Diaspora body urges US govt, universities and student organisations to work towards addressing the spike in deaths of Indian-origin studentsThe causes of these incidents range from suspicious shootings or kidnappings to environmental deaths from ignorance of safety precautions (...
10 Apr, 2024, 01.22 PM IST
Green Card backlog: Indian-American group writes to Biden Administration for reliefThe Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) has urged the Biden Administration to relax rules regarding employment authori...
25 Oct, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Make changes in training programme for foreign students, Indian diaspora body urges USThe Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) has called on the Biden Administration to make changes to the Optional Practic...
21 Oct, 2023, 10.46 AM IST
Wrong to assume fired H-1B holders must leave within 60 days, multiple options available, says USCIS directorIn a letter to the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, USCIS Director Ur M Jaddou said, "When non-immigrant workers are laid ...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
Pro-Khalistan protesters attack Indian Consulate in San Francisco; stage protest outside Australian parliamentCommunity leader Ajay Bhutoria strongly condemned the attack by pro-Khalistan protesters on the Consulate of India building in San Francisc...
20 Mar, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
Time running out for laid off H-1B professionals: FIIDS"This has a humanitarian impact on them as their families, including their US-born children are uprooted abruptly, and those who were laid ...
18 Mar, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
Diaspora group launches online petition urging Anthony Blinken to reduce visa wait time"Even after a two-year-long Covid-era pause in visa appointments at the US embassies in India, the visa appointment situation is far from n...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
Indian American groups launch voting campaigns ahead of midterm electionsIndian Americans account for over one per cent of the country's population and have one of the highest per capita incomes among ethnic grou...
13 Oct, 2022, 07.33 AM IST
Diaspora body urges FM Sitharaman to allow NRIs, OCI card holders to invest in Indian stock marketIn a submission to Sitharaman, FIIDS said as many as 88 per cent of the Indian Diaspora community in a recent survey had supported the move...
26 Apr, 2022, 10.24 AM IST
Indian-American body urges Biden to reject appointment of Masood Khan as Pak envoy to USA top Indian diaspora group has urged US President Joe Biden to reject the appointment of Masood Khan as Pakistan's ambassador to the Unite...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.17 AM IST
2 in 5 Indian-Americans worried about financial stability, says first-of-its-kind surveyAccording to the report which is based on a recent COVID-19 survey, one in six tested positive or know a family member of the Indian commun...
28 Jun, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
Indian-Americans laud Supreme Court's verdict on Ayodhya caseThe World Hindu Council of America or VHPA, that seeks its inspiration from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said that for Hindus around the worl...
10 Nov, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
Senators urged to remove country cap on Green CardThe case of work-visa holders from India, clearly illustrates the nature, substance and details of the impediments to legal immigration in ...
08 Nov, 2019, 08.58 AM IST
Indian-Americans support dual citizenship: SurveyThe survey has been compiled by Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) USA .
19 Sep, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
Majority of Indian-Americans prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump: SurveyTrump faired little better against Clinton over terrorism (48 to 43 per cent) and India specific strategic alliances (47 to 40 per cent) wi...
19 Oct, 2016, 12.04 PM IST
Need of a global treaty to fight terrorism: ExpertsThere is need of a common global treaty instead of more than a dozen existing ones to fight terrorism, international experts have said.
03 May, 2015, 08.53 AM IST
Rajnath Singh to spell out BJP's Afghanistan policyRajnath Singh will directly convey to the US lawmakers, think tanks and policy makers his party's policy on Afghanistan at the Capitol Hill.
09 Jul, 2013, 10.25 AM IST