Norway Chess 2025: Social media erupts after Gukesh’s win over Carlsen sparks racist remarksIndian chess prodigy D Gukesh's victory over Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2025 sparked both celebration and controversy. Carlsen's frustr...
04 Jun, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen? French far-right politician and father of Marine Le Pen who passed away at 96In 2002, he unexpectedly made it to the second round of the presidential election, winning 18% of the vote in the first round
07 Jan, 2025, 06.43 PM IST
Elon Musk’s ex-partner Grimes, mother of his three children, slams anti-India sentiment; reveals her stepdad is IndianCanadian singer Grimes, Elon Musk's ex-partner, grew up in a half-Indian household and criticized rising anti-India sentiment on social med...
27 Dec, 2024, 12.01 PM IST
South Africa introducing visa reforms to attract skilled workers & touristsSouth Africa is reforming its visa policies to attract more skilled workers and tourists, marking a departure from previous immigration pra...
03 Oct, 2024, 05.27 PM IST
Who is Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina, rejected by South Africa, Crowned in a Foreign LandChidimma Adetshina, a 23-year-old with Nigerian and South African heritage, has been crowned Miss Universe Nigeria after a controversial wi...
02 Sep, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Racial tensions cost Germany Inc. skilled foreign labourBetween 2013 and 2022, the number of xenophobic hate crime cases reported to the Interior Ministry in Germany more than tripled to over 10,...
27 Mar, 2024, 01.51 PM IST
Paresh Rawal apologises for remark on 'Bengalis' made during BJP campaign in Gujarat"Gas cylinders are expensive, but their price will come down. People will get employment too. But what will happen if Rohingya migrants and...
02 Dec, 2022, 04.20 PM IST
Jeeves & Bertie don’t miss the Wodehouse for the trees in this postcolonial chhota hazriXeno-whatcher? Don’t tell me it’s another virus that’s been let loose on the world!
26 Jun, 2021, 10.52 PM IST
China warns against presumptions over COVID-19 origin as WHO experts begin probe in WuhanThe 14-member World Health Organization team of international scientists, who had been confined to their hotel in Wuhan due to the quaranti...
28 Jan, 2021, 08.11 PM IST
How Indian-Americans are becoming more vocal with their reporting of hate crimesThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation, which tracks this data, admits that for every single hate crime reported against an Indian American...
11 Mar, 2018, 09.23 AM IST
In both European and Indian Unions, joblessness is leading to political volatilityIf protests erupt frequently at Athens’ central Syntagma Square, in India Jats, Patidars and Gujjars riot, disrupting politics and life in ...
16 Aug, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Sikhs in US feel they are victims of mistaken identitySikhs are frequently conflated with Muslims and often wind up absorbing the backlash against Islam.
29 Dec, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
Poke Me: Narendra Modi's diaspora thrust is aimed at deflecting the anti-FDI lobby back homeIt is surprising to hear criticism, including from former BJP ministers, over 'the inordinate amount of time' and attention Modi has spent ...
30 Sep, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
Nelson Mandela's Indian-origin companions call for renewed fight against racismAhmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba had spent 26 and 18 years respectively in South African jails with the country's first black president.
11 Feb, 2015, 02.44 AM IST
South Asians face an increasingly hostile climate in US: SAALT reportThe report found a 40 per cent annual increase in xenophobic political comments since SAALT's last analysis issued in 2010.
10 Sep, 2014, 01.20 PM IST
US entices future techies with H-1B visas, green cardsUnder new proposals being considered by a senate panel, the number of H-1B visas will actually be doubled from the current 65,000 to 130,00...
22 Mar, 2013, 09.20 AM IST
- Centre must fuel 10% GDP growth, says CII chief mentor
FM Pranab Mukherjee will present the Budget this Friday. Wishlists have poured in. Former CII chief mentor Tarun Das outlines the A to Z of...
23 Feb, 2010, 08.31 AM IST