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.
US President-elect Joe Biden, continuing to fill out top posts to align with a diverse country's shifting demographics, on Friday appointed to his national security council "incredibly accomplished" Indian Americans who will serve under National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Dhaka has urged Kuala Lumpur to do what is necessary to take stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers back to old or new places of work in Malaysia on humanitarian grounds
President-Elect Joe Biden's pick to be associate attorney general Vanita Gupta has recalled her experience of racial bigotry as a four-year-old while she pledged her commitment to civil rights and justice reform
US President-elect Joe Biden is planning to name Indian American civil rights activist Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general, according to several media reports quoting unnamed sources close to him
Indian-American Republican Niraj Antani, who was elected to the Ohio state Senate from the 6th District, has been sworn in as a Senator, the media reported
An Indian expat won 20 million dirhams ($5,445,169) in the Big Ticket raffle held in Abu Dhabi, the media reported
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment said 89 Sri Lankans have died in the middle-east due to COVID-19 infection
An Indian national was killed and two injured when a boiler exploded at a scrap metal smelter in the Karabotuwa area in Kotadeniyawa this morning, police said
A Dubai-based Indian expat has broken the world record for the largest 'Pop up Greeting Card' record, the media reported on Saturday
Anshika Sharma, a Nepali residing in Sydney, Australia, was crowned Miss Universe Nepal 2020
The shrine of a Hindu saint has been vandalized by an aggressive mob in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident took place in Teri area of Karak district
The ongoing ‘forced cremation’ policy by the Sri Lankan Government of COVID-19 deceased has included a 20-day old baby and over 100 Muslims according to a reliable source
For any nation or civilization to prosper, it must be built on the foundations of a moral and ethical character
Nav Bhatia, the official 'Superfan' of the current NBA champions Toronto Raptors and Canada's known Indo-Canadian face, has turned down the $50,000 Global Indian Award a day after accepting it. The Canada-India Foundation had conferred the award on Bhatia at its virtual gala here on Sunday
US President-elect Joe Biden has named Aisha Shah, a former staffer in his campaign, as the partnerships manager for his White House Office of Digital Strategy
