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Student visa applications drop as UK tightens visa...

October 9, 2026

Applications for sponsored study visas to the United Kingdom from main applicants or students applying for the visa themselves, fell to 360,700 in the year ending August 2026, down 16 pc from 427,100 in the previous year, according to the UK Home Office. This means about 66,400 f...

Canadian work permit rule hits Indian students har...

August 22, 2026

More than 1,000 Indian graduates, most of them from Punjab, have spent weeks protesting outside Portage College campuses in Calgary and Edmonton after their Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) applications, that allowed them to work, were rejected, putting a huge question mark ove...

Truck drivers from Punjab, Haryana hit as US cance...

August 10, 2026

A United States crackdown on commercial driving licences is putting thousands of foreign truckers at risk, with Indian drivers from Punjab and Haryana among those most affected. More than 28,000 non-citizen commercial driving licences (CDLs) have already been cancelled, largely o...

Absence of online voting, postal ballots hit votin...

May 18, 2026

Abel Varghese has been managing a hotel in Kuwait for the last 11 years. He is 26 years old, fluent in three languages, handles a team of 14 people, and knows how to navigate a foreign country with the quiet competence that most migrants develop out of necessity. But recently whe...

Over 2,800 Indian pilgrims to visit Pakistan for B...

April 13, 2026

For 10 days every April, one of the world’s most politically fraught borders briefly transforms into a passage of devotion. Thousands of Sikh pilgrims cross from India into Pakistan, travelling roads their ancestors once walked before the Partition of 1947 cleaved the Punja...

On Day 7 of US-Iran war, Indian diaspora remains s...

March 6, 2026

Ever since the United States and Israel began unprovoked attacks on Iran, news headlines and social media in India have been entirely focussed on the fate of the millions of Indian diaspora who live in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the thousands of visitors who...

Indian-origin economists steering global economic ...

January 27, 2026

Across global financial institutions, economists of Indian origin are quietly shaping the direction of international economic policy. From poverty reduction and development strategy to debt management and crisis response, their research, leadership and policy decisions are influe...

Indian judges presiding over western courtrooms

January 10, 2026

Across courts in the United States and the United Kingdom, judges of Indian origin are quietly playing an important role in shaping modern jurisprudence. From constitutional rights and government power to criminal law and civil liberties, their rulings are influencing how democra...

Indian diaspora scientists driving global change

January 2, 2026

In the global race to combat climate change, food insecurity, ecosystem collapse and public health crises, some of the most consequential work is being done far from political podiums and public attention. Among these quiet contributors are Indian-origin scientists working across...

NZ Sikhs remain unruffled despite Brian Temaki ant...

December 31, 2025

Days after a spiritual procession of Sikhs living in New Zealand was disrupted by a group of over 50 members of a far-right group, Sikhs living in the country have expressed their full faith in New Zealand government and the local police. The incident occurred on December 20, whe...