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Immigration attorneys said clients were filing applications for candidates selected by random lottery last month. The H1-B work permit, initially for three years, is granted only if the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approves the application.

The company is planning to hire 1000 employees by the end of June across markets. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, WNS and others have delayed pay hikes and put promotions on hold as they see uncertainty over business growth in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across key markets. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the majority of its employees.

"The importance of hybrid cloud and AI has accelerated. What has changed is the pace at which they're being adopted. Transformation journeys (of) last few years are now being compacted into months...They're looking for long lasting answers on what they can do with technology to address the key issues that COVID-19 has brought to light," he said.

In this environment, the delivery of platform-enabled solutions at speed across the entire technology stack becomes even more important, it said. From cloud to networking, data centre to security and more, breadth and depth of capability are essential to recover and restore operations and position organisations strongly for the coming years.

The $192 billion IT-BPM industry body has informed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) about the critical talent from various member companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech, Startek and many others being stranded and they should be considered for evacuation.

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020. This is Cognizant’s fourth acquisition of a cloud services related business.

Traditional services also have some very strong propositions, like digital workplace, engineering services. Some of the demand for that is intact and it is only getting accelerated.

PeopleLink is the first, Indian Video Conference Company to disrupt the market by its approach of offering Secure, custom video applications for each Industr...

The Budget doubled basic custom duty from 10% to 20% on whole lot of imported products such as food grinder, juicer, shaver, epilator, geyser, room heater, hair dryer, electric iron, oven, coffee and tea maker, toaster and ceiling fan. The custom duty on wall fan has been hiked from 7.5% to 20%.

"By March 2020, TV prices will be increased by 10 per cent due to the current Coronavirus crisis of China, there is a major shortage of raw materials along with a sharp 20 per cent increase in open cell panel prices," Avneet Singh Marwah, CEO of SPPL said.

While presenting the budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed to hike the basic customs duty to 12.5 per cent from 10 per cent on compressor of refrigerator and air conditioner. In a residential AC, compressor and motor, which account for around 30 per cent of the price are imported, while sheet metal, coils and other are sourced locally.

China supplies several components for air conditioners made in India. Shortage of these components could affect AC production in India. "We are well stocked till the first week of April. But unless the supply from China is restored in the next couple of weeks, we could face a challenge in the production front after that," said C P Mukundan Menon of Blue Star.

Electronic items like the mobile phones, TVs, laptops will be available on the e-commerce platforms from April 20, the official said. However, the delivery vans of the e-commerce companies will need permission from authorities for plying on the roads. According to Wednesday's guidelines, commercial and private establishments were allowed to operate during the extended lockdown.

​​Individually, each brand is seeking more clarity and approval on the guidelines. The guidelines say that we would have to open in a phased manner. All brands are gearing up to open up, wherever, it will be permitted," CEAMA President Kamal Nandi said.

Summer sales of air-conditioners, refrigerators, soft drinks and ice creams will take a massive hit this year.

Production cuts will be most in premium portfolio as consumers curb discretionary spending.

With just 73 confirmed cases of the virus and no deaths, India, a country of 1.3 billion people, has so far fared better than elsewhere in Asia, Europe and North America. But experts say India's already overstretched medical system would struggle to deal with a major rise in serious cases.

Tour operators estimate January-March quarter earnings could fall by more than 60 per cent.

The association also demanded six to nine months' moratorium on all principal and interest payments on loans and overdrafts, besides deferment of GST and advance tax payments. They also asked the minister for removal of fees for any upcoming licenses, permits renewal, excise exemption for liquor for the hospitality and travel industry across the country.

"We are closely working with all our airline and hotel partners on lenient customer policies for date change, cancellations and waivers in the face of evolving travel trends and are seamlessly passing the waiver benefits to our customers, as applicable," MakeMyTrip said in the letter.

The ministry said the portal will help tourists get information on state tourism departments and regional offices of the ministry of tourism to help them stay safe and healthy while in India. It will also help them find information on ways of getting back to their home country, the ministry added.

Uber Essentials, for which approvals are being sought from state governments, will be extended to other cities early this week once approved, said Pradeep Parameswaran, President of Uber India, and South Asia.

According to senior member Rajiv Mehra, no international flights are operating till May 1, so international ticket booking would not have happened during the first phase of the lockdown. "When there is no booking, the question of refund does not arise. As regards the domestic sector, everything is in lockdown, so virtually no bookings have taken place, so no refund would be required," he said.

At least 40% of premium class foreign tourists visiting Nepal or Bhutan prefer touching Sikkim. Arrival of near 1.5 lakh foreign tourists and around 14 lakh domestic visitors in a year contributes a significant share to near Rs 400 crore worth annual tourism business of Sikkim-Darjeeling hills.

Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL) on Sunday said it plans to first reopen resorts that are at drivable distance from the metro cities once the coronavirus lockdown is lifted.

Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India has revised upwards its value estimates at risk to Indian tourism.

Lockdown has pushed hotel business in tourism hotspot Sikkim to the brink where investors from Bengal and other states are the first tire victims. Equal sufferer is over 70% of Sikkim's population dependent on hospitality industry that generates around Rs 1.5 k croer business there in a year.

High mortality and fast-changing fortunes are a given when it comes to payments ecosystem, much like food-ordering and ecommerce marketplaces.

It has been billed as the 'WhatsApp of money'.

Bhavik Vasa, chief growth officer of ItzCash, contends the market opportunity is huge as 85% of the population is still dealing with cash.

Author Jeetendr Sehdev says that he is living and breathing the KKP.

How Adidas India is making a style statement Originals, which now contributes over 10% to its revenues.