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Women are taking lead in vaccine development. Therein lies a lesson

The unprecedented impact of women in the field of vaccine development means that there are other endeavours that would greatly benefit from more involvement by women.

Biden administration likely to provide US citizenship to over 5 lakh Indians

A policy document issued by the Biden campaign says his administration will support family-based immigration and preserve family unification as a core principle, which includes reducing the family visa backlog.

48% of foreign students in US in 2019 were Indian & Chinese, says report

According to a report by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme, 75 per cent of all nonimmigrant students in the US are from Asia.

Taiwan lures bankers, skilled workers looking to escape a tense Hong Kong

Hours after the Hong Kong's new security law came into effect Tuesday, Taiwan opened an office dedicated to making migration easier for residents and companies.

‘La Bestia’ — the train of violence and assault that takes migrants to US-Mexico border

La Bestia is the freight train migrants use to get from southern Mexico to the US border when they can’t afford a bus ticket or a smuggler.

Make more babies or embrace foreign workers – the Covid-19 message to rich Asian nations

Pulling up the drawbridge to halt spread of the disease and protect domestic businesses would be perilous as foreign workers are critical.

Food after lathicharge in Covid-19 lockdown, and the Mahabharat war against coronavirus

The best cartoons of the day chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Why Punjabis leave thousands of toy planes at this gurudwara near Jalandhar

Earlier, the majority of Punjabis looking to emigrate to UK, USA & Canada were rural farmers. But now, students and job-seeking youth have joined them in droves.

Now, Donald Trump bars immigrants who can’t afford healthcare

US President Donald Trump, who is up for re-election in 2020, made cracking down on immigration a key part of his 2016 presidential campaign.

With Assam NRC, the truth is also out — it was a pointless exercise all along

NRC has achieved little — except to create panic in Assam, give India a bad name, eat into SC's time, cost over Rs 1100 crore & give BJP a dangerous tool.

On Camera

Bondi Beach attack holds lessons for India too — soft targets remain terror’s first choice

India’s counter-terror focus must go beyond organised modules to include individual radicalisation, mental health-linked violence, and spontaneous attacks in public spaces.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.