Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system

In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 arguing that the country is having a very high unemployment rate and the US cannot afford to have more foreign workers

Over 26,500 workers participated in the study, focused on how COVID-19 has affected engagement and workplace resilience, conducted in over 25 countries.

There are high expectations that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce measures to create jobs during the Budget. Although creating millions of jobs is an uphill task, the government can still do it by strengthening its very own flagship programme - PMKVY

This move signals the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to supporting immigrant women workers who play an essential role as we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) said on Thursday

While many believed that Sensex may fall to 20,000 levels in the last week of March 2020 as the uncertainty of COVID-19 outbreak weighed supreme, the index has managed to scale 50,000 this month

As many as 1,75,000 persons trained by the Ministry's skilling ecosystem in health sector professionals such as health workers, emergency medical technicians, were made available to the States for utilising their services during the pandemic

Companies that emerge from this crisis with solid finances, a resilient supply chain, skilled workers and the capacity to analyse data will be well-placed to seize new opportunities

The bill, called the US Citizenship Act of 2021, will help thousands of Indian IT professionals in US whose waiting period for legal permanent residency runs into several decades

Global economic outlook remains highly uncertain: IMF chief The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday the global economic outlook remained highly uncertain given the coronavirus pandemic, and a growing divergence between rich and poor countries required the IMF to find more resources. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said a new allocation of the IMF's own currency, Special Drawing Rights, would help give countries more fiscal space to tackle the health crisis and ...

All eyes are on the budget as the government walks a tightrope of balancing growth and fiscal concerns. Effective implementation of the proposed budget will be key

A memorandum of cooperation on movement of specified skilled workers to Japan for a maximum period of up to five years has been signed by India and Japan on January 18

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China

Landless, marginal, and small farmers together constitute 93.7% of the total agricultural workforce in India. Can sustainable agricultural growth and farmers' well-being be achieved without land reforms?

How companies are reorienting their systems to integrate short-term workers

The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas

While BSE bankex gained 761 points to 31,505 compared to earlier close of 30,744, BSE IT index rose 463 points to 22170 against previous close of 21,707

Extending gains for the sixth straight day, Sensex jumped 632 points to hit an all-time high of 42,535, while Nifty gained 182 points to touch a new high of 12,445

The Biden Administration will support family-based immigration and preserve family unification as a core principle of the US' immigration system, which includes reducing the family visa backlog

With Kamala Harris as his deputy, Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke work permits to the spouses of H-1B visas, which had adversely impacted a large number of Indian families in the United States