Indian diaspora
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Indian diaspora group urges US to halt 4-year student visa cap, warns of impact on researchers
Fp Staff •The new DHS rule replacing the ‘Duration of Status’ system could force international students, including thousands of Indians, to seek extensions midway through their programmes, Fiids warns
Indian-origin restaurateur Rajiv Meherish, founder of Raju Omlet, passes away
Fp Business Desk •Indian-origin entrepreneur Rajiv Meherish, founder of Dubai-based restaurant chain Raju Omlet, has passed away. He transformed a simple egg-based concept into one of the UAE's most popular homegrown dining brands
Indian-origin tech executive Uday Ruddaraju takes over as OpenAI's CTO of Compute
Tech •Indian-origin executive Uday Ruddaraju named OpenAI's CTO of Compute after leaving Elon Musk's xAI.
Hyderabad woman alleges 15-hour workdays and no pay in Oman, Embassy takes cognisance
Fp Staff •A 26-year-old woman from Hyderabad has sought help from the Embassy of India in Muscat after alleging that she was forced to work long hours without pay and subjected to abuse by her employer in Oman
'Turn station water into IV fluid': Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon shares how ISS research could aid Mars missions and disaster relief
Fp Staff •Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon said a medical experiment aboard the International Space Station could help astronauts produce sterile IV fluid during deep-space missions while offering solutions for disaster zones and remote healthcare.
Trump limits student visas to 4 years. Why this spells bad news for Indians
Fp Explainers •The Trump administration has issued a final notice of stricter rules on foreign students, barring them from staying in the US for more than four years unless they receive federal approval. This new measure spells trouble for Indians, who form the largest international student community in the US
Nitish Kaushal arrested in US after FBI puts Indian-origin gangster on Most Wanted list
Fp Staff •Kaushal, accused by US authorities of being linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria organised crime network, has been arrested in Vermont days after being placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list
Canada freezes parents and grandparents sponsorship programme, leaving Indian diaspora families in limbo
Fp Staff •The Canadian government has suspended new applications under its Parents and Grandparents Program to tackle a backlog of more than 60,000 cases, leaving thousands of families, including many in the Indian diaspora, without a pathway to sponsor elderly relatives for permanent residence
Is Trump’s crackdown behind drop in illegal immigration from India to US?
Fp Explainers •The US border authorities recorded 20,614 encounters with Indian migrants between October 2025 and May 2026, down 69 per cent from 2023. In the same eight-month period at that time, the numbers had soared to a whopping 67,212. Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against illegal immigration could be the reason for this steep decline
Vaibhav Bhaskar's 11.99 GPA rewrites the record books — and the rules in Florida
Fp Staff •Vaibhav Bhaskar, who is set to attend Duke University to study finance and economics, surpassed the previous Florida record of 11.84