It estimated that India had the highest number of international migrants in the world; 18 million Indians were living abroad despite Covid-19 induced travel restrictions in 2021. The UN body estimated that 10 million Indians migrated between 2000 and 2010. But the numbers, enormous as they are, do not tell the whole story.
March 31, 2022Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed at a news briefing: "We are maintaining certain channels of a dialogue with the United States."
March 5, 2022The minister MoS MEA V Muraleedharan interacted with parents of students who are stranded in several parts of Ukraine and updated them on the Government's rescue operations under Operation Ganga.
March 2, 2022The report mentioned that over 4.25 lakh new users made their Swiggy debut by ordering a chicken biryani, while the most binged snack of the year was samosa with about 5 million orders on Swiggy, equal to the population of New Zealand.
December 21, 2021Gabon is not known for piracy. It is a tourist destination. The shipping industry is surprised. Further the vessel was not anchored away from the port. It was in the inner part of the port. It is suspected that those who knew the port very well might be involved,"
September 7, 2021In the past 20 years, India has built major infrastructure projects, helped script the Afghan Constitution and assisted in the conduct of elections
August 28, 2021"...we understand that a number of Indians are stranded in that country, some of whom are employed by third country organisations. Our immediate priority is to obtain accurate information about all Indian nationals currently present in Afghanistan. They and/or their employers are requested to urgently share the relevant details with the MEA's Special Afghanistan Cell"
August 17, 2021Sources confirmed that a fleet of the C-17 Globemaster, a military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, is also kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions. "The government is closely monitoring the fast-paced developments in Afghanistan.”
August 15, 2021"We're redoubling our efforts to help 20,000 Afghans refugees -- who remain vulnerable wherever they go -- find safety here. The situation in Afghanistan is heartbreaking, and Canada will not stand by idly,"
August 14, 2021About 30,000 additional applications will be accepted as against the annual intake of 10,000, under the Parents and Grandparents Programme (PGP), aimed at family reunification.
July 21, 2021As many as 121 people, mostly of Indian origin, have died in the country's worst post-apartheid era violence in the past week.
July 16, 2021Doctor Pritam Naidu said the local police has just been spectators and in some cases even joined the "loot-all, burn-all" mobs, who asked the Indians to leave
July 16, 2021In the last 7 years, the Modi government has only been all talk and no action. There is absolutely no visibility around the attempts being made by the government and the outcome.
June 18, 2021"We have come up with an initiative along with GUVI that got selected for NEAT (National Education Alliance for Technology) to upskill 10 lakh students in Artificial Intelligence (AI),"
March 31, 2021The facility should network with an approved laboratory for testing samples according to ICMR guidelines and the quarantined or isolated persons should not be allowed to meet visitors.
May 8, 2020According to Indian government officials, bringing back stranded Indians is an ongoing process.
April 21, 2020Replying to clarifications sought by members on his statement on the Indians stranded in Iran due to the Covid-19 situation, he said there was no need to panic as the government had initiated several steps to come to the aid of Indians abroad.
March 11, 2020