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.
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.
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.
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
Indian American organisations and leaders are seeing the election of Kamala Harris as the next vice president as a vindication of the dream of America as the land of opportunities and look forward to working with her and Joe Biden as president in healing the national divide
Indians have found yet another social connection to the incoming Biden Administration
India's Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday held policy consultations with Indian scientific diaspora in a virtual meeting and invited them to play active role in formulation of the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP), 2020
One of the oldest Indian American community organisations has said there is unlikely to be any change in US policy towards India with the coming of the Biden Administration since both countries have become "close partners" and both have "common interests"
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) will be hosting the 33rd Annual National Convention focusing on Global Engineering & Technologies (GET-2020)
While praising his running mate Kamala Harris as “a fantastic vice president,” US president-elect Joe Biden avoided calling her “Indian” and instead referred to her as “South Asian.”
Sikhs in the United Kingdom lost a prolonged battle as the London High Court has ruled that Sikhs will not be recorded as an ethnic group in the 2021 British census
A prominent Indian American advocacy and political action group has said that the "historic election victory" of Kamala Harris, who becomes the first Indian American and Black American to be elected Vice President of the US
Bangladesh-born British poet Shamim Azad hasy been honoured by UK's The National Lottery for her tireless contribution to the community through her work in the arts
Three United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian students have launched a magazine aimed at defying stereotypical beauty standards, a media report said on Saturday
When Praneel Mukherjee kicked the ball from the halfway line, it bounced upward and reached its goal into the net, leaving him and everyone around in a state of initial shock followed by awe
A Bahrain-based Indian expat has won $1 million at the Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) draw, the media reported
Karnataka-born entrepreneur Shri Thanedar was elected to the House of Representatives in Michigan state legislature in the US Midwest, with 93 per cent votes as a Democrat
Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday signed a bilateral readmission agreement paving the way for repatriation of nearly 3,000 illegal Pakistani migrants in the Balkan nation
All four Indian American members of the House of Representatives who are fondly called the “Samosa Caucus” will get to have chai in Congress again
