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US to open 4,000 H-1B application slots weekly for Indians, Canadians: Report The premium processing charges for Form I-539, used by the international students, spouses, and dependents of the H-1B visa holders for upgrading their non-immigrant status have been increased to $1,965 from the current $1,750. H-1B visa holders don't need to leave the US for visa renewal - here's why Further, Form 1-765, which is for seeking employment authorisation, such as for F-1 students for their optional practical training (OPT) increased to $1,685 from the existing $1,500.

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Hindustan Times. In a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), it stated that Landa was closely associated with Canada-based pro-Khalistan elements including Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, and Khalistan Tiger Force leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar among others. This September, NIA announced cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of five Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operatives, including Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias "Rinda" and Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias "Landa".

India has banned ByteDance-owned TikTok and several other Chinese apps, there is one company based there that’s very active in the country — BabyBus. Experts have raised questions over the handling of Indians’ data by the company that provides customised free digital content primarily for children up to age eight through over 200 gaming apps.

non-compete clauses as part of employment contracts by employers while making top management employee appointments. Yet lawsuits against employees for contract violations are not a frequent phenomenon in India. What happened?

India’s foreign minister has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said relations between the countries are progressing even amid turbulent times

BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of injury reports

Federal regulators have lessened the severity of their warning about cracks discovered in a backup emergency fuel line at a South Carolina nuclear plant northwest of the state capital

Samsung for the first year — FY21 — of the smartphone production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, officials told ET. The approval, granted after over two years, came after the smartphone major revised its claims as the government had found some discrepancies in the original paperwork. «The claims for the first year have been approved and the amount is likely to be disbursed in a couple of weeks,» an official said. The approved amount though is nearly half of the ₹900 crore that Samsung had initially filed for in August 2021, claiming to have achieved the target of ₹15,000 crore worth of incremental sales for FY21. To claim the subsidy, Samsung had to produce handsets with a factory cost of more than $200 (roughly ₹15,000). However, the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) found some discrepancies in the company's invoices and held back the incentives. While Samsung was the only company to have achieved the production targets in the first year of the PLI scheme, it is the last one to get the incentives due to the discrepancies and subsequent checks.

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Among the seven former Navy officers and a sailor, one has received a prison term of 25 years, four of 15 years, two of 10 years and one of three years, according to persons familiar with the development. The Ministry of External Affairs has refused to comment on the matter. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said: «At the moment, I do not have any additional information to share until we see the judgment, or the legal team gets to see the detailed judgment.

ULFA) on Friday signed a peace agreement with the Centre and the Assam government and agreed to surrender weapons, shun violence, disband the organisation and join the democratic process. Union home minister Amit Shah, who was present along with Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at the signing of the accord here, said it was a big day for the people of Assam.

OpenAI regarding the challenging matter of pricing and terms for licensing their content to the artificial intelligence company. The veil of secrecy surrounding these negotiations was lifted this week as The New York Times filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The claim asserted that both companies utilized Times' content without authorization in the development of artificial intelligence products. Prior to taking legal action, The New York Times had been in extended talks with these entities about a potential agreement. Other news organizations, including Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper company; News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal; and IAC, the digital giant behind The Daily Beast and Dotdash Meredith, have also been in discussions with OpenAI, according to individuals familiar with the confidential negotiations.

tweeted, "Earthquake of Magnitude:4.6, Occurred on 29-12-2023, 22:01:19 IST, Lat: 25.14 & Long: 96.54, Depth: 120 Km ,Location: 208km E of Ukhrul, Manipur, India." No casualties have been reported as of yet. Further details are awaited. Earthquake in Manipur came days after tremors jolted Assam on December 27.

Speculation about a «Santa Claus rally» dominates financial discussions every December, irrespective of the market's annual performance.

passengers from Gujarat who were on the Nicaragua-bound flight which was sent back mid-route from France have been quizzed by police in a bid to unearth a suspected illegal immigration network operating from the state, a senior official said on Friday. The Nicaragua-bound aircraft, an Airbus A340 carrying 276 passengers, was grounded in France for four days over suspected human trafficking. It landed in Mumbai in the early hours of December 26.

Anatomy of a Fall directed by French director and screenwriter, Justin Triet was released in the theatres in August 2023. It received the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film is produced by David Thion and Marie-Ange Luciani.

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the successful liftoff, SpaceX tweeted, "Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52 to orbit from Florida." According to AFP, the US released little information about the space drone and its mission, which was initially scheduled for December 7. Meanwhile, SpaceX only cited the Pentagon's mission code name -- USSF-52 -- in its statement on the launch. The X-37B US space drone is about the size of a small bus and resembles a miniature space shuttle.

The question on everyone's mind right now is: What does 2024 have in store for markets?

A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech has brought to light potential geographic biases in ChatGPT, an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The study, which focused on environmental justice issues, revealed significant variations in ChatGPT's ability to provide location-specific information across different counties. This finding underscores a critical challenge in the development of AI tools: ensuring equitable access to information regardless of geographic location.