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India is a migration superpower with 17.5 million migrant population

Global migration surged 23 per cent or 51 million in the nine-year period between 2010 and 2019, taking the total number of migrants to an estimated 272 million, constituting 3.5 per cent of world population.

Sep 19, 2019

Taiwan tops best expatriate destinations in the world

Taiwan has a low cost of living compared to most Western countries and foreigners in Taiwan typically rate their job satisfaction and job security highly.

Sep 7, 2019

Major shake-up in co-living space as Embassy Group plans to build 20,000 beds

Embassy group has an ambitious plan of growing more than 100,000 owned and operated beds in next five years

Aug 28, 2019

Will Kashmiris celebrate Eid in Valley amid lockdown?

Centre may loosen restrictions that were imposed before the government's move to abrogate provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state into two union territories.

Aug 8, 2019

Big blow for Indians: Saudi Arabia plans to ban foreigners from hospitality jobs

The country has pushed for 'Saudization' policies after unemployment rates increased to 13 percent last year.

Jul 29, 2019

Videos show how Punjabi families illegally cross over to the US

The videos come a month after six-year-old Gurupreet Kaur died of a heat stroke in the Arizona desert when she and her family illegally crossed into the US from Mexico.

Jul 22, 2019

Trump relished 'Send her back!' rally chants in South Carolina, says Ocasio-Cortez

Trump has been criticised for calling four Democrat Congresswomen to "go back" to where they came from if they do not like the United States in a tweet.

Jul 21, 2019

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'Secured' camps for Kashmiri Pandits: Modi govt plans to resettle Hindus in the valley

The BJP has claimed that it would resettle nearly 200,000-300,000 migrant Kashmiri Hindus in J&K.

Jul 13, 2019

Refugee Crisis: 80 African migrants killed as boat capsizes off Tunisia coast

Survivors told the Tunisian coast guard that the boat was rescued off the port town of Zarzis.

Jul 5, 2019

India's population to surpass China by 2027: United Nations report

This study highlights that India, along with eight other countries, will make up over half of the estimated population growth between now and 2050.

Jun 18, 2019

6-year-old Indian migrant girl dies of heat stroke while crossing US-Mexico border

An increasing number of Indian nationals are entering the United States from Mexico, according to immigration officials. They are among thousands of Africans and Asian migrants making the arduous journey, led by smuggling cartels.

Jun 15, 2019

Assam Police arrest 2 BJP IT cell members over 'derogatory' post on state CM

The BJP government was unable to protect indigenous Assamese from migrant Muslim settlers in Assam, claimed a member of the ruling BJP social media team.

Jun 14, 2019

Indian worker in Saudi Arabia forcefully fed beef, tweets to EAM S Jaishankar for help

The Indian migrant narrated his ordeal through Twitter, saying that he was extremely offended and traumatised by inhuman behaviour done by his employer in Saudi Arabia.

Jun 3, 2019

Drunk man lynched to death for raping 11-year-old girl in Jalandhar

The mob was alerted by the girl's cries and entered the house to find her bleeding profusely.