The Maverick Chronicles

As reported in the online edition of The Wall Street Journal, ( Read the article here ) the US employers in a short span of time are set to reach the annual limit for applications for the highly coveted skilled worker visas. This is a clear sign of the rebounding US economy. This also augurs well for the overall job market in the US as this will have a domino effect on the other related sectors which will further help in job creation in those sectors also, hopefully. As per WSJ, this is the first time since the 2008 crisis, that the limit has been reached by the US companies in less than a week. USCIS, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the nodal agencywhich runs the program announced that based on feedback, it may receive more petitions than can be accepted as per the H-1B cap between April 1, 2013 and April 5, 2013. If more petitions are recevied than can be accepted, a lottery will be conducted and those applications not selected will be returned. On April 1st o...

With the country split across the middle from the common man on the streets to the rickshaw driver to the kitty party crowd to the corporate chieftains to the all powerful netas of our great country depending on where you are looking from, the brothers are literally having a gala time hogging the limelight over a non issue. This dispute over the supply or the non supply of the KG basin gas has suddenly brought more fodder to the breaking news generation after the H1N1 scare. Anil Ambani, media savvy like always initiated the debate, with a press conference at the meet of his group company RNRL to air his views with accusations at Murli Deora, the Union Petroleum minister of having sided with his estranged elder brother. This was a completely frustrated move which could be as direct as possible having accused a union minister nonethless. This just goes to show that no one, not even a Union Minister of the ruling government can escape the wrath of the super rich & powerful in this c...