New H-1B fee could end 1.4 lakh jobs a year in US, says expert

The Trump administration’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications could reduce immigrant work authorisations in the US by over 66,000 annually, according to an analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co economists, Bloomberg reported.

India can tap algae for rare earth extraction, says expert

India can reduce its dependence on conventional, environmentally damaging mining of rare earth elements (REEs) by adopting an algal biorefinery approach, according to Laladhas K.P., Director of the Centre for Science in Society and International Biotechnological Applications.