India has “very strongly” raised the issue of H-1B and L1 visas with the US, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday, asserting that the American economy will find it difficult to cope with the reality as it has been immensely benefited by Indian IT professionals, PTI reported.
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New SkillsFuture courses launched for increasing Singaporeans’ skills
For training Singaporeans in the latest emerging fields, Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) will offer more than 400 bite-sized courses under a new initiative called the SkillsFuture Series, asserted Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung today.
India second largest source of Canadian immigrants in 2011-16 period: Report
Revising statistical figures for their country, almost an eighth of immigrants who landed and permanently settled in Canada in the five-year period between 2011 and 2016 were from India.
Indians become top foreign investors in Dubai’s real estate market
Indians have become the top foreign property investors in Dubai as they invested a whopping amount of INR420 billion (USD6.4 billion) from January 2016 to June 2017, according to the figures released by Dubai Land Department.
High Commissioner to UK YK Sinha to talk on Brexit, what it means for India
Even as uncertainty looms large over the post-Brexit scenario, the Indian High Commissioner to the UK YK Sinha will be delivering a talk “UK and Brexit”
Singapore Botanic Gardens Children’s Festival to bring kids closer to Nature
To bring the children closer to nature, the first Singapore Botanic Gardens Children’s Festival is going to be organised from November 11 to 26, announced National Parks Board (NParks) today.
Indian envoy to UK YK Sinha, Lord Swraj Paul say recent Indian economy’s slide nothing to worry about
Speaking out on the recent economic speed bumps, India’s High Commissioner to the UK Y K Sinha dismissed as a “temporary blip” the recent dip in India’s growth rate, saying the slowdown does not determine a country’s fate.
Kerala govt collaborates with Warwick University in UK to revamp healthcare system
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the healthcare system, the Kerala government in collaboration with a UK university will revamp its model to address issues surrounding capacity development for primary care, training and research.
GICC: Connecting Indian diaspora through culture
Our culture is an assimilating factor that keeps the Indian diaspora connected with its roots. Global Indian Cultural Centre (GICC) was established in Singapore in 2002 to provide an ideal environment for diverse communities, including Indian expatriates in South East Asia, to learn and enjoy the
First robot in the world to receive Saudi citizenship
In a novel development, a humanoid artificially intelligent robot named Sophia in Saudi Arabia has become the first robot in the world to receive citizenship.
