Donald Trump has some good news for Indian workers

THE ECONOMIC TIMES Daily Newsletter

Donald Trump proposes to end visa lottery system, favours skilled workers If passed by the Congress and signed into law, such a move is expected to reduce the green card backlogs for highly skilled immigrants from India.

Raghuram Rajan's brother is leading a group bidding for Tata's $1 bn fiber assets Data usage is booming in India after billionaire Mukesh Ambani's telecom unit stormed into the market with free offers for mobile Internet browsing.

ASEAN can be integral part of New India's transformation: PM Narendra Modi India-ASEAN partnership may be just 25 years old, but India's ties with South-East Asia stretch back more than two millennia, said PM Narendra Modi.

China to name Harvard-trained Liu He as vice premier overseeing economy: Sources Liu's promotion would be part of a wider government reshuffle following the 19th Communist Party Congress in October last year, during which Xi laid out his vision for China's long-term development.

SK Bangur's daughter-in-law Nitya seeks partition of family property City-based business tycoon SK Bangur's daughter-in-law Nitya has moved the court against him, seeking a share from the Bangur family wealth.

NSC vs 5-year bank FD: Which is a better tax saving investment? NSC and tax-saving FDs have certain common features. However, there are certain differences between the two which, give an advantage to NSCs over tax-saving FDs.

Budget 2018: Don't do away with income tax, Mr Jaitley Many have advocated abolition of income tax in favour of a consumption tax. They argue that this would, at one stroke, eradicate both tax evasion and black money.

Jio launches lowest rental of Rs 49 for feature phone users Recently, Jio also decided to offer 500 MB extra data to its subscribers using 1GB and 1.5GB per day data packs with effect from January 26.

From our Partners Making your first mutual fund investment Investors should also read the scheme related documents and understand the investment objective of the mutual fund scheme, know the securities in the scheme where money will be invested.

Brokerages prefer bigger PSU banks even after laggards get a leg-up The govt has announced that it will give Rs 88,000 crore of capital to 20 state-run banks. Mobius heads into retirement touting fresh emerging stock highs Mobius is set to step down in less than a week but this won't be the last of him as an investor.

MakeMyTrip-Ibibo merger: How combined entity continues to struggle with problems old and new The $1.8-billion largely stock deal saw the then newly merged travel giant grab more than 60% of the overall online travel market in India.

From our Partners Six smart things to know about bonus in insurance plans Not all life plans are eligible for bonus. Plans can either be participatory, thereby qualifying for bonus, or non-participatory, that do not qualify for bonus.

Finance Ministry nudges PSU banks to swap assets, optimise operations The move is part of the reforms agenda — EASE — that seeks to limit the corporate exposure of PSBs at 25% of total risk-weighted assets.

SBI to invoke guarantees despite IBC proceedings According to reports, letters have been issued to all officers in charge of credit that they must immediately invoke the personal and corporate guarantees.

ET NEWSLETTERS

ET Mutual Fund Weekly ET Sunday Wrap Weekly Market Watch Weekly Slideshow Newsletter Weekly

About us|Advertise with us|Feedback|Sitemap|Code of Ethics Fri, Jan 26, 2018 | 04:47 PM IST © 2018 Times Internet Limited.

To ensure delivery directly to your inbox, please add etnotifications@indiatimes.com to your address book today.

If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please click here to view latest newsletter

To unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions please click here