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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicIndian migrants

Topic: Indian migrants

Indian workers are heading to Russia, Greece, Japan. Gulf losing its shine

Indian workers are filling blue-collar labour gaps in new corners of the world. Government policies and a growing network of recruiters are greasing the wheels of this migration.

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

How 1 man’s deportation from US led Delhi cops to dunki racket involving a govt school teacher

His interrogation after he was deported last year led Delhi Police to the agents, who were arrested earlier this year. He paid 41 lakh & travelled for 13 months to get to the US.

Panama’s jungles, Nicaragua’s ‘electric shock’ camps, tracing the deadly dunki route to America

Hoping to enter the US illegally, these migrants made their way through dense jungles and perilous treks from Peru to Mexico, but their dreams ended at the California border.

Who are you not gonna call? MAGA man & The EC-iest way to put your head in the sand

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

Opposition protests US deportation of Indians, several MPs sport handcuffs in Parliament

Lawmakers said the manner in which the over 100 Indians were sent back on a military flight, with ‘hands and feet in chains’, was humiliating.

US military aircraft has departed for India with migrants aboard, says official

President Trump has increasingly turned to military to help carry out his immigration agenda, including using military aircraft to deport migrants & opening military bases to house them.

How the Vietnam War helped more Indian doctors migrate to the US in 1970s

In 'Indian Genius', Meenakshi Ahamed provides fascinating portraits of Indian Americans who started the wave of success stories abroad.

New book explores the travels of ordinary Indian migrants in Colonial India

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Other Mohan in Britain's India Ocean Empire’ will be released on 15 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

26 yrs gone, most accused & witnesses dead — Malta boat tragedy case still languishes in CBI court

On 26 December 1996, 170 Indian migrants drowned when their boat capsized near Malta. While CBI filed a chargesheet in 1997, only 11 of 206 prosecution witnesses examined so far.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.