The Trump administration announced on Sunday that starting December 15, enhanced screening and social media vetting will be implemented for all H-1B visa applicants and their H-4 dependents in the United States, extending measures already in place for students and exchange visitors.The State Department issued a new directive requiring all H-1B applicants and their H-4…
NEW DELHI: The panel of eight flight operations inspectors (FOIs) created by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to oversee IndiGo operations till the same stabilise are learnt to have identified certain chinks in the airline’s armour. An expat top management person (not CEO) is under the scanned and some regulatory action against him…
The two gunmen responsible for the Bondi Beach shooting that targeted Sydney’s Jewish community have been identified as a father and son, Naveed and Sajid Akram. The attack left 15 people dead, including a child, leaving dozens injured. The massacre is being treated as an act of terrorism.24-year-old Naveed Akram was apprehended at the scene…
Mumbai: Stanbik Agro, an Ahmedabad-based vegetable seller is tapping the market to raise about Rs 28 crore through BSE’s SME platform, eyeing a market capitalisation of Rs 40 crore, and market players and social media are abuzz with this offer. The company is looking to raise Rs 12.3 crore by offloading 41 lakh shares at…
NEW DELHI: As the world moves towards AI-led transformation across industries, govt and the broader society, India has been ranked third in ‘AI Vibrancy’ index in a study conducted by Stanford University. The US and China lead the pack.The 2025 version of Stanford’s ‘Global AI Vibrancy Tool’ works with data coverage through 2024 across a…
Mumbai: With uncertainty becoming the new normal in global business, India Inc is increasingly leaning on professional CEOs to steer companies and handing them million dollar pay cheques as they power growth in the era of the unknown.Among CEOs taking home a million dollars (over Rs 8 crore) or more across BSE 200 companies, the…
Dehradun: Nineteen years ago, during the Indian Military Academy’s (IMA) passing out parade (PoP), then-President APJ Abdul Kalam bent down and held the hands of a bright-eyed three-year-old boy standing beside his father. “Ye fauji ka haath hai” (These are the hands of a soldier), he told the child. On Saturday, those words came full…
Mumbai: With less than a fortnight left for bids for IDBI Bank to close, the field has narrowed to Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Holdings and Kotak Mahindra Bank. The absence of a broader bidding war reflects not a lack of capital, but the complexity of integrating technology, HR culture and branch networks.Both bidders face material integration…
BENGALURU: She clutched her hand, almost literally clinging on to dear life. “Please don’t go anywhere,” was all she managed to say, but those few words were enough to convey her ordeal midair on a Goa-New Delhi flight Saturday afternoon. Thereon, Dr Anjali Nimbalkar didn’t move an inch until the aircraft made a priority landing…
The IPL auction on Dec 16 may be just another date on the tournament calendar for most franchises, but for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), it carries the weight of a turning point. Entering their fifth season, LSG stand at a moment where the franchise begins to resemble not a newcomer, but a fully realized cricketing…
