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India-Trinidad archival pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago. This pact will as...- Jaishankar concludes Trinidad visit; highlights cultural links, development partnershipsExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar concluded his visit to Trinidad and Tobago. He met members of the Indian community, emphasizing stro...
- India, Jamaica agree to boost trade, skilled mobility: JaishankarIndia and Jamaica are strengthening trade and cooperation for skilled professionals. Agreements were signed in health, solarisation, and br...
- India, Jamaica agree to boost trade, skilled mobility, healthcare cooperation: JaishankarIndia and Jamaica are forging a dynamic partnership to enhance trade and foster collaboration in skilled labor. Recent talks delved into ar...
- ‘Indian workers are central to Middle East oil — yet, they’re unseen’Indian migrants have been crucial to the Middle Eastern oil industry from its beginnings. Professor Andrea Wright highlights their signific...
- Global Bihar: How Biharis spread all over the worldPrime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged Kamla Persad-Bissessar's Bihar roots during his Trinidad and Tobago visit. A century ago, many In...
- Cambridge University launches fellowship to study Indian indentured labour historyThe University of Cambridge's Selwyn College has appointed Guyanese-American Professor Gaiutra Bahadur as the first-ever Ramesh and Leela N...
- Descendants of indentured labourers want government to look into the issues facing PIOsIndentured labourers’ descendants, attending Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, want govt to look into issues facing PIOs.
- Indian indentured labourers' a story of success: DiplomatAs many as 3.5 million Indians were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour, mainly for sugar plantations.
- Convert PIO cards to OCI cards, PM Narendra Modi tells overseas IndiansPM urged the People of Indian Origin (PIO) to convert their cards into Overseas Citizen of India cards, reiterating the government's decisi...
- Statue to commemorate 1st Indians in South Africa to be builtA commemorative statue to honour the memory of first Indian indentured labourers' arrival to South Africa in 1860 will be erected at a beac...
- Stressing on Know India Programmes for PIO countries: Sushma SwarajShe said her ministry was stressing on the Know India Program for the children of the residents of the PIO countries so that they can know ...
- PM Modi pays homage to Indian immigrants at 'Aapravasi Ghat'PM Modi today visited the 'Aapravasi Ghat' here and paid homage to the "brave" Indian indentured labourers who arrived in Mauritius nearly ...
- Ghar wapsi: 100 years ago, Gandhi returned from S Africa to turn citizens into heroesHis ‘ghar wapsi’ after a ‘banwas’ of 22 years was hailed not just by urban and educated Indians who held receptions for him in Bombay.
- India set to include Mauritius in Visa on Arrival schemeIndia is working on the inclusion of Mauritius in the group of countries to be listed in its Visa on Arrival scheme, External Affairs Minis...
- Sushma Swaraj hails India, Mauritius friendshipMauritian President Rajkeswur Purryag, Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and Swaraj's counterpart Arvin Boolell were also part of the a...
- Migrant labourers' remittances shore up the economy, govt must look after themAccording to the World Bank, India received $71 billion in remittances by end-2013; but estimates are that just 50% of this market is handl...
- Indian worker has always come cheapThe contract system and racist policies favouring European immigrants forced many to return and their role is generally downplayed.
- Government to unveil memorial on indentured labour in KolkataThousands of men and women set sail from Kolkata port for various destinations around the world to work as indentured labour at British pla...
- Rich immigrant culture of Mauritius still connected to IndiaThe rich immigrant culture of Mauritius has remained connected to India despite being and ocean and generations apart.
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