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News and events featuring or of interest to Indians living abroad, whether they are Indian expats or of Indian origin. Connected to India gathers news and reports about Indian Diaspora across the world, especially in Singapore, US, UK and Dubai.
Over 200,000 Indians waiting for family-sponsored US Green Cards: Immigration data
According to the latest official immigration data from the United States, over 227,000 Indians have been waiting for their family-sponsored...
Indian-origin footballer Sarpreet Singh gets Bayern first team call-up
Indian-origin footballer Sarpreet Singh has been promoted to the first team for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
Canada: Four Indian-origin ministers in Justin Trudeau’s new Cabinet
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday announced his 36 new Cabinet ministers, including four Indian-origin MPs Navdeep Singh...
Over 12,000 Indians have died in foreign countries in last 17 months: RTI report
A Right To Information (RTI) reply given by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) revealed that 12,223 Indian nationals have died in...
NGO founder and veteran civil servant feted at South Asian Diaspora Convention
Bangladeshi NGO founder and veteran Singaporean civil servant feted at the 2019 South Asian Diaspora Convention, Vibrant South Asia -...
Should explore new forms of connectivity through diaspora: Teo Chee Hean
"We hope that India and the other 15 countries can overcome the outstanding issues so that India can come on board eventually," Singapore's...
Having laws to protect women is not enough; they must be enforced: Indranee Rajah
Speaking at the fourth South Asian Diaspora Convention on November 16, Indranee Rajah, Singapore's Second Minister for Finance and...
Kamala Harris wants to lift country cap on employment based Green Cards if elected
According to Harris’s presidential campaign, policies like country caps on green cards penalise immigrants for their country of origin.
Speaking before NRIs in Jalandhar, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh assured them that he would initiate the process of setting up...
Temporary relief as US court allows spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in America
A three-judge bench of the US Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday sent the case back to a lower court.
Writer Aatish Taseer’s OCI status revoked by Indian government
The revocation comes for not complying with the "very basic requirements" and concealing information, said the Home Ministry.
Indian-origin Dean of Harvard Business School to step down next year
Indian-origin Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria announced that he will step down in June 2020, concluding 10 years of service as the...
Indian-Americans leading the way in US tech sector: FCC chief Ajit Pai
Ajit Pai, the first Indian-American to head the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called on the Indian-American community to...
Four Indian-Americans win US state and local elections
Ghazala Hashmi, Suhas Subramanyam, Mano Raju and Dimple Ajmera won US state and local elections.
Nuremberg Mayor slams far-right party for attacking Indian-origin ‘Christ Child’
The mayor of Nuremberg in Germany criticised a far-right party for "openly racist" comments about a German-Indian teenager picked to portray...
British-Indian man imprisoned over Islamophobic tweets
An Indian-origin British man who posted Islamophobic rants on social media in the wake of a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert...
Indian-American doctor given White House honour
Indian-American interventional gastroenterologist, Amit Sachdev is among an exclusive group of 15 people appointed to the prestigious...
Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated across the world
Glimpses of celebrations from across the globe marking the Indian festival of lights, Diwali.
Indian-origin lawyer Rik Mehta to run for US Senate seat in New Jersey
Mehta is a first-time candidate and will be running as a Republican under the campaign slogan "Jersey Proud".
7 Indian-origin entrepreneurs in Forbes’ 400 wealthiest Americans list
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos kept his spot as the richest in the US for the second year running, followed by Bill Gates.
Indian economy on shaky ground, says Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Nobel-Prize winning Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee said on Monday that the Indian economy is on shaky ground.
Indian nurses in the UAE may lose jobs due to new qualification requirement
The rule has already affected over 200 nurses holding diploma certificates, who have lost their jobs with several others having been...
British-Indian organisations slam Labour party over its Kashmir resolution
Over 100 British-Indian organisations have sent an open letter to the United Kingdom’s Labour Party chief Jeremy Corbyn over the party’s...
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, two others win Nobel Prize for Economics
Banerjee was born in India and educated at the University of Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University before receiving his PhD from Harvard...
Halliburton to pay USD 275,000 to Indian-origin ex-employee in discrimination suit
American multinational corporation Halliburton is set to pay USD 275,000 to two Muslim employees of Indian and Syrian-origins who were...