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Washington: President Donald Trump has renewed a $100,000 fee for certain H-1B visa applications and ordered closer scrutiny of employers that lay off American workers, according to a White House fact sheet and an executive order. The measures combine the fee renewal with new checks...

Washington: President Donald Trump has signed a law expanding sanctions against Russia and providing for tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas, while extending US sanctions authority against Iran for five years. Trump signed the Lindsey O....

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR based on a written complaint received from Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) against Reliance Capital Limited (RCAP), Anil D. Ambani, former chairman of Reliance Capital, Satish Seth, Group Managing Director of Reliance...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday announced an additional 25 per cent fiscal support on capital expenditure for semiconductor projects aligned with the Centre's newly-approved Semicon 2.0 programme, as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state has become the first in the country to extend policy...

Frankfurt: The Kremlin has ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, procedure that previously has led to the forced sale of Western businesses to Russian owners at knockdown prices. The local assets of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Bank of India (SBI), through its payment aggregator service SBIePay, to strengthen digital payment infrastructure and facilitate seamless, secure and citizen-centric payment services across Urban Local Bodies...

New Delhi: FMCG major Nestle India Friday said its infant nutrition products are "fully compliant" with all applicable regulations and that the labels of NAN Excella Pro and Lactogen Pro were approved by an expert committee of the food safety regulator FSSAI. "The said products...

New Delhi: India, Canada reaffirm commitment to expedite CEPA negotiations The issues that figured in the five-day talks included trade in goods, services, rules of origin, and technical trade barriers. The round followed the third round, which was held in Ottawa in July. Prime Minister...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended mixed Friday as a drop in crude oil prices was overshadowed by weakness in IT stocks and Tata Group counters. Giving up intraday gains during the Closing Auction Session (CAS), the 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 19.63 points,...

Mumbai: Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday said 68 Japanese companies participating in Semicon India 2026 are in the process of finalising their manufacturing, research and partnership plans in India. Speaking to IANS during his visit to the Japanese pavilion at the...