US President-Elect Joe Biden named on Monday Bharat Ramamurti to be a deputy director of the National Economic Council with an important role in carrying out his campaign promises of banking and consumer reforms
The Power, Potential, and Unrealised Promise, of South Asia
South Asia, for all its faults and constraints, is the fastest-growing economic region in the world this year. It is also home to the Commonwealth’s largest three countries in terms of population, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, representing just under two billion citizens, the majority under 30-years old.
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
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Unemployed Dubai-based Indian wins $1mn in raffle
An unemployed Indian expat from Kerala, who lost his job in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, won $1 million at the Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire Draw, a media report said
COVID claims 312 Nepalis abroad
The COVID-19 death toll of Nepalis living abroad has surged past 312, said the Non-Resident Nepali Association today. With 11 more deaths over the past two weeks, the number of Nepalis who succumbed to the virus reached 312
ASEI hosts its 33rd convention virtually; achievers honored
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) hosted its 33rd Annual National Convention December 5-6, 2020 virtually focused on Global Engineering & Technologies (GET-2020)
Biden names Indian American Patel as Assistant Press Secretary
US President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has appointed Indian-American Vedant Patel as the Assistant Press Secretary
Farmers' protests in India in danger of being hijacked, says Sikh entrepreneur-activist
Sukhi Chahal, a Silicon Valley-based IT entrepreneur and Sikh activist, has been in the headlines in India for his assertion that the ongoing farmers’ protest out of Punjab and elsewhere is vulnerable to being “hijacked” by remnants of the separatist Khalistani movement
Welfare of Pakistanis in UAE discussed with Dubai ruler
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday discussed issues pertaining to the welfare of Pakistani diaspora in the United Arab Emirates with the ruler of Dubai
Sons of their fathers: History of Nepalese migration
Human history is woven in stories of migration for work and livelihood
Dubai-based Indian stabs colleague 11 times
A Dubai-based Indian man stabbed a colleague 11 times in a fit of rage after his company failed to send him home, a media report said
Pakistan-born scientist to get Germany's prestigious research award
Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has been selected as a recipient for the Leibniz Prize for 2021, which is Germany's most important research funding award
Make or break moment for Indians in US Green Card queue
It's a make or break moment for Indians stuck in decades-long lines for US permanent residency. Congressional negotiators are on the cusp of sealing a long-delayed COVID-19 relief package and within it could be tucked away a move to "shuffle the decks of the Titanic" in how 'green cards' - or permanent residency - are awarded to legal immigrants
Nepali in Saudi Arabia rescued after 12 years
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.”
Overseas Sri Lankas asked to support economic promotion in Sri Lanka
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 man receives Mayor of London Merton's COVID-19 Award
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 is recipient of Germany's Leibniz Prize
Pakistan-born molecular biologist Asifa Akhtar has been chosen as one of the recipients of Germany's most important research award, Leibniz Prize
