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Top headlines: RIL, BP announce major gas find, Modi assures farmers on MSP

Business Standard brings you top news of the evening

Lawmakers urge Biden to extend work authorisations to H-1B holders' spouses

A group of 60 US lawmakers urged Biden to revoke a Trump administration policy and extend validity of work authorisation documents for H4 visa holders, who are spouses of those possessing H-1B visas

Trump's biggest H-1B changes blocked: What it means for Indian techies

A US court has blocked two H-1B regulations proposed by the Trump administration to restrict the ability of American companies to hire foreign employees

Top headlines: Maruti Q2 profit up 2%, SP Group claims stake in Tata firms

India's front line health workers will be the first to be inoculated once an effective vaccine is available. More headlines in our evening roundup.

Tech Mahindra on track surpass FY20 revenues by fourth quarter: CFO Bhat

The Pune-headquartered firm is also close to reaching pre-Covid 19 levels in terms of absolute profit, he says

Best of BS Opinion: Increasing visa hurdles, Trump vs Biden, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

IT firms to expand localisation drive as US proposes more work visa hurdles

Indian IT firms say workplace-independent model, local hiring will help them meet challenge

Increasing visa hurdles

Doing business in the US is getting harder

Top headlines: Jhunjhunwala rejigs portfolio; H-1B visa norms get tougher

Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

Mindtree's net profit jumps 88% to Rs 253.7 cr; salary hikes from January

The firm's revenues remained flat year-on-year at Rs 1,926 crore during the period under review and witnessed a marginal 1 per cent gain sequentially

Top headlines: India launches gas price reforms, US restricts H-1B visas

Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the US tech giant is alleged to have abused its Android operating system's position in the smart television market.

US lawmaker introduces a legislation to overhaul H-1B visa system

It also requires employers to pay their H-1B workers more than the American workers to ensure foreign labour is only used when absolutely necessary.

'Trump exceeded constitutional authority': Three key updates on H-1B visa

Donald Trump's order to enforce ban on US companies' favourite visa, H-1b, has been blocked by a US federal judge

US court turns down challenge to Trump's temporary ban on H-1B visa

An Indian-American federal judge has turned down an appeal by 169 Indian citizens who had challenged Trump's order that barred foreign nationals on H-1B specialty occupation visas from entering US

US company agrees to pay $345,000 in compensation for H1-B violations

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise

US judge refuses to grant preliminary injunction against H-1B visa ban

The case was brought by a group of 169 Indian nationals, who recently visited India after living in the US on work visas, and are now attempting to return

India closely engaged with US admin on visa issues, including H1B: MoS MEA

India is engaged with US administration and its Congress on issues related to movement of Indian professionals including those pertaining to the H1B visa, said Minister of State for External Affairs

Infosys plans to hire additional 500 tech employees in Rhode Island by 2023

In 2017, Infosys had committed to hiring 10,000 American workers over two years, and has created 13,000 jobs in the US to date

If elected, will stand with India in confronting threats facing it: Biden

He said that he will work on expanding two-way trade between the two nations and take on big global challenges like climate change and global health security

Biden promises H-1B reform, to eliminate country quota for Green Cards

Companies depend on H-1B to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China