Twelve years after she left Nepal, and after a dramatic rescue from the home of her abusive Saudi employer, Lilamaya Dhimal returned to a sunny Kathmandu airport on Wednesday morning to say: “I feel safe now, at least I know I will live.”
While FY25 has been a success story, sustaining this trend won’t be easy. Bangladesh’s remittance economy relies heavily on labor migration to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. However, labor demand in host countries is changing due to automation, nationalization of jobs (Saudi Arabia’s Saudization policy), and shifting immigration laws. The future of low-skilled labor exports is uncertain
The question must be asked: has the Middle Eastern dream become an Indian nightmare? Migrant workers face compounding insecurities, with the confiscation of passports turning them into virtual hostages. Structural exploitation, poor working conditions, and the intensifying climate crisis disproportionately impact Indian migrants—many of whom are semi- or unskilled laborers from already vulnerable communities.
This was no mere diplomatic courtesy call. India’s renewed outreach must be seen through the lens of historical connection and future potential. Nearly 44 percent of Trinidad and Tobago’s Indian diaspora traces its origins to the indentured labour system—deep roots that have flourished into rich cultural traditions shared in cuisine, music, festivals, and faith.
The good news is our team of scientists and biomedical engineers at Columbia University has developed a stent, The Stentinel, that can continuously scan the bloodstream to find cancer’s first cells and the earliest biomarkers. And, the stent can be programmed to electrocute The First Cell. This approach will democratize medicine worldwide, shifting the healthcare paradigm from one of treating illness to one of maintaining wellness
Twelve years after she left Nepal, and after a dramatic rescue from the home of her abusive Saudi employer, Lilamaya Dhimal returned to a sunny Kathmandu airport on Wednesday morning to say: “I feel safe now, at least I know I will live.”
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States Ravinatha Aryasinha has called on Overseas Sri Lankans (OSLs) in the US to support economic promotion and strengthen advocacy of Sri Lanka
British Bangladeshi Mansoor Ahmad has been awarded the Mayor of Merton borough’s COVID-19 Award for his outstanding local contributions
Pakistan-born molecular biologist Asifa Akhtar has been chosen as one of the recipients of Germany's most important research award, Leibniz Prize
Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi is likely to be named White House's deputy Climate Change Coordinator under the Biden administration
An Indian-origin man has been killed in a freak accident involving heavy airport equipment in Chicago, according to news reports
NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) have selected three astronauts, including Indian-American Raja Chari, to serve as crew members for SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which is expected to launch in the autumn of 2021
Kamala Harris made history as the first Indian American and the first woman to be elected vice president of the United States when the electoral college affirmed her victory and that of Joe Biden as president in the bitterly fought election for the nation's leadership
British Labour parliamentarian Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, who has been a vocal supporter of the protesting farmers in India, has slammed sections of the Indian media for spreading "misinformation'" in a bid to label protesting farmers as "separatists or terrorists"
Using machine learning (ML), a team of US researchers led by Indian-American computer scientist Anshumali Shrivastava at Rice University, Texas has discovered an efficient way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online
American actor of Indian origin Ravi Patel says a lot is changing for talent from our country in Hollywood
A Toronto-based Pakistani doctor has introduced an instant COVID-19 diagnostic test using a smartphone, according to Radio Pakistan
An Indian expat in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has amassed a collection of 39 different issues of the 1 dirham coin, turning down lucrative offers to sell the collection, a media report said on Monday
A Bangladeshi painter has been sentenced to death for killing his Indonesian girlfriend in a Singapore hotel in 2018, The Straits Times reports
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari on Saturday maintained that the government had repatriated 8,700 Pakistanis imprisoned abroad