The amendment will allow migrant workers to leave Qatar without getting an approval from their employers.

Payments banks can only accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh per customer in a savings/current account.

In 1991, India received only $3 billion as remittances. The current numbers are 22 times that of 1991, indicating a staggering increase in money coming back to India.

A 70:30 joint venture between Reliance Industries and the State Bank of India, Jio Payments Bank will be competing against more established players like the two-year-old Airtel Payments Bank, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma-promoted Paytm Payments Bank.

The review of the plan came after the government faced sharp criticism for this change.

The much-hyped official launch of the Paytm Payments Bank yesterday has put the spotlight back on payments banks (PBs), the new bank model visualised by the Reserve Bank of India back in 2013-14.

Saudi labour ministry had earlier banned foreigners from working in Saudi Arabia's shopping malls. Saudi Arabia is tackling unemployment of its citizens by cracking down on firms that do not to employ 'enough' Saudi workers.

Clampdown on H-1B visa programme will make it difficult for the US IT sector to attract open talent from countries like India and America might lose its competitive edge, a top American think-tank has said.

BetterPlace is changing the lives of people outside the system by building their credentials

The Tier 2 category of visas, a route used by many Indians and other nationals from outside the EU, will undergo major set of changes under the new rules.

A study on the impact of demonetisation, commissioned by the Kerala State Planning Board (KSPD), finds that the withdrawal of high denomination currencies by the central government on November 8, 2016, and the subsequent restrictions on cash withdrawals severely affected 56 per cent of the state's economic activity.

While the organised players are largely unaffected, unorganised industry hubs are facing a massive disruption in business due to demonetisation. by P.B. Jayakumar

Today, the digital divide in India is real - illiteracy rate is 25-30 per cent and digital illiteracy is even higher.

Withdrawal of high denomination currency notes has the parallel financial system in a quandary, severely affecting lives in rural India.

The new Administration under Donald Trump will focus on radical ideologies, nuclear weapons and cyber-attacks as three areas of threat in the national defence and security domain, the transition team said.

In June 2016, Modi took the initial steps towards fulfilling his promise of creating mass jobs for the young, close to two years after taking over as prime minister. A lot of pieces need to fall in place for the textile sector to create the targeted one crore jobs in three years.

Under Modi, India has opened up further to foreign investment, hoping to generate more manufacturing jobs. A loan scheme for small businesses has been set up and there are plans for a $1.5 billion fund for startups.

Skill India is a major part of the Prime Minister's Make in India programme, because without quality labour, one cannot make anything. The FM has set aside Rs 1,700 crore in the 2016/17 budget in order to set up 1,500 PMKVY Multi Skill Training Institutes around the country.

UK's Migration Advisory Committee believes by increasing the cost of hiring from abroad, the new surcharge would encourage employers to invest in training British workers instead.