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India Today
3 hours ago
- Business
- India Today
More and more Indians everywhere? India largest source of emigrants now
Do you feel like you're seeing more people from the Indian diaspora everywhere? The numbers now back it up. A United Nations report has identified India as having the world's largest diaspora, with over 18.5 million Indians living abroad as of 2024. The vast diaspora underscores India's profound cultural and economic connections across continents, while playing a pivotal role in shaping global migration global migrant population continues to rise, with the United Nations estimating 304 million international migrants worldwide in 2024, a significant increase from 275 million in 2020. The growth reflects ongoing global shifts driven by economic opportunity, conflict, climate change, and account for 6% of all international migrants globally. In 2024, India remained the top country of origin for international migrants, followed by China (11.7 million), Mexico (11.6 million), Ukraine (9.8 million), and the Russian Federation (9.1 million). Ukraine saw the sharpest rise, with its emigrant population increasing by 124% between mid-2020 and mid-2024 – the highest percentage jump among the top 10 origin countries, according to UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), 2025 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INDIAN DIASPORADue to the large migration of Indians to West Asia, they now represent almost 40% of all immigrants in the UAE and make up about one-third of the country's total Indian-Americans are the second-largest Asian group in US. Chinese-Americans are the largest Asian population in the US, according to a report released this year on the basis of analysis of US Census Bureau data and the American Community Survey by the Pew Research large diaspora is distributed across the United Arab Emirates (3.25 million), the United States of America (3.17 million), Saudi Arabia (1.95 million) and Canada (1.02 million), says a report by Data For India - a public platform that analyses both Indian government and multilateral agencies' countries hosting large numbers of Indian migrants include Australia, Canada, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Bahrain, Malaysia and the United Kingdom, according to UN data.A large part of India's migrant population has roots in the 1947 Partition. For decades, people of Indian origin living in Pakistan made up the biggest share of Indian emigrants – a trend that continued until the remains home to 1.6 million Indian-born individuals in 2024, accounting for nearly 9% of the total Indian diaspora worldwide, according to UN 1990 and 2024, the number of Indian emigrants tripled from 6.5 million to 18.5 million. Their share among global out-migrants has increased from 4% to 6%, Data for India reported, citing UN ARABIA: TOP DESTINATION FOR INDIANS MIGRANTS IN 1990advertisementIn 1990, apart from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia held the distinction of hosting the largest number of Indian-born migrants, reflecting the strong labor-driven migration ties between India and the workers played a key role in building Saudi Arabia's infrastructure and economy, particularly in construction, oil, and domestic Arabia is now the third country with 1.95 million Indian-born residents, while Canada has emerged as another major hub, reflecting changing patterns in skilled migration, education, and permanent 2000 and 2020, the size of the migrant population abroad grew for nearly all countries and areas of the world. India experienced the largest gain during that period at nearly 10 million, followed in order of magnitude by Syria, Venezuela, China and the Philippines, according to a report titled: "International Migration 2020 Highlights", by the Population Division of UN India also overtook China as the most populous nation in the world, according to a 2023 report by the United Nations Population Fund.- EndsMust Watch
The Hindu
7 hours ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Watch: Eminent Indian-born economist, Meghnad Desai, dies at 85
Eminent Indian-born economist and author Lord Meghnad Desai passed away on Tuesday (July 29, 2025), at the age of 85. Desai is a 'multifaceted personality', holder of India's third-highest civilian honour, and a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in 2008. Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai popularly known as Lord Desai was born in Vadodara in 1940. He completed his Bachelor's and master's degree in economics from the University of Mumbai before securing a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his PhD in economics in 1963. Desai authored and edited more than 20 books and have published over 200 articles for academic journals. Production and Voiceover: Yuvasree S
The Hindu
17 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
The Hindu Morning Digest, July 30, 2025
Pahalgam attackers entered India from Pakistan three years ago: officials The three Pakistani terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack used 'ultra high frequency wireless sets' to communicate with other operatives and also their aides across the border, a senior government official told The Hindu. They were killed in Dachigam in the Kashmir Valley. The three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, identified as Suleman, alias Faizal Jatt; Hamza Afghani; and Zibran,entered India from Pakistan around three years ago. Ruling dispensation lacked political will to carry out Operation Sindoor: Rahul Gandhi Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged that the ruling NDA lacked political will to carry out Operation Sindoor, and the entire exercise was carried out only to protect the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participating in the special discussion on 'India's strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam' in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Gandhi said he wanted to tell the PM that the nation was above his image, his politics and his Public Relations exercise and Mr. Modi must have 'the humility and the dignity' to understand that. Meghnad Desai, eminent Indian-born economist and author, dies at 85 Lord Meghnad Desai, a 'multifaceted personality', eminent economist, holder of India's third-highest civilian honour, and a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords has passed away, at the age of 85. Born Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Lord Desai, as he came to be known following his membership to the House of Lords in the U.K., was born in Vadodara in 1940. U.N. conference backs two-state solution, calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state High-level representatives at a U.N. conference urged Israel to commit to a Palestinian state and gave 'unwavering support' to a two-state solution, signaling widespread international determination to end one of the world's longest conflicts. The 'New York Declaration' sets out a phased plan to end the nearly eight-decade conflict and the ongoing war in Gaza. The plan would culminate with an independent, demilitarized Palestine living side by side peacefully with Israel, and the nation's eventual integration into the wider Mideast region. Starmer says U.K. will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Mr. