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…
The latest episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ show has garnered over five lakh dislikes on the Bhartiya Janata Party’s YouTube channel. This August episode of the monthly radio show where Modi addresses the nation has become one of the most disliked videos on BJP’s YouTube channel in less than 24 hours of…
According to the National Statistical data, Indians have now become UK’s biggest overseas born population. The number of Indians living in UK is four times more than the Chinese and Americans, over three times more than those of Bangladeshi and German origin and two times more than those from Ireland. The number of Indians have…
Visas granted to Indian nationals to study at universities in the UK have more than doubled over the past year, according to official statistics released on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that Indian nationals accounted for 17 per cent of the total 299,023 sponsored study visas granted by the UK Home Office…
A UK-based Indian-origin doctor, who has been championing an anti-obesity drive as a means to combat the severe effects of COVID-19, on Thursday released a new book that offers a “simple, evidence-based” plan to help improve health parameters. Dr Aseem Malhotra’s ‘The 21-Day Immunity Plan: How to Rapidly Improve Your Metabolic Health and Resilience to…
BY ARUL LOUIS New York, Aug 26 (IANS) In a show of his support for legal immigration, US President Donald Trump dramatically welcomed an Indian software developer to “the great American family of citizens” in a White House ceremony during the Republican National Convention. He introduced Sundari Narayanan “a talented software developer” who is a “phenomenal…
Thousands of Accenture employees in India could lose their jobs as the IT firm is planning to lay off percent of its global workforce. Indians make up about 40 percent, or 2 lakh, of Accenture’s 5 lakh-strong workforce.The Australian Financial Review (AFR) first reported news of the global job cuts at Accenture, quoting sources in the…
