Devyani's Husband To Take Up Teaching Assignment In Delhi
India and the US may still be embroiled in a legal tangle over diplomat Devyani Khobragade, but at least it seems the family will soon be reunited. According to an Indian official in New York, Khobragade’s husband Aakash Singh Rathore, an American citizen, is soon likely to be taking up a teaching assignment at Delhi’s […]
Ajit Jain
Ajit Jain, born in India’s coastal state of Orissa on the 23rd of July 1951, is an Indian origin employee of Berkshire Hathaway, who currently heads several reinsurance businesses. A 1972 alumni of IIT Kharagpur, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Ajit Jain bagan his career working for IBM in India from 1973 […]
Satya Microsoft Com
Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) recently named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next CEO, which ended a protracted search for a new leader after current CEO Steve Ballmer had announced his intention to retire in August. It also put a lot of speculation to rest about other contenders for the Microsoft top-job conclusively. Nadella’s […]
Indra Nooyi
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive and the current Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. According to Forbes, she is consistently ranked among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2013, she has been ranked 10th in the list of Forbes […]
Yogesh J Karan, The Fijian In India
His Excellency Yogesh J Karan, High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji to India, belongs to the fifth generation of Indian-origin families and home-makers who migrated to the Fiji Islands, whose forefathers went to Fiji as contract indentured labourers during British times. Fiji thus is home to a mixed culture, with people from all over […]
New Punjab Laws – A Milestone Achieved
The Punjab Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act 2012 & The Punjab Prevention of Human Smuggling Act 2012, are two bills which had both been enacted by the State Legislative Assembly on 21 December 2012, and upon notification had come into force in 2013. Both these new laws seek to be milestones in equitable justice, and […]
Mauritius Republic Day 2014
In the Mauritian holiday calendar, one important day is the 12th of March – the day on which the Island claimed it’s independence from Britain. On that day in 1968, Mauritius emerged as a new sovereign nation, as is state in the pledge to the national flag, “in peace, justice and liberty.” On the same […]
Indian Embassy In Uae Warns Of Online Visa Scam
The Indian Embassy in the UAE has unearthed an apparent online visa scam and has warned foreigners against falling victim to fraudsters operating a fake website claiming to facilitate Indian visas for them. In a statement issued recently, the mission said, “some unscrupulous elements have created a website similar to the Online Visa Application website […]
Net Worth Of India's Billionaires Can Eliminate Absolute Poverty Twice Over — Lagarde
The net worth of India’s billionaire community has soared 12-fold during the past 15 years, which is more than enough to eliminate absolute poverty twice over in the country, where income inequity is also on the rise, according to the IMF (International Monetary Fund). “Seven out of ten people in the world today live in […]
Nri Lawyer Vijay Goel Felicitated In UK
Prominent NRI lawyer Vijay Goel has been felicitated on his appointment as the Chairman of Asian Business Association at the London Chamber of Commerce, at a reception organised recently at London, by G P Hinduja, Co-Chairman of the Hinduja Group of Companies, and Baroness Verma, Britain’s Minister of Climate Change and Energy. In a ceremony […]
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 […]
Phir Bhi… Mera Bharat Mahaan
Delhi once again has been a happening place over the last month, what with the city government abdicating, and the political class spouting vitriol all over the media channels and products in their attempt to get their election stands across. Campaigns and mega-rallys are the norm, with the standards of public debate touching a new […]
Lucknow – Of Heritage And Cuisine
When the topic of visiting Lucknow came up in our food and photography group, I recalled a congested and not-so-pleasant city, which I had visited a few years ago. The only bright spot seemed like the presence of Bada Imambara. All the same, hesitantly and slightly reluctantly, I agreed to accompany the group. As the […]
'Jai Ho' Is All About Aam Aadmi: Salman Khan
My dad asked me to join Shashilal Nair as an assistant in FALAK to learn the ropes of direction, because he wanted me to have a secure career, narrates Salman Khan, during his tete-a-tete with Jyothi Venkatesh … The title of JAI HO was initially MENTAL. Why did you change the title to JAI HO? […]
Amitabh Bachchan Voted Amongst 'World's Most Admired People' !
After having been UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador for Polio eradication for almost a decade, Amitabh Bachchan is today simply elated with the news that India has officially been declared polio free by WHO. The proud cinema legend said on the occasion, “As the brand ambassador for the United Nations in the fight for polio eradication, I’m […]
Bipasha Basu Is Back Again With Her Latest Fitness DVD – Unleash
Bipasha Basu with her chiseled and enviably toned body has become the fitness icon of the Industry. Her series of Fitness DVDs – FIT & FABULOUS YOU and BREAK FREE have achieved major success in the genre. Now she is ready with her 3rd DVD in the series – UNLEASH. The fitness diva released the […]
Prosenjit Chatterjee's Bengali Film Jaatishwar To Release Pan-India In 20 Cities
The iconic character of Antony Firingee comes alive after forty seven years on celluloid. The 1967 black and white classic had Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in the lead. The same character has now been resurrected by Prosenjit Chatterjee with a brand new story line. The film by Reliance Entertainment is their biggest Bengali release outside […]