President Donald Trump signed the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which seeks to impose steep levies on Moscow and its top energy buyers such as China and India. Trump renews USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas, tightens scrutiny
US President Donald Trump has extended by a year the USD 100,000 fee on employers for bringing in foreign workers on H-1B visas, the White House said.
Army chief Seth concludes Russia visit, holds talks on defence cooperation. Chief of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth has concluded his three-day official visit to Russia, during which he interacted with senior military leadership of the country and visited key military institutions, Indian military officials said on Saturday.
Top US and Chinese negotiators will hold final preparatory talks in Washington from Saturday, including on tariffs, ahead of President Xi Jinping's expected visit to the United States for a summit with his counterpart Donald Trump, the commerce ministry here said.
A Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker on Saturday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to seek Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in the case of a minority Tamil youth facing judicial proceedings in Saudi Arabia.
The Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) has welcomed tighter scrutiny of H-1B visa applications, but cautioned that it should not come at the cost of American innovation, as jobs requiring highly specialised skills cannot always be filled immediately from the available domestic labour pool.