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza. He told them that Britain will recognize a state of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly, 'unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process that delivers a two state solution." Not a single world leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor, PM tells Lok Sabha Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India had put Pakistan on notice of retaliation through Operation Sindoor over the Pahalgam terror attack, adding that 'not a single world leader asked us to stop the operation. Our actions were precise and non-escalatory, just as we had committed'. This is a clear refutation of U.S. claims that the country mediated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Mr. Modi said this in his intervention during a debate in the Lok Sabha on Operation Sindoor, India's military action against terrorist targets in Pakistan that followed the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir that left 26 people dead. DGCA audit flags 51 safety lapses in Air India operations The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found 51 safety lapses at Air India in its July audit, including lack of adequate training for some pilots, use of unapproved simulators and a poor rostering system, according to a government report seen by Reuters. The Tata Group-owned airline is already facing warning notices for running planes without checking emergency equipment, not changing engine parts in time and forging records, along with other lapses related to crew fatigue management. IMF upgrades India's FY26 & FY27 growth forecast to 6.4% in line with global growth uptick The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded India's growth expectations to 6.4% in both 2025-26 and 2026-27 as compared to what it had predicted in April. The growth upgrade, of 0.2 percentage points and 0.1 percentage points, respectively, is in line with the upgrades for global growth. The IMF's World Economic Outlook (WEO) July update released on July 29 upgraded its global growth forecast to 3% for 2025 and 3.1% in 2026, 0.2 percentage and 0.1 percentage points higher than what had been predicted in the April 2025 edition of the WEO. Deleted, not denied: The truth behind Kanthapuram's claim on Nimisha Priya's reprieve A curious development unfolded about the reported commutation of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya's death sentence in Yemen. An ANI tweet about the reprieve, shared by Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar on X, disappeared from his social media handle. On Monday night, Mr. Aboobacker Musliar had announced that Yemeni authorities had waived the death sentence following a series of discussions involving scholars appointed by senior Yemeni Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Omer bin Hafiz, Northern Yemen representatives and international diplomats. Torrential rain disrupts life across Bengal; Teesta overflows, landslides in north, house collapses in Kolkata Normal life was severely affected across north and south Bengal as torrential rain lashed the State over the past two days. The Teesta River overflowed onto National Highway 10 in north Bengal, while dilapidated houses collapsed in parts of Kolkata, injuring three persons. Between July 28 and 29, the water level of the Teesta River rose steadily and crossed the danger mark, according to daily flood reports issued by the Irrigation and Waterways Department of West Bengal. In several areas, National Highway 10 had to be closed due to water submerging key stretches, disrupting road connectivity between north Bengal and Sikkim. SC assures intervention if draft electoral roll reveals 'mass exclusion' of voters The Supreme Court promised to step in without fail, and immediately, if persons omitted as dead from the draft electoral roll, scheduled to be published on August 1 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted by the Election Commission of India (EC) in Bihar, are found 'very much alive'. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi made it clear to the EC that the court would not hesitate to act if the list was riddled with 'mass exclusions'. The petitioners had criticised the SIR as 'citizenship screening'. In India's first outreach to post-Assad regime, MEA Joint Secretary meets Syrian Foreign Minister Al-Shaibani Marking a fresh beginning in ties with Damascus in the post-Assad era, India reached out to the Syrian provisional government under the leadership of President Ahmed Hussein Al-Sharaa this week. