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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

Covid-19: 25,000 Indians to be repatriated from US, says Ambassador Sandhu

The first flight will be from San Francisco to Mumbai and Hyderabad on Saturday with 200 passengers on board

India set to bring home 250,000 stranded abroad; 64 flights deployed

The Indians stranded abroad will have to pay anything from Rs 12,000 to Rs 1 lakh per ticket depending on their location

Covid-19 crisis: Indians stranded abroad will be brought home from May 7

1,074 patients recovered in 24 hrs, highest in one day; 1,107,233 people tested in India so far

Govt to bring back Indians stranded abroad from May 7 in 'phased manner'

After their arrival in India, medical examination will be conducted on everyone and they will be subsequently put under quarantine for 14 days

As coronavirus shatters dreams of studying abroad, students look for plan B

According to Study Abroad counsellors, the situation looks grim and might affect long term plans for many.

Will help in evacuating foreign nationals amid coronavirus outbreak: China

Besides India, several other countries including the US, France, Japan, South Korea, are making arrangements to airlift their nationals from central Hubei province and its capital city Wuhan

Air India may fly to China to evacuate Indians amid coronavirus outbreak

Earlier, India's civil aviation regulator DGCA gave its clearance to the airline to operate the Mumbai-Delhi-Wuhan flight.

Govt has received 13,000 complaints from Indians abroad so far this year

Out of 102 countries, the highest number of complaints -- 3,844 -- were received from Indians working in Saudi Arabia

Big blow to Indians: Saudi Arabia may ban foreigners from hospitality jobs

As Saudi Arabia tries to develop its fledgling tourism industry, its also tackling citizen unemployment, which hit a high of nearly 13% last year

How I found my home: A journey back to India, after more than a century

Neel Maharaj, an Indo-Trinidadian entrepreneur, recalls how he traced his roots to UP's Basti