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No change in H-1B rules: US

The US has clarified that it has no plans to discontinue the extension of H-1B visas beyond six years, when beneficiaries apply for permanent residency-green card. An announcement earlier about such regulatory changes created shockwaves among the NRI community in the US, especially those beneficiaries who were awaiting their green cards.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 10th Jan 2018

India, U.K. to ink illegal migrants pact.

India will sign a pact with the U.K. for return of illegal migrants within a month of them being detected by British authorities.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 10th Jan 2018

India, Maldives set to reboot bilateral ties

In a sign of possible thaw in India-Maldives ties, Maldivian Foreign Minister will arrive in India to meet the PM and Indian External Affairs Minister.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 10th Jan 2018

Skeletal muscle tissue grown from stem cells

Working human muscle has been grown from stem cells in the lab in a breakthrough that holds promise for sufferers of degenerative muscular diseases, scientists said

posted by Jawwad Kazi 10th Jan 2018

Har Gobind Khorana

Today is Har Gobind Khorana’s 96th birth anniversary.

posted by Jawwad Kazi 9th Jan 2018