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
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.
The policy could have particularly significant consequences for employment-based Green Card applicants, many of whom have traditionally relied on adjustment of status (AOS) while continuing to live and work legally in the U.S. There is a large number of Indian immigrants who stand to face significant disruption and delay because of this policy shift.
It is not just Indian professionals, but this bill could result in a further drop in Indian students - the largest foreign student cohort in the US - showing interest in higher studies in the US. It is not just the H-1B visa by itself, but the proposal for ending the OPT which prospective students would be paying attention to. OPT helps students in drawing employment, gaining experience and potentially transferring to H-1B Visa status. In 2024-2025, over 140,000 Indian students were participating in the OPT program.
On the occasion of Earth Day, April 22, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Amitabha (Amit) Bose for Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. Bose’s name was among a group of dozen individuals, News India Times said
For the second year running, an independent bipartisan commission in the United States has recommended to the US government to designate India as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in and tolerating “systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
Notwithstanding a global pandemic, a group of business leaders, policy experts, officials from the environment, climate change, sustainability, and energy space met virtually to inspire Indians and the Indian diaspora to action with regard to climate mitigation and climate risk, which participants agreed was an "existential challenge" that the world will have to face in the near future if nothing was done
Indian American civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta has been confirmed as the US associate attorney-general with the help of a breakaway Republican senator, overcoming stiff opposition from conservatives who accused the nominee of espousing “radical” policies
Neil Makhija, Executive Director | IMPACT , has issued a statement on the confirmation of Vanita Gupta as US Associate Attorney General
Investigators with Canada's York Regional Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Peel Regional Police, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, have busted a major international drug trafficking network near Toronto in Ontario
Bodies of dead Nepali workers are reportedly stuck in several countries and authorities are struggling to bring them back due to lengthy bureaucratic procedures amid the global pandemic, The Kathmandu Post reported
Yasar Bashir, a Pakistani-American police officer, has become the first Muslim assistant chief in the United States as he was appointed as the head of the family violence department in Houston Police last week
Talks are underway between the Sri Lankan authorities and their counterparts in Saudi Arabia to bring back a group of Sri Lankan women detained at a deportation centre in the West Asian nation, Daily Mirror reported
At least four Sikhs have been killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx company facility in Indianapolis by a 19-year-old former employee, according to the Sikh Coalition
The Bangladesh government has made coordinated efforts to help expatriates return hasslefree to their workplaces in five countries by special flights from Saturday in view of the ongoinglockdown, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said on Friday
At least 41 Sri Lankan women migrant workers have been detained in Saudi Arabia for as long as 18 months, Amnesty International said in a statement, demanding their immediate release
The launch of the AAPI Victory Alliance on April 11, 2021 is the culmination of years of hard work
The body of a “brilliant” Indian origin cryptocurrency expert has been found floating in the Hudson River in this city, according to media reports
US Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon termed herself as a "friend of Bangladesh" and expressed her keen interest in strengthening Bangladesh-US cooperation on wide-ranging issues
