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H-1B visas: ‘Fee hike will hit the US start-ups more than Indian IT companies’

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of steeply hiking the one-time H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000 (Rs. 88 lakh) will impact American start-ups and innovators more than it will India’s IT services exports, according to the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) President and CEO Mukesh Aghi. “It works in India’s […]

Weather: China evacuates half-a-million as “King of Storms” Ragasa arrives

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: A panicked China on Tuesday evacuated an estimated 500,000 people and ordered at least 10 cities to close schools and some businesses as the strongest storm of the year, Ragasa, approached its southern coast. Hong Kong has upgraded its typhoon warning to eight, just two levels below the maximum, ahead […]

Health: WHO, health bodies, reject Trump’s claims on paracetamol, autism

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As is his wont, US President Donald Trump on Monday sought to hog world headlines with his “historic” announcement on children’s health, only to find the World Health Organization (WHO) and global experts rubbishing his unproven claims. In an extraordinary press conference at the White House, he linked autism to […]

Torrent Group’s UNM Foundation takes a big leap in Ecological Renewal; Signs 6 MoUs for maintenance of 69 Lakes

Ahmedabad : Torrent Group’s philanthropic arm, UNM Foundation on  Tuesday set a new milestone under its PRATITI initiative with a commitment to maintain 69 Lakes  covering an area of over 2 million square meters in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts.  The Foundation signed MoUs with six civic authorities – Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation  (AMC), Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation […]

Economy: S&P retains 6.5% growth in FY26, says IT, GST rate changes to spur domestic demand

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government promoting swadeshi products and the Make-in-India movement for self-reliance, coupled with recent changes in income tax and GST rates, India is poised to register a 6.5 percent growth this financial year. Rating agency S&P Global on Tuesday maintained India’s economic forecast at 6.5 […]

Roving Periscope: In the US, Jaishankar sets the tone for Goyal’s trade talks

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday met his US counterpart Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the 80th Summit of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, in what is seen as setting the tone for resumed bilateral trade and tariffs negotiations being led […]

Time to ‘accelerate’: Adani outlines priorities after SEBI closure

New Delhi: Days after receiving a clean chit from SEBI over the Hindenburg allegations, billionaire Gautam Adani said his ports-to-energy group will now shift toward accelerating innovation, improving transparency, and building for long-term impact. “Today, a cloud that had hung over us for more than two years has been lifted,” Adani said in an internal message […]

Divide-and-Rule: 108 years after supporting Israel, Britain recognizes Palestine!

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Britain set the ball rolling for the establishment of Israel in 1917 when its Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declared support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in the Muslim-dominated Palestine, and to protect the rights of the existing non-Jewish communities, which proved difficult to implement and contributed to […]

Cooking gas: On Navaratri, 25 lakh new free Ujjwala LPG connections, says Puri

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: After reducing the GST rates on most items, the Centre announced on Monday, the first day of Navaratri, that it would provide 25 lakh new LPG connections under the PM Ujjwala Yojana, the media reported. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, on Monday, announced that the […]

Roving Periscope: After H-1B visa fee hike, Britain and China woo global talents; NASSCOM cool

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump hiking the one-time H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000 for those seeking jobs, Britain and China have smelt an opportunity to attract global talents. But India’s NASSCOM said the visa fee hike will have only a marginal impact on Indian IT sector’s growth. According to […]
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