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Are Indians proud of their country? The latest Pew survey suggests not

The 100-page report by the Pew Research Centre looks at what makes people feel proud of their country in terms of culture, lifestyle, politics, economics and diversity.

SubscriberWrites: Questions for fellow Indians

As institutions strain and society polarizes, urgent questions arise: Is India still on course as a democracy—or drifting at a critical crossroads of governance and identity?

59% Indians get less than 6 hrs of sleep, LocalCircles survey finds. And phones aren’t the main culprit

Survey by LocalCircles collected over 43,000 responses from 348 districts. Sixty-one percent of the respondents were men while the remaining 39 percent were women.

Is New Zealand going the Canada way? Over 500% rise in asylum claims by Indians over past 2 years

In 2022-23, the number of refugee claims by Indians was 172 before it shot up 579 percent to reach 1,168 claims in 2023-24. In 2024-25, there have been 453 claims so far.

US deports Indian nationals via chartered flight. ‘Over 90k’ tried to enter or stay illegally in past yr

From October 2023 to September 2024, over 60,000 Indians were detected trying to cross northern & southern US borders illegally, whereas close to 30,000 attempted to overstay visas.

Greatest share of world’s migrants from India. Globally, Buddhist & Muslim migrants see steepest rise

India saw a rise in migrants from Nepal and China between 1990 and 2020 while there was a decline in migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, Pew's UN and Census data analysis shows.

Four, including three Indian nationals, arrested while trying to enter US illegally from Canada

US Border Patrol agents arrested the four, including a woman, on 12 March. The men left the woman who became immobile due to an injury and were caught shortly after a foot pursuit.

Two-thirds of Indians support autocratic or military rule, highest in the world, finds Pew study

US-based think tank found that 67% of Indians polled supported autocratic rule, while 72% supported military rule. Support for representative democracy too declined in India.

What Indians got wrong about the ‘70-hour work’ debate

The average daily time-use pattern doesn't reflect an excessive dedication to work by India's young adults aged 20 to 29.

Majority Indians want their leaders to focus more on domestic issues than world’s, finds Pew survey

A new survey by the US think tank, however, found around 56 percent of citizens feel New Delhi should put other countries’ interests over its own when addressing international issues.

On Camera

RBI delays stricter trading loan rules as volatility climbs amid Iran conflict

The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.