, which is desirable aid, said economist Arvind Subramanian.
Traders are closely watching the progress of the monsoon.
The Indian contingent, comprising under-20 boys and girls archers, were scheduled to leave for the United States on Friday for the June 8-14 event in Yankton, South Dakota, but the US embassy granted visas to only seven archers, two coaches and a Sports Authority of India official while rejecting 20, thereby putting serious doubts over India's participation in the event.
During the meeting with Acting Deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler on Wednesday,
Medical tourism in India alone is estimated at $3 billion and projected to grow to $7-8 billion by 2020
Sports Ministry has cleared a 804-member Indian contingent, including 572 athletes, for the Asian Games but said it will bear the expense of 755 members with 49 out of 232 officials allowed at no cost to government.
Even as outsourcing demand from Europe revives after the debt crisis, data protection regulations in the region governing trans-border data flows could hurt the $108 billion Indian IT-ITeS industry.
No change in rules that govern sending professionals under H1-B visa regime
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
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In the first official visit by a United States vice-president to India in three decades, Joe Biden arrived in India on Monday on a four-day tour aimed at boosting ties in key areas of trade, energy, defence and security. The US vice-president will hold meetings with top Indian leadership, including President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday before flying out to Mumbai in the night.
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
Infosys on Friday said it is in discussion with clients for a contingency plan to ensure business continuity in the event of the US immigration reforms bill becoming a law.
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