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

September 24, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 23, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 22, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 22, 2025 revoi editor

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 […]

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

September 22, 2025 revoi editor

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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H-1B visa: Fee hike will be America’s loss, India’s gain, says Kant

September 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Reacting to US President Donald Trump increasing the H-1B visa fee by 10-fold to USD 100,000 from September 21, India’s former NITI Aayog chief Amitabh Kant said on Saturday that the American move may turbocharge India’s growth while choking the US’s spirit of innovation. Kant highlighted that India’s finest doctors, […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump’s order may shrink US talent pool, and empower other countries!

September 20, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In his first remarks amid the uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa fee hike to USD 100,000, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reiterated that “Our biggest enemy is the reliance on other countries.” The PM emphasised India’s need for self-reliance as President Trump increased the H-1B […]