Presently, the United States is imposing severe rules regarding visas and immigration so that Indians remain away from arriving in the country.Canada is welcomingMoreover, Canada has continued to favour immigrants.  50 percent of Indians who migrated…

Employees of Federal contractors, on H-1B visas, have a risk of deportation if they receive the termination orders for lack of work.• Contractors still need to pay the employees, even when they do not work, or terminate them. The other scenario is…

Many American firms are the major beneficiaries of the H-1B visas. Any restrictions on these visas may impact heavily on the US technology companies because many work permits are issued to Indians with a high skill set. Indian nationals receive two-thirds…

The US Immigration is moving ahead in changing the process for issuing H-1B visa from next year. The outcome will have an impact on many Indian IT firms. Additionally, the Office of Management and Budget, has completed the reviewing process, for the…

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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut says Maharashtra govt’s work will be based on issues, not Hindutva.

At his meeting with NSA Mohib, Shringla reiterated India’s commitment to “stand with Afghanistan” as it pursues “sustainable peace and reconciliation."

A vacation bench, led by Justice U U Lalit, said that there is no existing law to back the state government's action of putting up such hoardings across Lucknow. 

According to officials who traced the movement of the group, the entire group travelled in a second class coach (S9) of AP Sampark Kranti Express. They first got down on March 13 at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana.

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While Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali apologised for the "unfortunate incident", his Indian counterpart Priyam Garg felt it is something that should not have happened.

The World Cup will now held in two parts before the Olympic Games.

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Cricket Australia has not directed the players officially with its chief executive Kevin Roberts on Tuesday saying that players were individually contracted to their IPL teams and can make up their own minds to compete in the 2020 IPL or not.

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The coronavirus impact could render 3.8 crore people jobless, which is around 70 per cent of the total workforce in the tourism and hospitality sector, according to a grouping.

However, the FICCI report indicates that cruise bookings for countries like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia have registered considerable cancellations already.

Air India has stated that if the flight is cancelled, flyers need not call Air India or Travel Agent through whom the tickets have been booked.

The drop in arrivals will lead to an estimated loss of $300-450 billion in international tourism receipts, almost one third of the $1.5 trillion generated in 2019, the Madrid-based UN body said in a statement.

The CII said the industry will see cash flows only beginning to improve in November, 2020 and perhaps get to normal levels by early 2021.

The earlier forecast, which was shared with the government in March 2020, had put tourism's economic value at risk at around Rs 5 lakh crore, FAITH said in a statement.

Decides to pay each of its 48,000 union workers a record $9,000 profit-sharing bonus

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of an unspecified “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon,” state media reported Friday, in an apparent bid to apply pressure on the United States and South Korea.

The data from Bloomberg show that total borrowings (short term and long term) of Muthoot Finance were Rs 29,346.4 crore as of FY19.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been urging Indians to use more digital payment methods, so that people do not step out even to go to the ATM, reduce social contact and curb the spread of Covid-19.

According to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) website, the total number of RuPay cards issued so far stands at over 290 million.

ESAF has more than 96% of its exposure in the micro-segment with the average ticket size of the loan being Rs 33,000.

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The lender’s gross NPAs stood at 2.45% of gross advances as on March 31, 2020, up from 2.18% on December 31, 2019, while the net NPA ratio stood at 0.91% of net advances as on March 31, 2020, down from 1.05% on December 31, 2019.

The bank’s advances grew 15% y-o-y to Rs 5,71,424 crore as on March 31, with retail loans up 24% y-o-y to Rs 3.05 lakh crore, accounting for 53% of the net advances.

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Thunberg has become a leading voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world.

Coronavirus: A week ago, an employee at the NASA’s Ames Research Centre in California was tested positive for the virus.

While citing the examples of Italy and Spain, which started screening of travellers 25 days and 39 days respectively after first reported cases, it said it took a number of proactive measures and shared the chronology of the steps taken by it.

Nitrogen dioxide pollution in the northeastern United States is down 30 per cent. Rome air pollution levels from

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Introduction

Contract management is one of the core activities of a modern day organization as majority of an organization’s operation being under contracts with customers, suppliers, service providers, vendors and consultants. It’s vital that contracts should be aligned with the business expectation and professionals should be well versed with the drafting techniques and expertise to foresee the associated risk and design the contracts in the best interest of their organization. The importance of understanding contractual agreements has considerably increased since most business processes are governed through contractual relationships.

Edvancedge Knowledge Ventures upcoming initiative “Commercial Contract Masterclass – Negotiation, Drafting and Dispute Management” aims towards essential updates in commercial and legal issues pertaining to commercial agreements and helps improve the negotiation and drafting skills of the professionals involved. This full day masterclass will help organizations to reduce exposure, avoid litigation and implement dispute management by being fully conversant with the knowledge, skills and strategies in ensuring that the contracts are well negotiated, drafted and managed. Participating professionals will get a chance to hear and interact with experts on: 

• How contracts have been drafted today and,what are the potential alternative drafting strategies and structures?
• How contracts are negotiated including techniques for negotiation on contract variations and claims.
• Effective risk control measures to minimize legal exposures and avoid disputes.
• Necessary skills required to effectively manage contractual pitfalls and implement dispute resolution mechanism.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Increase efficiency and effectiveness within organisational processes
• Possess knowledge on the latest best practices in contract strategy
• Build strong and effective contracts
• Improved supplier performance
• Improved understanding on legal issues which allow for more effective management of legal rights
• Possess confidence in discussing contract issues with lawyers and different parties
• Effective risk reduction and conflict resolution

Who Should Attend?

A must attend workshop for anyone who has to negotiate, manage, transact or resolve disputes with third parties, including but not limited to:

• Contract Administration & Management Professionals
• Legal Heads & General Counsels
• Legal Managers & Legal Executives
• Corporate Legal Advisors
• Deal Makers
• Company Secretaries
• Corporate Lawyers
• Arbitrators & Mediators
• Procurement & Purchasing Managers
• Relationship Managers

Experts

• Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner - Corp Comm Legal
• Tejas Karia, Partner and Head of Arbitration - Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
• KPS Kohli, Partner - Dhir & Dhir Associates

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