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UK REVEALS NEW ORGAN DONATION PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS INDIAN-ORIGIN SCARCITIES

The government of United Kingdom proclaimed new-fangled tactics to alter the regulation for organ and tissue donation to address the crucial necessity for organs within the Indian-origin groups in the country. The proposed new scheme of agreement for organ and tissue donation is predicted to come into result in England in 2020 as part of […]

RACIST MAN ABUSES INDIAN-ORIGIN COUPLE IN CANADA

A racist man at Canada harassed an Indian-origin couple who yelled ‘go back to your country’ and threatened to ‘kill’ their children, prompting police to investigate it as a hate crime, according to media reports. The incident happened on Sunday when the Indian and the 47-year-old Dale Robertson got into a hassle over a parking […]

Indian whisky in the US that is worthy of your attention – SG WorldWide Inc.

SG Worldwide Inc, the importers of Rampur Indian Single Malt Whiskey was established after gaining much experience in the liquor industry.  Based in Edison, SG Worldwide imports wine and spirits from India. Originally from a small town Rampur, in Uttar Pradesh, India, the whisky was catering for Indians and its neighboring liquor clientele, this fast […]

How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All US Motels

It was protrusive in the early 1940s, when Indian immigrants started contributing to the evolving hospitality industry in the US, which now their children and grandchildren have turned into an empire. No wonder, now nearly half the country’s motels are owned by Indian- Americans. A majority of these owners are from India’s western state of […]

CONFLUENCES, WITHOUT END- AN EXHIBITION OF ART

Eleni Stoelinga-Tsiapara, Pankaj Guru, and PriyankaGupta are 3 artists of different ages, generations, and cultures. They met in Delhi and became firm friends and art colleagues, bonding through their mutual respect for each other, and each other’s art and ideas. Confluences, Without End is their first joint exhibition together as a trio, and in it, […]

Ashwinder Raj Singh quits 'Anarock', joins Bajaj Finance

Ashwinder Raj Singh has quit as the CEO of Anarock Property Consultants (earlier JLL- India Residential Services) and joined Bajaj Finance as “Group Business Head- Home Loans”. Ashwinder was instrumental in the exponential growth of home brokerage space at JLL Residential Services, as its CEO between 2015-17. He played a key role in creating and […]

The New High-Water Mark

Kiran C Patel’s giant gift of $ 200 million to a Florida university Patel says, philanthropy would be part of his life even if he wasn’t rich Philanthropy is one of the bridges between Indian Diaspora and India. Even it is the elixir of Indian Americans’ umbilical cords with their roots back in India. Bearing […]

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

A WORLDWIDE HEALTH PROBLEM? With the gradual change in demographics, the increase in affluence and the advent of more sedentary lifestyles, many lifestyle related ailments and disorders have surfaced in the domain of public health. This trend has most perceptibly led to an increase in prevalence of non-communicable lifestyle diseases like diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, […]

India’s tallest Tricolour hoisted at Attari border

A 360-foot high (110 metres) flag post, said to be the India’s tallest, was recently inaugurated at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone’s throw from Pakistan. The flag was unfurled at a height of 355 feet from the base — which is five feet high. Add to it another 10 feet, where an aviation […]

Know IWT is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan

India has recently accepted an invitation to attend the next meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), to be held in Lahore in March 2017. This decision was taken by meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S […]

India to provide free SIM cards to tourists at airports

Indian government has decided to provide free, pre-activated SIM cards to tourists on arrival in the country. The cards will be loaded with 50MB of data, also additional credit for phone calls; also they’re available to tourists from around 160 countries that come to India on an e-visa. Initially, they will be available at the […]

Know India’s first floating elementary school – Loktak Elementary Floating School

India’s first floating elementary school known as the Loktak Elementary Floating School was inaugurated at Langolsabi Leikai of Champu Khangpok floating village on Loktak Lake in Manipur. The first-of-its-kind school aims to provide education to drop outs students as well as illiterate adults. The floating elementary school was opened under the initiative undertaken by All […]

ISRO makes history, global media hails the achievement

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history by successfully launching a record 104 satellites in single mission. These satellites were launched on board of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37, on its 39th mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. “The countdown for the launch of PSLV-C37/Cartosat2 Series satellite mission began at 5:28 […]

NRI counseled the distressed farmers in through tele-psychiatry

A Telugu psychiatrist, Dr. Vidyasagar Vangala, based in Florida, the US, working Medical Director of Mid-Florida Psychiatry Center with faculty appointments at NOVA Southeastern University and Barry University. The doctor is perturbed with the absence of such facilities to save the precious lives of farmers who take to the extreme step with emotional reasons. The […]

After Push from PM Modi, Home Loan falls to the lowest level in six years

Home loan rates have fallen to their lowest level in six years with several banks including the State Bank of India (SBI), the United Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Bank, IDBI, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of India, the Syndicate Bank and also the Private sector banks such as ICICI Bank, Bandhan Bank Ltd, Dena […]

Justice Khehar makes history – becomes first ‘Sikh’ Chief Justice of India

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, the first Sikh Chief Justice of India (CGI), has taken over from former Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur who completed his 13-month tenure on January 3rd, 2017. He is the 44th Chief Justice of India and the first CJI from the Sikh community.  He would have tenure of little over seven […]

UNESCO inscribes Yoga in its representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have recently formally adorned Yoga in its representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The declaration was taken by the Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, describing Yoga, an ancient Indian practice as a Human […]