Indian Students Feel Unwelcome In Britain
A majority of Indian students have admitted to feeling highly unwelcome in the United Kingdom. A study of the attitudes of 3,100 international students by the National Union of Students (NUS, a UK confederation of students unions), has revealed that almost 50% feels that the UK government was either not welcoming or not welcoming at […]
Indians Top List Of Temporary Work Visa Receivers In Australia
Indians topped the list of temporary work (skilled) visa receivers in Australia during the first six months of the last financial year, according to latest official data available from Down Under. The data released by the Immigration Department shows that Indians represented over 23 percent of total ‘subclass 457 visa’ granted by it during July-December […]
Nris Device Stirs Legal Fight With Tv Giants In US
It is the size of a postage stamp, but is being described as an invention that could topple titans. Indeed, the titans have all ganged up together to stamp out the little guy who has challenged them, dragging him all the way to the US supreme court, which will hear the case this coming April. […]
Punjab Set To Open Nri Court
Punjab is all set to establish a first-of-its-kind, exclusive court, to deal with cases related to NRIs after the state government received approval for the same from Punjab and Haryana High Court. Stating this during the PBD that took place in Delhi recently, Punjab’s Minister for Revenue and NRI Affairs, Bikram Singh Majithia, said the […]
Narendra Modi Urges Nris To Do Something For Their Native Land
BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi sought to woo NRIs, asking them to do something for their native land, including encouraging foreigners to visit India. “Indians, especially Gujaratis have a big presence in the hotel industry abroad. If they can motivate people staying in their hotels to travel to Gujarat, India … do nothing, but […]
Rbi Allows Nris To Operate Resident Bank Accounts On 'Either Or Survivor' Basis
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to operate resident bank accounts on “either or survivor” basis. According to RBI, banks may include an NRI close relative in existing/new resident bank accounts as joint holder with the resident account holder on an “either or survivor” basis, subject to fulfillment of a […]
Nris Cannot Vote From Outside India, Says Vayalar Ravi
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can vote in Indian elections only if they are present in their constituencies, and it is not physically possible to allow them to vote from outside the country, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has said. “We requested the Election Commission to work out some mechanism, but they have said it […]
Number Of Indian Students In UK Varsities Plunges By 50% In 2 Yrs
The number of Indian students enrolling at British universities has dropped by nearly 50% in two years, rattling ministers and university officials who have been trying hard to overcome negative perceptions abroad about recent changes to the student visa system. The decline in the number of Indian students that started in 2011-12 has continued during […]
NRI Award Winner To Expand Healthcare Business In India
Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath, one of the youngest winners of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India’s highest award recognising achievements of overseas Indians, says he has big plans for expansion of his healthcare business and India is on top of his list. “I feel highly privileged and honoured to receive this prestigious award. I am very grateful […]
15 PIOs in UK Queens Honours List
Fifteen Indian-origin men and women,including a prominent educationist Asha Khemka, have been named in Queen Elizabeths New Years Honours List for the year 2014. A total of 1,195 candidates have been selected for honours this year, with 610 successful women candidates representing 51% of the total. The honours system recognizes people who have made achievements […]
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2014-"Engaging Diaspora:Connecting Across Generations"
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs,Government of India is celebrating the 12th addition of The Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) with the theme –“Engaging Diaspora : Connecting Across Generations” 7-9 January, 2014 :Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is the partner ministry for PBD 2014 and FICCI is managing and […]
Overseas Indian Population On The Rise
The Indian population in Britain has more than doubled from 3,13,000 in 1971, to 7,00,000 in 2011, according to latest figures released by the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS). India was in the third place in 1951, with many of those coming to Britain as the children of service personnel who were based in […]
Bobby Jindal May Run For US Presidency In 2016
Indian American Republican Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, is said to be nearer than ever to announcing his run for US presidency in 2016. “I do think he’ll run. I think he’s in the running. And I think he’ll be a meaningful and significant candidate,” says US senator from Louisiana, David Vitter, while on a […]
Now, Booze Comes In Affordable Packs
Looking to tap into India’s burgeoning young populace, liquor companies are focusing on selling alcohol in smaller, affordable and easy-to-carry packs. While nearly half of the branded liquor sold in Karnataka, the country’s largest alcoholic beverage market, is in tetrapaks — companies like Bacardi, United Spirits, Diageo, Jim Beam and Amrut Distilleries have now started […]
Indian-American to be obama's Surgeon General
US President Barack Obama has announced his intention to nominate Indian-American Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy as his next Surgeon General. Co-Founder and President of Doctors for America, Dr. Murthy is a Hospital Attending Physician and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. “I am confident that these outstanding individuals will […]
Obama Greets Sikhs On Guru Nanak's Anniversary
Barack Obama extended best wishes to Sikhs on the occasion of the 544th birth anniversary of Sikh’s first master Guru Nanak Dev. A statement issued from the US president’s office sent through an email reads: “I want to extend my best wishes to all our Sikh friends across the US and around the world, who […]
Kerala Govt. Launches Schemes For Saudi Returnees
The Government of Kerala recently announced a whole slew of schemes for returnees from Saudi Arabia, including subsidies on both capital and interest for short and long-term loans.Saudi Arabia has begun implementing Nitaqat, a programme of Saudisation introduced by that country’s Ministry of Labour, which requires all firms employing more than 10 people set aside […]
Indian Student-Count In US Falls As China's Rises
The population of Indian students in the United States has dropped, going down to less than 100,000 even as the American education business continued to expand on the strength of growing interest from China, which now has 235,000 students in the US. According to the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, a 3.5% […]