KNOWLEDGE HUB

H4 spouses of H1B workers in America armed with work permits can breathe easy at least till June when the clock begins ticking again on the fate of their employment authorizations (called EAD). Department of Homeland Security which was planning to put out a proposed rule change to likely end the EAD concession given to certain H4 spouses in the Obama years has now postponed that decision till June 2018. Kevin J Cummings, chief of the foreign workers division at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services appeared on behalf of the DHS in the ongoing Save Jobs USA versus DHS court case. According to the circuit court documents (linked above), Cummings has said the proposed rule change entails a new "economic analysis" which is likely to take several weeks. In comments taken on record, he also said that "significant revisions" have been made to the draft proposed rule already. Although he did not elaborate on the nature of the "revisions", the si...

A new Express Entry draw has set a new low for 2018 with its minimum Comprehensive Ranking System score of 440. The May 23 draw issued 3,500 new Invitations to Apply, continuing a trend established over the previous three invitation rounds.  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)   implemented the 'tie-break' procedure for this latest draw, selecting candidates from the Express Entry pool who submitted their profile on or after  December 30, 2017, at 06:39:40 UTC .  This means that all candidates in the pool with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS)  score above 440, as well as those candidates with scores of 440 who submitted their profile before the tie-break date and time, received an Invitation to Apply (ITA) in the May 23 draw. In order to enter the federal Express Entry pool, individuals need to first meet the eligibility criteria for one of the three immigration programs m...

Thousands of Indians have started and established their online business successfully.  To grow with them and join the Amazon marketplace, here are the four things you need: Contact Details  – Once you register your account on Amazon, you will be required to share your contact number and email address. These details (contact number and email address), once verified will help you connect with your customers and keep a tab on your daily order notifications.   GST Number  – With the latest indirect Taxation system coming into execution in the June of 2017, all forms of indirect taxation are now clubbed under one umbrella, GST (Goods and Service TAX). The A to Z GST Guide can briefly help you understand how you can enroll for GST if you are new seller and don't have a GST number yet.   PAN number  – The PAN (Permanent Account Number) is an essential document issued by the Income TAX department of India to all individ...

Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) has approached the authorities to remove the mention of IIT or the coaching institute FIITJEE from the name of the Metro station near its campus, saying it could mislead students into thinking they have a tie-up. FIITJEE has become the sponsor of the soon-to-be opened Metro station opposite IIT-D. Signage installed at the station has named it FIITJEE IIT, coupling the two names. Alumni, students and the faculty have questioned the move. IIT-D has taken up the matter with the DMRC, the human resource development (HRD) ministry and the urban development ministry. It has also filed a petition in the Delhi high court. “The move has led to many alumni, and prospective students asking us whether we have entered into a collaboration with the coaching institute, which is not fair. We have now filed a writ petition in court and hope to get a favourable response,” said V Ramgopal Rao, director of IIT-D. DMRC has been awarding nami...

The  IELTS Test  is one of the most important credentials that you need to have in order to  apply for express entry program.  There are two categories in the exam  –  General and Academic.  You need to apply for the academic category for entry into  Canada  through the Express Entry program.  The minimum score that you need to  achieve is a CLB 7 in each of the four segments of the IELTS test . However, it is advised that you try to score higher as with each segment you can cumulatively score much higher in the overall score and give your profile a significant boost.  Having an optimal score of CLB 9 or 10 or higher will not only get you the highest scores in the segment but also showcase your linguistic and learning abilities to the immigration authorities as well as potential recruiters.  Here is a breakdown of the IELTS exam for you. Listening :  30 minutes. You will listen to four recordings...

A permanent resident is someone who has been given permanent resident status by immigarting to Canada, but is not a Canadian Citizen. Permanent residents are citizens of other countries. A person in Canada temporarily, like a student or foreign worker, is  not  a permanent resident. The permanent resident (PR) card Your PR Card can be used to show that you have permanent resident status in Canada. If you travel outside Canada, you will need to show your card and your passport when you come back on a commercial vehicle, like an airplane, boat, train or bus. PRs traveling outside Canada who do not have a valid PR card, or who are not carrying it, need to apply for a permanent resident travelling document before returning to Canada by commercial vehicle. What permanent residents can do As a permanent resident, you have the right to: get most social benefits that Canadian citizens receive, including health care coverage, live, work or study anyw...

All of these programming languages are popular for different data science tasks and projects and have their supporters and opponents. So while we are arranging a comparison of how these programming languages relate to each other, we have prepared some of the most useful R libraries for data scientists and engineers, based on our experience. R is a well-known and increasingly popular tool in the Data Science field. It is a programming language and a software environment primarily designed for statistical computing, so its interface and structure are very well suited for the scientific tasks. Moreover, R has one of the most developed libraries systems that counts thousands of packages to solve a wide variety of problems. Although there are many general-purpose packages, we want to focus on those that provide sufficient capabilities for data manipulation, visualization, competitive research, and machine learning. Therefore, we have prepared an infographic of Top 20 R package...

1. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) This helps to ease some of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal, such as intense cravings, nausea, tingling of hands and feet, insomi, mood swings, and difficulty concentrating. NRT is available as: gum patches sprays inhalers 2. E-cigarettes An e-cigarettes is an electronic device that allows for the inhalation of nicotine in a vapour without the other harmful byproducts of tobacco, such as tar and carbon monoxide. New Research suggests that e-cigarettes can help in quitting smoking because people can gradually reduce the nicotine content of the e-liquid in a similar way to NRT. However, there is some controversy in the literature about this approach to smoking cessation. 3.Vitamins B and C Various studies have shown that smokers generally have lower concentrations of circulating B vitamins and lower levels of vitamin C as compared with non-smokers. Smokers often cite stress as one of the triggers that increases the craving fo...