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REDEFINING LINKAGES WITH OUR DIASPORA

In this issue we will focus on the various initiatives that are being undertaken by the government of India to redefine engagement with our diaspora, and with the now Bi-annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas looming large on the horizon – it is slated to take place during january 2017 at Bangalore, known variously as the garden-city, […]

MODI PRESSES THE ‘B’ BUTTON! EXPOSES THE ‘BARBARISM’ OF PAKISTAN IN BALOCHISTAN

It was during August 2016, in his Independence Day speech, when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has performed an unprecedented feat which Pakistan could never have imagined. He pronounced the ‘B’ word, which Pakistan always detests to talk about as Balochistan remains a touchy or an issue which Pakistan always want to hide from […]

CANCER VICTIMS & SURVIVORS HONOURED AT GALA

From our North America Bureau:  Victims and survivors of cancer were honoured at a grand annual gala organised by the SKN Foundation, a sold-out event with more than 400 guests that took place on September 17, 2016 at the Marigold in Somerset, New Jersey.  The nite included powerful messages and poems from the founder, Dr […]

WORLD FLUTE FESTIVAL

Every year the ‘Raasrang World Flute Festival’ spreads the message of “Love Peace Water” through the timeless melody of wind instruments.  This year’s Raasrang was organised and hosted in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre For India And Bhutan (UNIC) and the Indian Council For Cultural Relations (ICCR).  This 7th Edition of the festival, […]

INDIAN FOOD FESTIVAL – 2016 … TAKES BRUSSELS BY STORM

Indian Confluence (InCo), a social organisation based out of Brussels in Belgium, has been working towards building a bridge between European and Indian societies.  InCo strives to provide a platform to showcase India’s diverse culture, art and music with an underlying message of celebrating unity.  They have been active in showcasing Indian culture and cuisine, […]

SECOND INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA CELEBRATED ACROSS THE GLOBE

The Second International Day of Yoga was celebrated worldwide on the 21st  of June.  The theme for this year celebration was “Connect the Youth”.  Millions of people across the globe came outdoors to perform yoga.  India’s proud initiative and gift to the world, the Second International Yoga Day, on all counts, could be called a […]

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council – Taskent Declaration emaphasizes on energy cooperation, India, Pak gets full membership

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council’s sixteenth meeting of Heads hosted by Uzbekistan on 23-24 June 2016 in Tashkent  concluded with Tashkent Declaration. SCO meet was attended by President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of China Xi Jinping, President of Tajikstan Emomali Rahmon, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. Uzbek President Islam Karimov chaired the meeting. SCO Secretary […]

Panama Channel: Multi Agency to Track Concealed Wealth

PM DECLARES PROB INTO OFFSHORE HOLDINGS OF INDIANS It will shake the world. And acting swiftly, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has set up a multi-agency enquiry team to monitor wealth hoarded by Indians in tax heavens named by the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists). On behalf of the Central Government, Finance […]

Brics in Limbo – Should we turn to TICS?

THAILAND, INDIA, CHINA & SOUTH KOREA WORLD’S NEW EMERGING GROWTH ENGINES When a television colossus like CNN restructures its worldwide business coverage and re-launches one of its most popular business news features from Mumbai, it is bound to provide an insight into how the world views the Indian economy. The hour-long “Quest Means Business” special […]

DIASPORA OUTREACH….. GARNERING INVESTMENTS & FACILITATING COLLABORATIONS

India has had an ongoing programme of targeted diaspora outreach for more than a decade now, in the shape and form of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, which takes place every year in January, coinciding with the date of arrival on India’s shores of one of the most famous members of India’s diaspora, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, […]

RESURGENT RAJASTHAN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT 2015 AN IDEAL INVESTMENT DESTINATION

Rajasthan in our minds oft invokes images of a vast land of kings and warriors, palaces and forts and vast expanses of desert. It is perhaps befitting that the current chief minister is a former Maharani, belonging to one of the noblest royal houses of the country.  Vasundhra Raje for long has been fired up […]

A CHANGE OF GUARD IN CANADA

Under this theme of Global events, we have in the past often brought to you interesting information, facts, news and articles from across the world on events and happenings in lands foreign, whether it be festivals and days of remembrance, ceremonies of national and international importance, Diaspora related stories etc. In this issue, we bring […]

TENDING THE LAMP OF MALAYALI CULTURAL HERITAGE THE KERALA FESTIVAL IN DUBAI

When the Second Part of the 8th Utsavam, the International Koodiyattam and Kathakali Festival (IKKF), concluded on the 18th of April 2015 at the Indian Consulate Auditorium in Dubai, another feather was added to the cap of Traditions Live, the Dubai based non-profit cultural organisation, that has been conducting such events with the support of […]

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY BENDING IT LIKE THE INDIANS …

The 21st of June 2015 marked the first ever “International Day of Yoga,” which was celebrated across the globe – from Almaty to Rome to Mexico to manila and Colombo, from Bangkok to New York to Tel Aviv to Paris, kabul, Peking and New Delhi, as 192 countries joined in for a mass yoga session […]

THE UN AT SEVENTY TIME FOR A SERIOUS RELOOK AT REFORM

The Institution of the United Nations approaches the age of a 70-year old this May.  After seven decades of being at the hub and nub of world matters, it does seem entirely appropriate that the role of the UN and the work of the multitudinous bodies within and under it be seriously reassessed. That quaint […]

Commemorating The 180th Indian Arrival Day MAURITIUS LOOKS BACK TO THE FUTURE

To commemorate the 180th anniversary of the day when the first Indian indentured labourer set foot on its shores, the Ministry of Arts and Culture in Mauritius had organised a week long event that had many facets to it. These began with an official commemoration ceremony on the 2nd of November with India’s Minister for […]