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India: Economic slump prompts gov't to send foreign pilots home India's airlines, in a slump, are sending the following message to the cockpit: Foreign pilots, go home. It's an abrupt turnaround from the past several years, when Western pilots looked to growing markets like India as saviors for their profession. While carriers in the U.S. and Europe struggled with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, India was opening its skies to new domestic carriers -- and hiring hundreds of foreign pilots to fill the new planes with experienced fliers. But in the past several months, India's airline industry has contracted as the economic crisis has hit. Now, the industry is trying to cut costs. The Wall Street Journal

India: Two arrested at airport for having fake passport stamps RGI Airport authorities arrested two persons from Karimnagar district after they were deported by Doha airport officials for having fake immigration clearance stamps on their passports. Gangadhar, of Medipally and... India: Two Sri Lankan nationals caught with fake passports Two Sri Lankan nationals, who posed as a couple, and another person hailing from Haryana were caught by immigration authorities at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad for trying... India: Nigerian, lawyer tripped up by forged passport Mumbai Arrested in a case of forgery and cheating, a Nigerian national has now been booked again by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police after her lawyers...

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India: Figures show companies didn't hog 2008 H-1B visas

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Indian employers account for just 11.9 percent of the total H-1B visas issued in 2008 and their share has been declining over the years, a US think-tank has said days after new curbs were announced on such...
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India: Four foreigners caught with fake passports

The Shamshabad police arrested four foreigners, including a Sri Lankan national, after they were deported by the Dubai airport officials for travelling with tampered documents. Prabharan Suganti, 30, of Jaffna, and her relatives Narsipillian Gajnesan, 27, of UK, Sutchagini, 30,...
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India: Remittance payments likely to drop dramatically in 2009

Washington, DC -- With migrant workers facing job losses, anti-migrant sentiment and even violence in the deepening global financial crisis Bank researchers predict remittances will fall to $290 billion in 2009, from last year's high of $305 billion. Remittances flowing...
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