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Topic: Migrants

Goans are turning their anger toward migrants now

The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.

Bihar’s post-Covid startup zones were a lifeline for migrants. But now they’re running out of steam

Chanpatia/Bettiah/Muzaffarpur: For 16 years, Nisar Ahmed worked tirelessly as a tailor at a small garment unit in Mumbai, sending any savings he could scrape...

Vocal elsewhere but silent in Tripura, BJP in a bind over ally TIPRA Motha’s demand for SIR

BJP-TIPRA Motha ties are already strained over Centre not having implemented a tripartite agreement signed last year to address tribal grievances in the state.

Poor migrants to Europe have to pose as victims—though they’re heroes back home: Amitav Ghosh

In 'Wild Fictions', Amitav Ghosh writes on subjects that have fascinated him for 25 years—from literature and language to climate change, travel, and discoveries.

US pauses sanctions, tariffs on Colombia after agreement on acceptance of migrants

The announcement comes after Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened higher tariffs after the latter blocked two US military planes carrying Colombian migrants.

Four migrants die in attempt to cross English Channel, says French coast guard

Total of 67 people were aboard the boat off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France and 63 of them were rescued by an operation involving four ships and one helicopter.

More women migrated into India in 2020 while more men left, finds UN report

World Migration Report 2024 by Organisation for Migration, a UN body, also found that India was largest recipient of remittances & 2nd-biggest source of international students.

How the Malayali Gulf migrant became the ‘suffering rich’

In ‘The Gulf Migrant Archives in Kerala’, Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil explores the rumours and stereotypes associated with Malayalis who work in the Gulf.

Pope warns of rising nationalism in Europe, calls for end to Russian invasion during Hungary visit

In a hard-hitting speech, Pope told the Budapest government, including PM Viktor Orban, that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity.

Tale of disheartened migrants: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards

This internal migration is bound to intensify as India becomes the world's most populous nation, throwing up enormous challenges for the government.

On Camera

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.