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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