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Microsoft defends H-1B hiring amid US action

Washington: Microsoft defended its use of H-1B visas, saying 80 per cent of its approximately 6,000 applications last fiscal year involved existing employees rather than new hires, as the Trump administration suspended the company's ability to sponsor foreign workers through a key employment-based green-card programme....

A planet born from the ashes of a dead star

A planet born from the ashes of a dead star

Washington: In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now found a world that rightly can be called a phoenix planet. Researchers said this...

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DRDO successfully tests indigenous High-Altitude Airship at 21 km

New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Tuesday announced that it has successfully conducted the flight trial of its indigenously developed High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS), achieving an altitude of 21 km and demonstrating long-endurance stratospheric flight capabilities. The milestone is expected to strengthen...

 

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