Twenty eight Bangladeshi crew members were rescued from northern Black Sea after a missile hit their ship, killing a Bangladeshi sailor onboard
This year, pop artists like Pakistan’s Aima Baig and Kaifi Khalil, and India’s Gulab Sidhu, presented the image of young South Asia to fans in Norway. There was Kurdish music, Latin American folk with Afro-Caribbean tones; inter-generational pieces and alternative possibilities in the Scandinavian context.
The UAE has several advantages vis-à-vis Golden Visas being offered not just by other Gulf countries, but countries in other regions as well. Indians, like nationals of several other countries, are likely to be more attracted towards the UAE’s Golden Visa given not only the several advantages which UAE possesses, but also the flexibility of the UAE’s golden visa.
UAE possesses specific advantages from an academic standpoint. It hosts branch campuses of several dozen top universities: New York University, for example, has its Abu Dhabi campus as a full-service liberal-arts university. France's Sorbonne University has a branch in Abu Dhabi. Britain's Heriot-Watt, University of Birmingham, Middlesex, and other Western universities have similarly invested heavily in UAE campuses.
Barely twenty years later, in 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially accepted Tasveeri as an Oscar-qualifying film festival. It is so far the only South Asian film festival to be officially recognized as such. This means that Tasveer film festival winners become eligible for submissions to the Oscars.
Twenty eight Bangladeshi crew members were rescued from northern Black Sea after a missile hit their ship, killing a Bangladeshi sailor onboard
The Indian government on Thursday countered Russia’s claims that Indian students are being held hostage in Ukraine, saying they were in constant touch with all nationals and haven’t received any such report as yet
Cross-border terrorism from Pakistan has gone down in the past couple of years, Kashmir is moving towards normalcy and the Modi government retains a lot of support within the country, a senior US official has said
Hours after India had abstained a fourth time on a United Nations vote on Ukraine, an influential Republican senator cautioned that it would be “foolish” to harm bilateral ties because of it while the US government remained cautiously circumspect and said New Delhi’s position on Ukraine was “evolving” and refrained from outright criticism
India and Pakistan may be at daggers drawn politically and diplomatically, but among its common people there have been many instances of fellowship and even helping each other, especially among the South Asian diaspora
The distant Russia-Ukraine war hit home in Inda when news came of a 21-year-old Indian student being killed in shelling in Ukraine
India on Monday dispatched four senior ministers to countries neighouring Ukraine to coordinate the evacuation operation, named Operation Ganga, to bring back close to 15,000 Indians - mostly medical students who do not get admission into medical colleges at home - who still remain stranded in the conflict zone
Concern among Indian officials has been growing as multiple reports emerge of harassment of hundreds of fleeing Indian students stranded in freezing temperatures at the Ukraine-Poland border
The US has said it is "okay" with India's "distinct" relationship with Russia, referring to its strong defence and security ties, and suggested countries like India and Pakistan use their “leverage” with Moscow to protect a rules-based international order
Forty Indian students - out of over 15,000 still in the war-hit Ukraine - have managed to walk to the Ukraine-Poland border after they were dropped off by their college bus some 8 km from the border, Indian media reports said
With the Ukrainian airspace closed, and the country at war, India was sending government teams to the land borders of Ukraine to help evacuate about 16,000 Indians still stuck in the eastern European nation
The safety of Sri Lankans living in Ukraine has been ensured following the tensions that erupted after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine
Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said Bangladeshis are in a good state in Ukraine and the government is taking steps to facilitate those who are willing to return home
Continuing a winning streak by Indian American students, Jaskaran Singh has won the premiere quiz tournament in the United States for students, the National College Championship Jeopardy with a prize of $250,000
Millions of doses of a new, cheap coronavirus vaccine will soon be available in India, thanks to the efforts and generosity of Dr. Peter J Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas