US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday said it has got Congressional-mandated cap of 65,000 H1-B visa applications, which is the most sought after by Indian professionals, for the current fiscal.
It seems travel industry’s latest buzz – Space tourism – is vying for every country’s attention. Now, a travel agency in Kerala, the southern state of India, is gearing up on a plan to send children to the space.
Automobile major General Motors Thursday said that it plans to bring iconic budget friendly sports car Camaro to India.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, set out his vision for “sustainable and balanced” growth in the 21st Century, at Davos world economic forum.
African economic growth is heading back to pre-crisis growth levels, propelled by strong demand for its resources and increased South-South investment, notably from China.
Indian School of Business (ISB), a premier business school based in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, is offering a Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) with a view to churning out high-quality faculties.
Apple became the third largest PC vendor in the fourth quarter of 2010, helped by strong sales of iPad and Mac as well as fast growth in the Asia Pacific region, according to the latest report from Canalys.
The Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday it was in no rush to cut short its rescue of the U.S. economy, saying high unemployment still justified its $600 billion bond-buying plan even though the economy has
Shark populations continue to decline due to unregulated fishing, much of it to meet the high demand for fins. A new analysis finds that the international plan, which was approved by members of UNFAO in 2001, has yet to be fully implemented.
A battle between large supermarket operators to tap into Southeast Asia's growing consumer wealth could trigger more acquisitions, with Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines seen as the next hot spots.
The BSE Sensex erased early gains and was trading down 0.4 percent on Thursday, as the near-term outlook for foreign funds' interest was far from promising due to better prospects elsewhere.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India's top drugmaker, said on Thursday its chief financial officer had resigned, the third top official to quit after Japan's Daiichi Sankyo took majority control.
In his opening speech at the Davos world economic forum in Switzerland, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev touched on a number of subjects, including why he was late to the confab – the suicide bombing in a Moscow airport that killed 35 people.
Saudi Arabia will boost contract crude sales by 10 percent to Asia's biggest refiner Sinopec this year as the world's top oil exporter cements its share of the world's fastest growing fuel market.
Indian telecom sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Tuesday said the country had 764.76 million telephone users at the end of November 2010 after telecom operators added 22.88 million mobile subscribers in the month.
Thousands of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters massed on a bridge to the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as officials sought to stop a flag-raising ceremony that could spark violence.
Pakistan warned major powers on Tuesday against granting rival India membership of four key multilateral export control regimes that allow trade in nuclear and other materials, as proposed by the United States.
Corporations in China and India have been riding on strong domestic economies, much to the envy of the West, but they now worry that runaway inflation could hit growth.
A ministerial reshuffle has signalled India may give sorely-needed focus to the development of its burgeoning cities, whose erratic expansion is seen as a major brake on economic growth.
Emerging stocks edged down on Tuesday as inflation worries persisted and weaker metals prices knocked South African shares and the rand.
Mozambique's Ports Development Company (MPDC) said on Tuesday it would increase the handling capacity of its Maputo port to 12 million tonnes this year from 8.7 million in 2010 to take more coal from South Africa.
South African logistics group Transnet said on Tuesday it would reopen a coal export line leading to the Richards Bay coal export terminal at 1400 GMT after a derailment over the weekend.