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Indians can now receive up to Rs 10 lakh annually from relatives abroad

The govt also said if the amount exceeds, the individuals will now have 90 days to inform the government instead of 30 days earlier.

Money sent abroad for travel grew threefold in February: RBI data

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed in FY21, Indians spent about $3.23 billion for travel, sharply down from $6.95 billion in FY20.

22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine between Feb 1 and Mar 11: Govt

A total of 90 evacuation flights were operated under Operation Ganga, including 14 Indian Air Force flights, said V K Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation

16,000 Indians brought back from Ukraine, says Union Minister

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the Centre was able to bring back around 16,000 Indians from the war-torn Ukraine and hope to evacuate the rest in days to come.

Russia Ukraine crisis: 400 Indians to be brought back on Tuesday

Civilian flights are expected to bring back 400 Indian nationals from Suceva, Romania, under 'Operation Ganga' on Tuesday.

PM speaks to Putin and Zelensky; seeks safe and quick evacuation of Indians

PM Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sought their support in the safe and quick evacuation of the Indian students stuck in Sumy city.

Russian force doing everything to evacuate Indian citizens from Sumy: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin assured PM Modi that his forces are doing everything to evacuate the stranded Indian citizens, mostly students, from the war-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy

PM Modi speaks to Putin, stresses on safe evacuation of Indians from Sumy

PM Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin and conveyed to him the importance of the safe evacuation of Indian citizens from war-torn Ukraine's Sumy at the earliest

Indian embassy asks Indians still stranded in Ukraine to fill up e-forms

In the Google form, the embassy has also asked for indicating the current location of the Indians stranded in Ukraine

Won't rest until last one is out from war-hit Ukraine, says MEA

Indian student shot at in Kharkiv, hospitalized

30 flights operated, 6,400 people brought back under 'Operation Ganga': MEA

A total of 30 flights have been operated and around 6,400 people brought back under Operation Ganga that was launched to evacuate Indian nationals in Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the number of Indians who have left Ukraine since advisories were issued was nearly 18,000. "The pace of Operation Ganga continues to accelerate. During the last 24 hours, 15 flights landed in India, bringing back more than 3,000 Indians," he said at a media briefing here. "With this, it takes the total number of flights under operation Ganga to 30. So, we have brought back around 6,400 Indian citizens," Bagchi said this evening. During the next 24 hours, 18 flights have been scheduled, of these three would be C-17 Indian Air Force flights and the other flights are commercial, he said. In terms of the departure points from Europe, there will be seven flights from Bucharest (Romania), five from Budapest (Hungary), three from Rzeszow

'Walk, but leave Kharkiv': 17,000 Indians have left Ukraine borders

Student from Punjab suffers stroke, second death of Indian in Ukraine in two days

Yemen rebel attack on UAE brings tragedy to Indian families

Rath, whose fuel tanker blew up in a fatal attack on Abu Dhabi last month claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels last month, was standing by his truck filling out forms when the drones hit.

Celebrating NRI success: When 'national pride' trumps obvious questions

Should we not stop uncritically celebrating NRIs' elevation without regard to what kind of companies they are getting to run, and the nature of their products or business practices, wonders T N Ninan

Indian diaspora reaches out amid a brutal second wave of Covid-19

While some, like Indian doctors in the US, are offering their services, others are amplifying SOS calls, organising donation drives and generating awareness

Explained: How the Punjabi diaspora is influencing farmer agitation

The agitation is a massive alliance of unions - as many as 472 unions are associated with the movement, of which 32 are leading it upfront, and at least 40 involved in the talks with the governments

11,616 Indians abroad infected with coronavirus so far, says govt

Over 11,600 Indians abroad have been infected with coronavirus as per details available with the country's missions, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday

First-person account: What it takes to make it home in the time of Covid-19

After being stranded in the US for over two months, he finally came back to India under the government's national repatriation scheme. Abhishek Waghmare gives a first-person account of the experience

Keyed on easing economic impact of Covid-19 on Indians abroad: Jaishankar

The government's focus has been to provide better opportunities and welfare measures to prospective migrants, he added

Vande Bharat Mission: First Air India flight brings 225 Indians from US

On day two of repatriation of stranded Indians from the US, Air India flight will take off from Newark to Mumbai and Ahmedabad on Sunday