The ratings agency report suggests that even if employee requirements through new visa approvals are completely met via local hiring and considering a 25 per cent premium for local hiring over the H1-B route

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 1: ITC, followed by Axis Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, SBI and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, NTPC, Kotak Bank, L&T, ONGC and Nestle India were among the laggards

In just five months, the COVID-19 death toll has overtaken the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the most deadly infectious diseases

\"These entities are not independent news organisations. They are effectively controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, CCP, also known as propaganda outlets,\" US State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said

Glenmark developed active pharmaceutical ingredient and formulation for FabiFlu through in-house R&D; DCGI allowed fasttrack trials with Phase III in limited patients; approval process is also under Emergency Use Authorisation

According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the US has reported nearly 1.9 million cases and over 1,09,000 deaths while the total number of coronavirus cases in India and China stand at 2,36,184 and 84,177 respectively

Earlier, Prime Minister Modi in a series of tweets on Tuesday said that he had a warm and productive conversation with his friend Trump

Earlier, according to the regulations issued by the Indian government in April, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards were suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus India live updates: Lockdown has been extended to contain spread of COVID-19; fresh guidelines has also been issued, says the National Disaster Management Authority

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today:  Germany's DAX turned green, following bullish trend in London's FTSE. SGX Nifty in Asia also turned flat with positive bias. Japan's Nikkie, China's Shanghai and Korea's Kospi also erased earlier losses and were trading marginally lower.

Corona lockdown live updates: Union Home Ministry said new guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from May 4, which shall give considerable relaxations to many districts; India saw 1,813 new cases and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours

A month earlier, in February, arrivals registered a year-on-year de-growth of 6.6 per cent and month-on-month decline of 9.2 per cent

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with 6,430 registered COVID-19 cases and 283 deaths, followed by Gujarat, with 2,624 cases and 112 deaths

Stocks to watch today on April 21: Infosys, Tata Elxsi, Morepen Labs, L&T among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session. CRISIL, ACC, GTPL Hathway, GSS Infotech, Den Networks will announce their Q3 results today.

With comprehensive testing holding key to controlling coronavirus, India also received the much-awaited five lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits from China on Thursday

ICMR had recommended the use of rapid antibody testing for coronavirus in high containment zones on April 2

 Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa programme, according to the US Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The Harpoons will be manufactured by Boeing and Raytheon will produce the Torpedoes

China ran a disinformation campaign to cover up the coronavirus crisis for weeks, putting the rest of the world at a disadvantage in combating the spread, alleged Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

More than 1.8 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 115,242 have died, according to a Reuters tally