According to Reuters, HDFC Bank Chief Executive Sashidhar Jagdishan has decided not to seek reappointment when his current term ends on October 26, 2026. India’s largest private lender announced the departure on Saturday, setting up a fast-tracked leadership transition amid recent governance reviews. Succession Plans and External Candidates Deputy managing director Kaizad Bharucha stands as … Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed raising the H-1B visa application fee to a permanent $103,265, following a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s initial efforts to overhaul the skilled foreign worker program. According to Reuters reporting, the visa program allows technology companies and other industries to employ foreign professionals for a few years, … Read more
A vast oil spill from the leaking sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi has begun hitting Oman’s coastline near Ras Madraka and Masirah Island, threatening an environmental disaster comparable in potential scale to the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill. According to Oman’s environment agency and independent oil spill specialists reviewing satellite imagery, the slick now covers an area … Read more
Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California federal court trial beginning on Wednesday over claims that the tech giant engineered Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children. According to court filings, the seven-week trial in Oakland tests allegations from Colorado, Kentucky, California, and New Jersey that Meta designed … Read more