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About 80 per cent of Indians have a favourable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around seven in 10 Indians believe their country has recently become more influential, according to a survey by the PEW Research Center.
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'Christians, for example, make up 2 per cent of India's population but an estimated 16 per cent of those who were born in India now reside elsewhere,' said Pew.
Many unauthorised migrants originate from Punjab and Gujarat, states known for high migration aspirations rather than political instability.
"The findings of Pew Global research are very significant. After the Modi government came to power, people's trust in the government, democracy and confidence that the nation is in the right direction has gone up drastically," the BJP chief said.
'The strategic direction of the relationship will not be affected. But the perception has been affected.'
Prof Khyati Joshi, advisor to the survey -- Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths -- conducted by Pew Research Center's forum on religion and public life lends perspective on Asian Americans and their faith, particularly on Hinduism.
The survey indicates that the Congress -- one of the main opposition parties to the BJP -- was the top choice among Muslims (30 per cent), Christians (30 per cent) and Sikhs (33 per cent) in 2019, reports Aditi Phadnis.
Subramanyam's mother, who immigrated through Dulles Airport, watched her son being sworn-in on the Bhagavad Gita.
'Mamata needs to address the anger and resentment among various sections of the Hindu community because low-scale communal violence has always paid richer electoral dividends for the BJP.'
The Pew Research Centre study also said that the number of babies born to Muslim women is expected to overtake those born to Christians world-wide within two decades, making Islam the world's largest religion by 2075.
The Pew center report on Asian American religions finds Hindu Americans are majority of Indian Americans; they vote predominantly Democratic; majority celebrate Christmas; only 19 per cent say they attend worship services at least once a week; are way ahead of Jewish Americans in both education and family income. Aziz Haniffa reports.
The Chinese people are confident about their nation's place on the world stage, but a poll highlights "significant tensions" between China and other rival powers, including India with 24 per cent viewing New Delhi as an "enemy." Overwhelmingly, the Chinese think their country is popular abroad with roughly three-in-four (77 per cent) believing people in other countries generally have favourable opinions of China.
These are not necessarily female-dominated industries, but in these professions women are moving up the payroll faster than their male counterparts.
If it continues to do well economically, develops a large manufacturing sector, gains in technological heft, builds a more capable defence industry, improves its human development indicators, becomes more of a trading nation, and has greater internal cohesion. In short, it is a work in progress, suggests T N Ninan.
A 'Global Attitudes' survey of 40 countries has revealed startling facts on where they stand on moral issues like pre-marital sex, homosexuality and use of contraceptives.
While significant effort is being made by governments of both India and Pakistan to better ties, a majority of people in both countries continue to have an unfavourable view of the other, an opinion poll conducted by a US-based research centre has found.
Over a year and a half into Barack Obama's presidency, an increasing number of Americans -- nearly one in five -- incorrectly believe that he is a Muslim, reveals a new survey
A year after Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Special Forces in Pakistan, his terrorist outfit Al Qaeda has little support in the Muslim world, a poll has said.
Wary of India's economic growth, an overwhelming majority of Chinese have a negative opinion about India, a recent survey has found.
The Great Recession of 2008 hit United States hard and its impact seems to have a domino effect of sorts. Since 2008, perceptions about the economic balance of power in the world have been shifting.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's popularity has dipped to an abysmally low, lower than his predecessor Pervez Musharraf, while cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan has the highest popularity ratings in the country.
As the presidential poll campaign in the United States moves towards its climax, independent surveys predict that incumbent Barack Obama holds an edge over rival Mitt Romney, but the two are locked in a virtual tie in the crucial battleground states believed to be holding the key.
On the eve of the crucial vice presidential debate, a new poll said that United States Vice President Joe Biden is seen more unfavorable than his Republican rival Congressman Paul Ryan.
As many as 74 per cent of people of Pakistan consider the United States as their enemy, a figure which is higher than the previous years and the approval rating of US President Barack Obama is exceedingly low in this regard, a new survey released on Wednesday said.
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India is the second largest source of global migrants after Mexico and is the ninth top destination for all migrants, a news report said.
A majority of Pakistanis still consider India as a major threat, view America as an enemy and are far less concerned about the Taliban and the Al Qaeda
Most Indians have positive image of the United States, with 66 percent expressing a favourable opinion, as President Barack Obama's job approval rating among his own people declined sharply, an opinion poll suggested on Friday.
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The people of India and Pakistan have one thing in common -- they prefer the nation's military to their political leaders.
India is among the world's highest supporters for religious freedom, according to a new research that, however, found the country to be lagging behind on several measures of free expression including government censorship, competitive elections and internet freedom.
A 47-nation survey by Pew Research Center found worldwide lack of confidence in United States President George W Bush, increasing anti-Americanism, slippage in the image of China and mixed opinion about Russia.
The world's Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35 per cent in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to new population projections by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.
