New Delhi To Host Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
The announcement of the 12th edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) convention to be held in Delhi from 7th to 9th January 2014 was made by Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Govt of India, New Delhi, recently. The minister said that Pravasi Bhartiya divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every year […]
RPBD Sydney-2013 Connecting for a shared future – Indian diaspora, india & the pacific
With a view to connect the vast Indian diaspora and other parts of Pacific region with India, the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was organized and took place in Sydney during 10-12 November 2013. The theme of the convention was ‘Connecting for a Shared Future – The Indian Diaspora, India and the Pacific.’ Participants came from […]
OZ Indians Come Of Age
Overseas Indians are now truly anchored well economically in their respective host countries, but yet still firmly rooted in the hoary cultural traditions of the homeland they hark from. In Australia and the Pacific, they seem to have come of age well, and dominate Australia’s multicultural society, as was echoed by Queensland’s Multicultural Affairs Minister […]
Kuhadas Vivekananda – Pioneering Ancestry Tourism
Kuhadas Vivekananda, a resident of Sydney, is an entrepreneur of Indian Origin settled in Australia. As Chairman & Managing Director of Alankit Assignments (Singapore) Pte Ltd, he is the head honcho of an enterprise that offers services to the Indian Diaspora, in the form of facilitating express processing of their applications for Overseas Citizenship of […]
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% […]
Indian Activist Poised To Be First Ever Elected Socialist In US
A young Indian-American activist-academic is poised to become the first recognized socialist to be elected to a public office in the United States, where the term socialism and socialist are treated with deep suspicion and disdain. Kshama Sawant, a Pune-born leftist who studied engineering in Mumbai and economics in the US is leading her Democratic […]
Now Indians In Africa's Top 50 Richest List: Forbes
Three persons of Indian-origin are among the 50 richest people in Africa, according to a list released by Forbes magazine. Vimal Shah, Sudhir Ruparelia and Naushad Merali figure in the list which has been topped by Aliko Dangote, who has a networth of US$ 20.8 billion and is the largest cement manufacturer in sub-Saharan Africa. […]
One In Ten Doctors Practising In The UK Is An Indian
According to recent data released by ‘Health Poverty Action’ (HPA), there are now 25,295 doctors who have trained and qualified in India who are treating patients in the United Kingdom. This essentially means that one in every ten doctors practicing in the UK practising at present is from India. Indians thus are today making up […]
Global Sikh Excellence Honoured At Award Ceremony In London
Sikhism is a religion founded by Guru Nanak Dev Ji 544 years ago with over 26 million followers worldwide. It is ranked as the world’s fifth largest religion. The 2013 awards is a precursor to the event in 2014 which marks two important anniversaries:the first being the 160th anniversary of the first Sikh arriving in […]
A Prodigal Opportunity For Change
Since our November issue, India has been serenely coasting through this extended festival season which began with Diwali last month, and much water has flown under the bridge. The nation is agog with the whistle-stop rallies and tours of the political persona of all hues, even as the election fever hots up, with several states […]
Multistory Buildings Are The Ideal Homes
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you are investing into property for commercial or residential purpose ? Financial gain, isn’t it ? Would you like to invest in such a property which, in the long or short term, has a lower potential to give you profit ? Of course you […]
Udaipur – An Oasis Of Calm Grandeur
Remember Panna Dai ? The legendary nanny of Mewar royals ? The one who sacrificed her own child when Banbir, illegitimate son of Prithviraj, came calling to kill the royal child ? Well, but for her, Udaipur would have not been in existence today. The royal child she saved was Udai Singh, 4th son of […]
Policy Peril Hits Real Estate
Amidst the economic downturn, it’s once again crisis time for the real estate sector, especially as policy glitches are creating roadblocks preventing the revival of the sector, writes Vinod Behl. Today, the biggest challenge faced by the capital-intensive real estate sector is the shortage of funds. Banks which are the largest and cheapest source of […]
Untold Story Of The Qutub Minar
Mamluk Sultan Altamash (Iltutmish) built the Minarah, which till date is the tallest brick minaret on earth. Then why do we call it the ‘Qutub’ Minar? The Qutb Minar of Delhi (also spelt Qutub Minar) is the world’s tallest brick minaret, and a world heritage site. In 1060 AD, after Muhammad-bin-Sam (Muhammad Ghori) defeated Prithvi […]
Pravasi Bharatiya Sydney 2013
CONNECTING FOR A SHARED FUTURE – THE INDIAN DIASPORA, INDIA AND THE PACIFIC The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (Overseas Indians Day) connects India with its vast Indian Diaspora, in an attempt to bring their knowledge, expertise and skills together for mutual benefit. The 2013 Sydney Convention will be the seventh such conference to be held […]