New 'gold card' visa replaces EB-5 investor programme of 1990s, with ‘big advantage over the green card’. It is projected to generate revenue of over $100 billion for US Treasury.
Each year, nearly 85,000 H-1B visas are granted via a lottery system. Between October 2022 and September 2023, 72 percent of nearly 4,00,000 visas were granted to Indian nationals.
Immigration lawyers and experts in India told ThePrint that because the EB-1 visa category is intended for a country’s “best of the best,” applications typically face less scrutiny.
New Delhi: The US Embassy in India Monday issued an advisory to international students, asking all applicants for student and exchange visas to make...
At Akhil Daswani’s study abroad consultancy in Mumbai, students are increasingly adding more countries to their college application list. ‘Only 20 per cent have applied to just US colleges this year,’ he told ThePrint.
Candidates linked to fraudulent US visa applications could have their accounts blocked and their names could be shared with American allies, it is learnt.
Corporate bonds are priced as a spread over the risk-free rate. In India, the reference risk-free rate is unreliable as large institutions are mandated to buy and hold government bonds.
After lapses exposed by terror attacks at Pahalgam and Delhi's Red Fort, Centre has hiked Intelligence Bureau's expenditure for investments in long-term assets from Rs 257 cr to Rs 2,549 cr.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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