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The Indian government is engaging with the IT industry and the US administration to find a way forward on the H-1B issue, sources said on Saturday, noting that the application fee increase hits American companies even harder as they are significant users of these visas for highly-skilled professionals.US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will raise the fee for H1-B visa applications to a steep $100,000 annually. The H-1B visa fee ranges from about $2,000 to $5,000, depending on employer size and other costs. Sources said the Indian government is actively engaged with the US government, the IT…

Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 910 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.The Bangalore International Centre (BIC) recently hosted an exhibition on affordable art, organised by Mumbai-based Baro Market. See our photo essays from earlier exhibitions at this popular cultural hub here.Founded by Srila Chatterjee, Baro Market is a platform that curates and sells fashion, home goods, art, fabrics, crafts, and more. It is also curating an exhibition on art and design this weekend at Gallery…

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A few years ago, the dream job for many ambitious professionals in India was a role at a fast-growing startup. The energy, the learning curve, the ESOPs—it all made sense. But something has shifted. Today, more and more of that very same startup talent is walking away from full-time roles to chart a path of independent work. It’s not burnout or disillusionment alone. It’s a more nuanced transformation of values, priorities, and how work fits into life.This isn’t just a post-pandemic hangover. The numbers back the trend. According to a NITI Aayog report, India’s gig workforce is expected to reach…

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Industry body Nasscom on Saturday said the US’ move to raise H-1B visa application fee to $100,000 will impact India’s technology services companies as business continuity will be disrupted for onshore projects that may require “adjustments”.The apex body also flagged concerns over the September 21 timeline for implementation, saying a one-day deadline creates considerable uncertainty for businesses, professionals, and students across the world.The US move will impact Indian nationals who are on H-1B visas working for global and Indian companies, it said in a statement.”While we are reviewing the finer details of the order, adjustments of this nature can potentially…

Former Infosys CFO and industry veteran Mohandas Pai on Saturday said the US move to impose a steep $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa applicants will dampen fresh applications by companies and may accelerate offshoring in coming months.US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that will impose $100,000 annual visa fee for highly skilled workers. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa programme was created to bring temporary workers into the US to perform additive, high-skilled functions, but it has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labour, Trump said in the proclamation.Dismissing the notion that…

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. As a business owner, balancing a 60-hour work week with family time is already hard enough without screens getting in the way. If you’re looking for a meaningful way to connect with your kids, Readmio makes story time feel like something special again.Readmio is a mobile reading app that turns your voice into the centerpiece of the story. As you read aloud, the…

At DevSparks 2025, Jigar Halani, Director, Solution Architect & Engg at NVIDIA, laid out a bold vision for how artificial intelligence, particularly agentic AI, will reshape industries across the country. During the talk, Halani drew examples from a series of real-life examples to support his statement. As a case study, Halani pointed out that India’s biometric identity system Aadhaar, which covers nearly 1.4 billion citizens, has started using large language models (LLMs) to automatically respond to citizen grievances. Even complex services, such as address updates for senior citizens using handwritten documents, are being streamlined through AI-powered OCR (optical character recognition)…

“My first lesson I put forward to you is, relax.” Zoho’s Director of Technology, Rajendran Dandapani, noted that in a world where AI adoption is rapid and educational and AI skills are yet to catch up, software developers should take a step back and look beyond the code. Speaking at DevSparks Chennai 2025, Dandapani laid out eight lessons he believes should be adhered to while building the framework for software developers to approach an AI-first future. “In hindsight, the technology that runs the world today was never taught to us; instead, the human race learnt it with time, and this…