Ali Waheed, Maldives former tourism minister, accused in multiple counts of sexual assaults charges, has been arrested in the United Kingdom after an Interpol notice was issued against him, media reports said
From Remittances to Investments: Why Every State Should Build a Stronger Partnership with Overseas Indians
Overseas Indians possess both the financial capacity and the desire to invest, yet many promising projects are abandoned because of fragmented procedures, multiple government approvals and the absence of a single accountable institution to guide investors from concept to completion.
Bangladesh's Expatriate Card: A New Chapter in Migrant Financial Security
The Expatriate Card will be a source of recognition to millions of Bangladeshi remittance warriors and a sign of gratitude from the State for their support to the nation's development.
In Search of Dharma in the Indian Diaspora
We have become an aggressive and divisive society which is becoming intolerant of others' ideas and points of view. For a pluralistic society like India, all the people who live there are important and we need to work together to take the country forward and to great heights. Unless we change our present thinking, we have the danger of becoming an extremist state
Beyond the Remittance: How Bangladesh's Overseas Workers Are Reshaping Post-Uprising Politics
For decades, Bangladeshi governments referred to their overseas workers as remittance warriors—a formulation that was generous in one respect and quietly limiting in another. It honored their economic contribution while bracketing their political identity. The July Uprising may have ended that bracketing for good. What is now taking shape, imperfectly and without clear resolution, is a constituency that earns its living abroad but has not surrendered its stake in what Bangladesh becomes.
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Indian Air Force's special flight evacuates over 85 Indians from Kabul
An Indian Air Force transport plane took off from Kabul Saturday morning with approximately 85 Indian nationals on board, NDTV said, as the government continued efforts to evacuate its remaining citizens stranded in Afghanistan
France rescued Indians stuck in Afghanistan, taken to Paris
France has rescued some Indians trapped in Afghanistan and taken them to Paris, according to India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
More Bangladeshi migrants arriving in Europe this year
Notwithstanding relative political stability, record-breaking economic growth and an increase in disposable income, more Bangladeshis have arrived in Europe this year than any other nationality, according to reports
Prominent Indians, diaspora personalities in Indiaspora’s 2021 Philanthropy Leaders’ List
Philanthropists from India and geographies with significant diaspora migration – US, UK, UAE, Canada, Singapore and Australia – feature in Indiaspora’s list of 100 such leaders making a difference through their giving
100 Indian and diaspora leaders in philanthropy to be recognized in Indiaspora’s List
One hundred Indian and diaspora leaders who have made a significant impact with their philanthropic contributions and engagement will be recognized in Indiaspora’s 2021 Philanthropy Leaders List slated for an August 12 launch
Jolt to Nawaz Sharif: UK government refuses visa extension to former Pakistani PM
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Biden, Harris commemorate gurdwara mass killing anniversary: Sikh groups condemn hate politics and racism
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the ninth anniversary of the mass shooting at a gurdwara in Oak Creek that took the lives of seven Sikhs, with Biden telling Americans to “stand up to hate and bigotry”
AAPI raised over $5 Million in Covid relief for India
The American Association of physicians of Indian origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the USA representing the interest of more than 100,000 physicians in the USA, stepped up to the plate to boost medical infrastructure and relief efforts to deal with the pandemic whose infection rates are once again rising in India
Saudi Arabia releases 28 more Pakistanis from jails
The Saudi government on Tuesday released 28 more Pakistanis who had been jailed for petty crimes in the kingdom, an issue that had come up repeatedly in diplomacy discourse between the two countries
Regulation charging high cost for Israel-bound Nepali workers comes under criticism
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Biden nominates a Muslim Indian American as envoy for religious freedom; a Pakistani American as member of Commission
President Joe Biden has nominated an Indian American, Rashad Hussain, as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and if approved by the Senate he will be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties
Veena Reddy is USAID's first Indian-American mission director
Veena Reddy, an Indian American United States Foreign Service officer with the US Agency for International Development has been named USAID India Mission Director
Half a million Nepali citizens rescued since the start of pandemic
Over half a million Nepalis have been rescued from around 60 countries--mostly labor destination countries in the Gulf region--since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to the data released by the country’s Covid-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC).
Vaidehi Dongre, winner Of Miss India USA 2021, celebrates her South Asian heritage
Twenty-five-year-old Vaidehi Dongre, from Michigan, has been crowned Miss India USA for the year 2021, while Arshi Lalani from Georgia was declared the first runner up
