Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian industry. But he didn’t realize he would soon be competing with them for jobs. Back in his village in northern India since March, Rathod is vying for work under the…
Calling itself a pioneer in using big data for “hybrid warfare” and the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” a Shenzen-based technology company with links to the Chinese government, and the Chinese Communist Party, is monitoring over 10,000 Indian individuals and organisations in its global database of “foreign targets,” an investigation by The Indian Express…
Delhi Police shared a meme featuring a dialogue from Arshad Warsi’s film Jolly LLB so as to spread awareness in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a new post on Twitter, Delhi Police shared a meme featuring a dialogue from Arshad Warsi’s 2013 film Jolly LLB so as to spread awareness about the importance…
India’s increasing coronavirus caseload made the Asian giant the pandemic’s second-worst-hit country behind the United States on Monday as its efforts to head off economic disaster gain urgency. The 90,802 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India’s total past Brazil with 4.2 million cases. India is now only behind the United States, where…
Video conferencing has become the need of the hour during this global pandemic. Whether it is staying in touch with your loved ones, conducting webinars or connecting with your colleagues for collaborations, everything is done through video conferencing platforms. Zoom is currently one of the most widely utilised platforms during the lockdown. So, we’ve decided…
Even as September ushers in fresh and advanced rounds of applications for overseas education, destinations other than the United States look to expand their share in pie of Indian students by easing visa norms. For instance, while Australia recently opened up visa application process for international students with Indians set to benefit from the same,…
Nearly 3 out of 4 Indian employees (72%) currently working from home due to COVID-19 do not want to risk returning to their workplace due to concerns around commuting safely to work, according to a global survey by Kronos, a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. The survey points that…
Pakistan has failed to list 2 Indians as United Nations listed international terrorists under the 1267 committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The listing was blocked by 5 UNSC countries – UK, USA, France, Germany, and Belgium after no evidence was found to substantiate Pakistani claim. Pakistan was keen to list Indian nationals…
A Twitter account linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was purportedly compromised early on Thursday, with a series of tweets sent out by an individual or a group identifying themselves as ‘John Wick’ who later told HT that the hack was meant to clear their name in a separate breach involving a popular…
In 2016, 39,340 Indians gained permanent Candian residency. By 2019, that number grew up to 80,685. which, according to a National Foundation of American Policy (NFAP), analysis of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada data, is a 105% rise. According to the situation, Indian scientists and engineers are more likely to find Canada a better alternative…
