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Saudi Arabia: Indian, Bangladeshi workers in private companies cap at 40 percent each
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has legalized the percentage of workers of some nationalities who are entitled to work in private sector institutions in the country, local media reported on Wednesday.…
- Technology
Creators smile as Indians warm up to new crypto form NFT
New Delhi: As high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) continue to invest in cryptocurrencies and seek to diversify their portfolio, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are slowly gaining asset-class credibility. Indians are also warming up to this new…
- India
This decade to enhance India’s capabilities in digital technology: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his firm expectation about enhancing India’s capabilities in digital technology in the current decade, saying “it would increase the country’s share in the global…
- India
Indians’ funds in Swiss Bank rise 20,000 Cr in a year; finance ministry refutes
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Saturday refuted the reports implying alleged black money stashed in Switzerland by Indians. The finance ministry’s statement was in response to reports that funds stored in…
- Technology
China-based hackers luring Indians into fake Tata Motors scam
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers in India on Thursday said they have discovered a malicious free gift campaign pretending to be an offer from Tata Motors that is collecting users’ data, and the…
- India
Eight deaths in 20 days: A family in shock and grief in UP
Lucknow: Imalia village situated on the outskirts of Lucknow is embedded in silent shock and grief. Seven members of a family died within a span of 20 days between April 25 and…
- Technology
Social media row: Indians refuse to be treated as guinea pigs
New Delhi: After a week full of intense drama and screaming headlines as social media giants and the Indian government/law enforcement agencies took the knives out in the open over new IT rules…
- NRIs Corner
Indians in Kuwait rush second consignment of oxygen cylinders to help nation fight pandemic
By S A H Rizvi Mangalore: A word of praise for the Indian community in Kuwait which has rushed its second consignment of 1200 oxygen cylinders and several oxygen concentrators to help…
- Education and Career
67% Indians prefer US for higher education: Report
New Delhi: About 67 per cent of Indians prefer the US for higher education, reveals a new report by fin-tech platform Prodigy Finance. The report on the State of Higher Education in…
- World
Thai PM fined for not wearing face mask; Indians not allowed to visit country from May 1
Bangkok: Thailand Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha was fined 6,000 baht (Rs 14,270) on Monday for not wearing a mask, as his government struggled to combat a new wave of coronavirus cases in…
- Top Stories
Duped by a job agent in UAE, 64 Indians trapped in single room; rescued
Dubai: They were all promised jobs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by unscrupulous recruiting agents. After paying money to these agents in lakhs and reaching the country on a visit visa,…
- Lifestyle
Technology enables fluid lifestyle across cities, generations
New Delhi: With over 50 per cent (564.5 million) of the Indian population connected to the internet, the shift to ‘activity’ as opposed to ‘location’ has become more defined. According to a study…
- Technology
Facebook data of 61 lakh Indians among over 53 cr users leaked
New Delhi: Personal data of nearly 533 million (53.3 crore) Facebook users, including 61 lakh Indians, remerged online after a hacker posted the details on a digital forum. The leaked data includes Facebook…
- News
More wealthy Indians are buying residence abroad
Over the years more and more wealthy Indians have started buying residencies outside India and many are moving out. Henley & Partners, a consultancy which claims to be the biggest in offering…
- Technology
Why Indians are making a beeline to join Telegram, not Signal
New Delhi: Nearly 3 in 4 Indians feel safe while joining any group or channel on Telegram as they don’t need to reveal their phone number to strangers, according to a new survey.…
- Technology
WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that WhatsApp was treating Indian users differently from its European ones with regard to opting out of its new privacy policy, and…
- India
Indian Twitter reacts after pro-Trump mob breaches US’ Capitol
Hours after angry supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the United State’s Capitol on Wednesday night in a chaotic protest; Twitter in India was dominated by tweets related to the US…
- News
How WhatsApp video calls are connecting Indians this Diwali
New Delhi: Rajshree Saraf, 24, recently shifted to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a creative technologist. She has never been away from home, not even once. This year, due to…
- Hyderabad News
Two Indians among 3 arrested for murder of Hyderabad man in US
Hyderabad: Three persons including two Indian nationals have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 37-year-old Mohammed Arif Mohiuddin. The a native of Chanchalguda in Georgia of the United States. Speaking to…
- India
1 in 4 Indians use weak passwords for online accounts: Report
New Delhi: At least one in four Indians still use weak passwords for their online accounts, while more than 55 per cent change their passwords regularly, according to a new report on Wednesday.…
- World
Singapore govt firm calls out racist FB posts targeting Indian recruits
Singapore: A leading Singaporean state-owned investment company has called outposts on social media targeting its Indian employees as a “divisive, racist campaign” aimed at stirring up hatred and intolerance. In a statement posted…
- India
E-passports for all Indian citizens from next year onwards
NEW DELHI: If you are planning to renew, apply for new passport, you may get an e-passport starting 2021 as the Centre government has begun the process for issuing e-passports. According to…
- Middle East
KSA terminates services of foreign principals of all private schools
The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia has issued a circular instructing the management of all private and international schools to dismiss the emigrant principals and HMS with an immediate effect. It…
- Delhi
IndiGo operates charter flight to repatriate 212 Indians from Russia
New Delhi: IndiGo said on Tuesday that it operated a passenger charter flight from Moscow to Amritsar to Kochi on Sunday, bringing back a total of 212 Indians from the Russian capital.…
- NRIs Corner
Green card wait time for Indians can go to 450 yrs by 2030
NEW YORK: The wait time for green cards for Indians professionals stuck in the “awful, hellish green card backlog” could go up from the current 195 years to 450 years in ten…
- News
Maharashtra: Two suicides on the same day in quarantine centres
Mumbai: A youth who went to Zanzwad village from Mumbai was sent to an institutional quarantine centre at an MTDC centre in Mahableshwar. He hanged himself on Saturday. The reason for his…
- World
US to deport 161 Indians this week
Washington: The United States this week will deport 161 Indian nationals, most of whom had entered the country from its southern border with Mexico and have exhausted all legal options. A special…
- India
Guj: Two flights from Kuwait, London bring back 349 Indians
Ahmedabad: As many as 349 people hailing from Gujarat were brought back here from Kuwait and London in two flights in the early hours of Thursday, an official said. The flight from…
- India
572 Indians stranded abroad land in Mumbai, quarantined
Mumbai: Nearly 572 Indians who were stranded abroad due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown landed at the Mumbai international airport early Sunday morning, a Maharashtra government official said. Of these, passengers belonging to…
- India
1st batch of 326 Indians stranded in UK arrives in Mumbai
Mumbai: The first batch of 326 Indian nationals stranded in the UK due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions arrived here from London early on Sunday morning. The special evacuation flight AI…
