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Has the diaspora really gone quiet amid India-US rift? They’re setting boundaries

Shashi Tharoor criticised the silence of Indian-Americans, but advocacy groups say they’re working on issues that affect both countries, from immigration to H1-B. ‘Sometimes, there is alignment.’

US flight carrying illegal immigrants lands in Amritsar. Cops say deportees ‘will be sent home’

The 'illegal' Indian immigrants deported from the US included at least 30 from Punjab, 33 each from Haryana and Gujarat, 3 from Maharashtra, and 2 each from Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh.

MEA working on new law to replace Emigration Act of 1983, says Parliamentary report

Laid on table of Rajya Sabha on 18 Dec, the report looks at MEA budget. Existing 1983 law focuses primarily on emigration of labour to Gulf countries, with focus on unskilled jobs.

MEA provided assistance to 1,871 distressed or abandoned Indian women abroad, highest in Dubai

A total of 34 embassies and consulates extended counselling, guidance, and advice to these women, Ministry of External Affairs told Rajya Sabha Thursday.

‘Govt more focused on successful diaspora’—Nehru’s ‘active dissociation’ vs Modi’s outreach

The rise of hyperconnectivity has led to a generation that is physically in a foreign nation but is rooted at home. ‘The idea is that everyone is India.’

SubscriberWrites: Impressions: The NRI conundrum

The NRI conundrum will continue for the foreseeable future as inequality in per capita income with the advanced economies is likely to reduce in the next few decades.

UK-based firm estimates 6,500 Indian millionaires will move abroad in 2023, fewer than last yr

According to The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2023, Australia emerged as the top destination for high-net-worth individuals, followed by the UAE & Singapore.

Infant, her parents among 4 Indian-origin people abducted in California on Monday

Authorities have said the four were taken against their will and have described the suspect as 'armed' and 'dangerous'.

‘Documented’ Indian-American woman says she will be forced to leave US in eight months

Athulya Rajakumar from Washington State told Senators that over 5,000 documented dreamers face deportation every year in the absence of reforms in US immigration system.

NRIs in the US asked me these 5 questions about Yogi Adityanath: Biographer

At various events across US, Indian diaspora from Harvard and Stanford asked me tough questions — from Yogi's electoral to policy success.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.