Ahmedabad, May 19 (IANS) A first-of-its-kind semiconductor cleanroom skilling initiative in India has produced its first batch of trained candidates from the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Dholera, marking a structured step towards building industry-ready manpower for the country’s emerging chip manufacturing ecosystem. A total of 16 students have successfully completed the ‘UHP Semiconductor Welding Programme’, which focuses on ultra-high purity welding skills required for contami…
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United Nations, May 8 (IANS) “India is the country of choice” for Germany under its country-specific migration policy and one of the most important sources of skilled workers, according to Florian Laudi, Germany’s Commissioner for Multilateral Affairs.The “unprecedented cooperation” between the two countries is a “triple win” — for the migrants, the host Germany that faces a labour shortage, and India that has a labour surplus, he said on Thursday at an event on “Leveraging Digi…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass a series of major legislations ranging from border enforcement and voter identification to healthcare reform and insider trading restrictions, using his State of the Union address to lay out an aggressive domestic agenda.“Tonight, I am demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the Border Security and Homeland Security of the United States,” Trump told lawmakers in his first State of the Union A…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the US economy was “rocketing” on the back of a manufacturing revival, defending his rollback of electric vehicle mandates and predicting that robotics would play a growing role in addressing labor shortages.Speaking during an interview with CBS News at an active Ford assembly line, Trump pointed to expanded production across major automakers as evidence of economic strength.“If you went around this plant, like I have, they just announc…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) The US government has cited concerns related to manipulation and abuse in the H-1B visa system as a key driver behind its decision to overhaul how visas are selected each year.The Department of Homeland Security, in a federal notification this week, asserted that the changes were needed to strengthen “process integrity” and preserve fairness in the cap-subject H-1B program.These new rules outline a range of practices that the DHS said raised red flags during recent …