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Can the UAE be an alternative education destination for Indian students?

UAE possesses specific advantages from an academic standpoint. It hosts branch campuses of several dozen top universities: New York University, for example, has its Abu Dhabi campus as a full-service liberal-arts university. France's Sorbonne University has a branch in Abu Dhabi. Britain's Heriot-Watt, University of Birmingham, Middlesex, and other Western universities have similarly invested heavily in UAE campuses.

A South Asia arts focused success story in Seattle: Challenging misconceptions and stereotypes about South Asia

Barely twenty years later, in 2023, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially accepted Tasveeri as an Oscar-qualifying film festival. It is so far the only South Asian film festival to be officially recognized as such. This means that Tasveer film festival winners become eligible for submissions to the Oscars.

Japan to Recruit One Lakh Bangladeshi Workers: An Opportunity or a Risk?

Ultimately, the recruitment of 100,000 workers presents both opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh. If Bangladeshis can understand Japanese work culture, then it's truly a blessing; however, misunderstanding or violating it poses a risk to the hard-earned trust that has been established between the two Asian countries.

Bangladesh's Record Remittance Flow: But Remittance Architecture Needs To Be Secure And Future-Ready

While FY25 has been a success story, sustaining this trend won’t be easy. Bangladesh’s remittance economy relies heavily on labor migration to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. However, labor demand in host countries is changing due to automation, nationalization of jobs (Saudi Arabia’s Saudization policy), and shifting immigration laws. The future of low-skilled labor exports is uncertain

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AAPI raised over $5 Million in Covid relief for India

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Saudi Arabia releases 28 more Pakistanis from jails

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Regulation charging high cost for Israel-bound Nepali workers comes under criticism

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Biden nominates a Muslim Indian American as envoy for religious freedom; a Pakistani American as member of Commission

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Veena Reddy is USAID's first Indian-American mission director

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Half a million Nepali citizens rescued since the start of pandemic

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Vaidehi Dongre, winner Of Miss India USA 2021, celebrates her South Asian heritage

Twenty-five-year-old Vaidehi Dongre, from Michigan, has been crowned Miss India USA for the year 2021, while Arshi Lalani from Georgia was declared the first runner up

Saudi Arabia releases 63 Pakistani prisoners on Eid-ul Azha

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AAPI to be made a premium healthcare leader in the US

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Canadian university announces scholarships to honor Pakistani-Canadian couple killed in racial attack

The Western University of Ontario, Canada, has announced setting up two scholarships in honor of a Pakistani Canadian couple killed along with two other family members in an attack in Ontario province on June 6

US losing out on high-skilled foreign nationals like Indians to Canada due to outdated immigration policy, say experts

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Indian-origin Justin Narayan wins MasterChef Australia tile; Bangladesh-origin Kishwar Chowdhury among top three

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Indian American Sirisha Bandla vaults into space, becomes fourth astronaut of Indian descent

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12 South Asian migrants killed in bus crash in Turkey

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