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One of the biggest sources of cash for the world’s poorest countries shrank for a second year in a row Foreign aid is nothing compared to the kindness of family. Every year, the biggest transfer of funds from the rich world to developing countries comes in the form of remittances—transfers from foreign workers back to […]

Why India could lose its top spot in remittances to China in 2017 Despite Indians employed overseas in the US in the IT industry keeping their fingers crossed, it seems unlikely that the US government will go back on their efforts to put stricter restrictions on H-1B visas. With the White House briefing last week

Migration and Development Brief 2016 India – Top remittance-receiver with $62.7bn inflows: World Bank report India retained the top spot among remittance-receiving countries despite a significant 8.9% drop in remittances in 2016. The World Bank’s Migration and Development Brief stated remittances to developing countries fell for a second consecutive year, a trend not witnessed in

New India admission rule stuns expats The Indian government’s decision to abruptly change the criteria for expatriate students seeking admission in engineering and technical colleges back home risks jeopardising many promising futures, teachers and students said. The matter pertains to an amendment to the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) scheme, which was initiated by

Remitting money from the UAE? Compare the costs… UAE’s outward remittances stood at $19 billion (Dh70 billion), among the highest in the world, according to World Bank’s 2016 Migration and Remittances Factbook. Being home to more than 8 million expats, it’s no wonder that the UAE offers more than just a few options when it

Indian Prime Minister Modi to visit Washington this year: White House U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and said he looked forward to playing host to a visit by Modi to Washington later this year. The White House said Trump spoke with Modi to congratulate him

Indo-American Teen Scientist finds a Cheap Way to make Sea Water drinkable Making the sea water drinkable will be a piece of cake now as a new method has been invented to clean the sea water in a cheap and practically possible manner. The method was revealed by an Indo-American teen scientist Chaitanya Karamchedu from Portland,

What Donald Trump has said so far on India, Modi and outsourcing US president elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States. Trump’s assumption of office is a very closely watched development across the world, given his penchant for a disruptive agenda—his declaration that the US

Rajiv J. Shah Named as New President of the Rockefeller Foundation The long wait to find out who the next president of the Rockefeller Foundation will be is now over, with the big reveal yesterday in the New York Times of 43-year-old Detroit native Rajiv J. Shah’s designation to that post. Shah was already a