The Economic Times

Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of social media platform X, was ready to go to war as recently as December on the H-1B issue. “The reason I’m in America…

The delays had lingered through the day and had become widespread. At least five airports — Berlin-Brandenburg, Brussels, Dublin and Cork in Ireland, and Heathrow — said the technical issue was affecting departing passengers.

Heathrow and Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany’s third-largest, said the problem was with…

Following the widespread adoption of quick commerce, ‘Instant Home Services‘ is emerging as the next frontier in India’s digital economy, aiming to create a new habit loop for time-pressed urban consumers, says consultant firm Redseer.

India’s overall home services market, valued at around Rs 5,100-5,210 billion…

While multiple ministries are conferring with stakeholders, the ministry of external affairs is focused on ensuring Indian citizens with H-1B status do not end up stranded in transit, or face challenges while travelling to or from the US, people aware of the developments said.

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Instead, Krish is still stuck in India and has become even more anxious after US President Donald Trump announced a hefty $100,000 (Rs 88 lakh) annual fee on H-1B visas with effect from Sunday. The fee hike is aimed at dissuading US companies from recruiting skilled foreign workers using H-1B visas, most of whom belong to…

President Donald Trump is trying to keep the short video app with 170 million U.S. users from being banned after Congress passed a law in 2024 that ordered it shut down by January 2025 if its U.S. assets were not sold by owner ByteDance.

Trump has delayed enforcement of the law through mid-December amid efforts to extract TikTok’s…

The steep H-1B visa costs, seen as a clampdown on the entry of skilled foreign workers into the US, could add costs and margin pressures but accelerate the offshoring momentum, they said, adding that this would boost employment in India and fill the talent…

Strong demand for Apple smartphones offers a sign that consumer demand for popular products has yet to falter in line with a wider economic slowdown in Russia. The country has seen 20-year-high interest rates and a budget deficit of over 4 trillion roubles this year.

The iPhones’ popularity in Russia has endured Apple halting sales in 2022 and suspending services like Apple Pay in the wake of Western…