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Suresh Kumar, of the West Asia and North Africa division, met with the Syrian provisional government's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani in Damascus, according to officials here. Sources said he was accompanied by several other Indian officials, including the Indian Ambassador to Syria, Irshad Ahmed. Dharmasthala: No skeletal remains recovered at first spot The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged 'murders and burials' at Dharmasthala began the process of exhuming remains at the spots identified by the whistleblower/complainant on Tuesday, a long-standing demand of the complainant, his lawyers, and several activists. However, the day ended in an anti-climax, as digging through the day at the first spot the complainant had shown the SIT sleuths on Monday did not lead to any recovery of skeletal remains. The SIT will go ahead and dig up the second of the 13 sites on Wednesday, sources said. The second site is also in the forest area. National Herald case: Court defers order on cognisance of ED charge sheet A Delhi court deferred its order on taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case. Court sources said the matter is now listed for August 7 and 8 for certain clarifications. The ED has accused Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, late party leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, as well as Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and a private company, Young Indian, of conspiracy and money laundering over the alleged fraudulent takeover of ₹2,000 crore worth properties belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which published the National Herald newspaper. PM's 'shameful silence' on Israel's assault on people of Gaza height of 'moral cowardice', says Sonia Gandhi Asserting that Israel's military campaign in Gaza amounts to "genocide", Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi slammed the Modi government for being a "mute spectator to this affront to humanity", and said this was a "cowardly betrayal of our constitutional values". She also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "shameful silence" in the face of Israel's relentless and devastating assault on the people of Gaza is "deeply disappointing", as well as the height of "moral cowardice". Countdown begins for NISAR satellite launch The countdown for the NISAR satellite mission started at 2.10 p.m. on Tuesday (July 29, 2025). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with the 2,392-kg satellite is scheduled to lift off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5.40 p.m. on Wednesday (July 30, 2025). It is the first joint satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
New Indian Express
a day ago
- Business
- New Indian Express
Renowned economist and author Meghnad Desai dies at 85
The eminent Indian-born British economist Meghnad Desai has died at the age of 85. Born in Vadodara in 1940, Desai completed his PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. He moved to London two years later, becoming a lecturer at the London School of Economics. He later became a professor and then a professor emeritus there. Desai was nominated to the House of Lords in 1991 as a Labour Party peer. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 2008. He has written numerous books on economics as well as other subjects. His last work published in 2022 was titled 'The Poverty of Political Economy: How Economics Abandoned the Poor'. Desai also published a biography of film star Dilip Kumar titled 'Nehru's Hero: Dilip Kumar in the Life of India' in 2004. PM Narendra Modi condoled Desai's death on social media platform X, saying, "Anguished by the passing away of Shri Meghnad Desai Ji, a distinguished thinker, writer and economist. He always remained connected to India and Indian culture. He also played a role in deepening India-UK ties. Will fondly recall our discussions, where he shared his valuable insights. Condolences to his family and friends. Om Shanti."
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Indian community stages protests in Ireland over racist attack
1 2 3 4 Bhubaneswar: Racist attack on an Indian at Tallaght, Dublin, has sent shockwaves through the Indian diaspora in Ireland, prompting them to stage protests in Dublin on Friday and Saturday. On July 19, an Indian national was brutally attacked by a group of youths in Tallaght, stabbed multiple times in the face, stripped naked, and left bleeding on the road for over an hour before emergency services arrived. "The attack in Tallaght was not just a crime against one Indian migrant but an attack on the dignity of every Indian living abroad. We came to Ireland to work hard, to study and to contribute. We deserve safety, respect, and justice just like any citizen," Prince Singh, a protester told TOI over the telephone from Ireland. On Saturday, 700 to 800 people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and even Ireland, as well as trade union members, organised a protest march from City Hall, Dublin City Centre, to the National Gallery. "It saw strong participation from trade union members, activists, and citizens from diverse backgrounds. The demonstration called for unity against racism, better protection for minorities, and stronger action from authorities," said Dayakar Reddy Komirelly, vice-president of VHCCI (Vedic Hindu Cultural Centre Ireland). by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Up to 70% off | Shop Sale Libas Undo On Friday, around 200 people gathered in front of Ireland's department of justice for a peaceful and silent 40-minute protest, which was organised by Friends of India, Ireland, a collective of Indians from diverse regions and professions living across Ireland. "We protested in a non-violent and peaceful way," said Indian-born Senthil Ramasamy, a peace commissioner with the Irish govt from Waterford, who was part of the protest. He said there has been an increase in racist-related crimes in Ireland in the last 6 to 7 years. The video of the attack sparked outrage both in Ireland and across the world. An online petition with over 15,000 signatures was submitted to the minister for justice, Jim O'Callaghan, calling for immediate action, accountability, and systemic protections for minorities. While the majority in attendance at the protest were Indian migrants, the crowd also included members of other immigrant groups and Irish citizens. They displayed placards with "Say no to racism", "All lives matter" and "Ireland is home" as part of the protest. "I decided to be part of the protest because we have to stand for our rights," said Somanath Nanda, an IT professional. The organisers lauded An Garda Síochána (Irish police) for classifying the incident as "racially motivated". They also thanked the Embassy of India in Dublin for its support for the victim and his family. "We stand here with our community and with every migrant who has ever felt fear because of the colour of their skin or the accent of their voice. Ireland must act. And the whole world, including India, is watching," said Singh. Indians form the largest non-EU immigrant community in Ireland, numbering over 100,000. They play a significant role in the IT and healthcare sectors.
