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Donald Trump administration shifting H-1B selection to favour merit The proposed change in the selection process would result in an estimated increase of up to 16% (or 5,340 workers) in the number of selected those with a master’s degree or higher from a US institution of higher education, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which runs the H-1B programme The new rule will be published in the Federal Register for public comments on December 3, according to an announcement by the US Department of Homeland Security. wiki                   source

India presents 9-point agenda on fugitive economic offenders at G20 summi India called for joint efforts by G-20 countries to form a mechanism that denies entry and safe havens to fugitive economic offenders. India Friday presented a nine-point agenda to G20 member nations calling for strong and active cooperation among them to comprehensively deal with fugitive economic offenders. The agenda was presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the second session of the G20 Summit on international trade, international financial and tax systems. wiki                  source

Kartarpur exposes a lack of coherence in India’s Pakistan policy, writes Barkha Dutt This is not to say that Pakistan speaks in one voice or is consistent in its India policy. When Shah Mehmood Qureshi met us in Islamabad, he categorically said: “This is no googly” to emphasise the sincerity of its intentions. A day later at a public function, he did a complete u-turn and boasted that his government had bowled a googly that compelled India to send two ministers to Pakistan. wiki                      source

George HW Bush, 41st president of United States, dies at age 94 George HW Bush served as US president from 1989 to 1993, and eight years later watched his son George W became the 43rd president. Former US president George HW Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, has died at age 94, his family announced late Friday. wiki                   source

No plan to allow Indian military base in exchange for aid, says Maldives “Report is baseless and aimed at discrediting the government as it starts to rebuild good relations with its neighbours and the rest of the international community,” said minister for foreign affairs Abdulla Shahid. wiki                      source

Khashoggi murder: US Senate passes measure to end support for Saudi-led coalition in Yemen The measures passed 63-37 in a Republican-controlled chamber with the backing of some of President Trump’s key allies, who have felt frustrated by what they is the president’s willingness to overlook the role played by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. wiki                   source

Side issues loom over G-20 summit as world leaders arrive The two-day summit beginning Friday is supposed to focus on development, infrastructure and food security, but those seemed largely an afterthought amid soured US-European relations and as the United States, Mexico and Canada hammered out the final language of a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement expected to be signed Friday. wiki                     source

India vs Australia: Prithvi Shaw ruled out of first Test in Adelaide Prithvi Shaw sustained an ankle injury during on the third day of India’s warm-up clash against Cricket Australia XI. wiki                   source  

For better ties with India, Pakistan needs to be a secular state: Army chief Bipin Rawat The observation comes amid Pakistan expressing an inclination for greater engagement, most of which came in the wake of the two nations deciding to build a corridor for Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the Kartarpur shrine in Pakistan wiki                       source

Ex-coal secretary HC Gupta among 5 convicted in Bengal coal block allocation case source