JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ ADMITS TO FIRST KISS AT AGE 14
Jacqueline Fernandez talks about her teenage years and reveals that her nickname in school used to be Radio Bahrain. She also revealed some interesting nuggets of information about her teenage days and school time – including how she had her first boyfriend had first kissed at the age of 14. Jacqueline also admits how she […]
PSU BUZZ MARCH, 2017
BHEL WINS GOLDEN PEACOCK AWARD BHEL has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for excellence in HR for 2016. The award was received by Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL and D. Bandyopadhyay, Director (HR), BHEL from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder, The Art of Living, in the presence of Lt Gen J S Ahluwalia, PVSM (retd), […]
Business Buzz – March 2017
‘JIO EFFECT’ ‘Jio effect’ – Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, who has called it the world’s largest start-up, announced that the company’s telecom venture has crossed 100 million subscribers in less than six months since launch. Significantly, the company has also said that it would start charging users for data from April 1st of 2017. The […]
“ARTISTES OF MY AGE GROUP ARE NOT NEEDED TODAY” – HARIHARAN
Hariharan, who has come up with a breezy single called HAULE HAULE for singer Sadhana Jejurikar tells his friend from the school days Jyothi Venkatesh that he has never believed in promoting himself as a music director. NRI Achievers reproduces that conversation for our readers here in this vignette … You have composed the […]
सिर्फ नसीब के सहारे चलने पर बर्बादी तय है…
आचार्य चाणक्य एक ऐसी महान विभूति थे, जिन्होंने अपनी विद्वत्ता और क्षमताओं के बल पर भारतीय इतिहास की धारा को बदल दिया। मौर्य साम्राज्य के संस्थापक चाणक्य कुशल राजनीतिज्ञ, चतुर कूटनीतिज्ञ, प्रकांड अर्थशास्त्री के रूप में भी विश्वविख्यात हुए। इतनी सदियाँ गुजरने के बाद आज भी यदि चाणक्य द्वारा बताए गए सिद्धांत और नीतियाँ प्रासंगिक […]
CASH CLEANUP – HOW INDIA CAN COME OUT STRONGER
It has been several months now since Prime Minister NarendraModi declared the so-far highest denominations of Indian currency invalid. I hope businesses and private individuals have largely recovered from the initial stress and difficulties during these past few months or so, but I am afraid a full recovery may take longer. Politically, in my view […]
THE REAL ESTATE ROLLER COASTER – Reviewing 2016 & Looking Forward To 2017
The real estate sector that had faced some really turbulent times this year, is now left staring at another challenging year ahead, following the disruptions caused by the government ushering in reforms like the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) and demonetisation. But all this may in the end augur quite well for real estate in […]
REINFORCING MUTUAL TRUST AND RELATIONS – INDO-PORTUGAL RELATIONS
India and Portugal have been for a long time been bound by ancient historical ties and have had thriving diplomatic relations, except for a brief while in the annals of Independent India, when ties were suspended in September 1955 over the then Goa imbroglio. But after the resolution of the issue and the reestablishment of […]
MAKE IN INDIA – KARNATAKA INITIATIVES: HUNTING FOR INVESTMENTS
The Government of Karnataka, in association with the DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion) of the Central Government and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), had organised a ‘Make in India’ Conference on the 13th & 14th of February 2017 at Bengaluru. Earlier on, the state had successfully hosted and conducted an “Invest Karnataka […]
GLOBAL INVESTORS SUMMIT 2017 – INVESTMENT PROPOSALS WORTH INR 3 LAKH CR. SIGNED
Jharkhand is India’s 28th state that was born out of the Bihar Reorganization Act on the 15th of November 15, 2000 – also the birth anniversary of the legendary tribal revolutionary of the region, Birsa Munda. Jharkhand is known for its rich mineral resources like uranium, mica, bauxite, granite, gold, silver, graphite, magnetite, dolomite, fireclay, […]
STATE FOCUS : KARNATAKA
KARNATAKA STATE HANDICRAFTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED With the aim of reaching out to more customers in India and abroad, KSHDCL had sought and held a meeting with Smt. Arathi Krishna, the Deputy Chairman of the NRI Forum Karnataka, to discuss and to promote the spread of handicrafts from the state of karnataka across the globe […]
FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- JYOTI MATHUR FILIPP
Jyoti Mathur-Filipp is a Senior Communications and Outreach Officer for the Division of the Global Environment Facility in the United Nations in Geneva. Jyoti’s career has been devoted to finding solutions for better management of our environment, raising awareness and practicing advocacy on issues directly related to the importance of sustainable development. Ashirvad pandey, one […]
INSTITUTIONAL ACHIEVERS PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES
Towards the closing of the biennial mega diaspora event organised by the Indian government as part of it’s diaspora outreach – the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 – a galaxy of achievers who have contributed in no small measure to the prestige and dignity of the Indian Diaspora community worldwide were honoured with the highest award […]
DIASPORA ACHIEVERS – PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES
On the final day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 at Bengaluru, the closing session was graced by the honorable President of India Shri Pranab Mukerjee, during which he felicitated several people of Indian origin for their contributions to society, science and human advancement. The NRI Achievers team will bring you vignettes of these unique […]
BUILDING A WORLD CLASS SPIRITUAL EDIFICE – SHRI MADHU PANDIT DASA
NRI Achievers sought out the Chairman of the Vrindavan Heritage Tower and the Krishna Leela theme park, Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, a Padmashri awardee, to converse on the philosophy behind the design and structuring of the immense theme park coming up at Vrindavan. In this feature, he answers the queries posed by our writer. Presented […]
BUILDING AN ABODE FOR KRŠNA – THE VRINDAVAN HERITAGE TOWER
Enchanting Vrindavan is best known to most as a town that served as the holy playground of Lord Krishna’s childhood in times of the hoary past. In modern times it is a famous pilgrimage site not merely for Hindus but for people from all over the world. With its profusion of temples and shrines that […]
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 […]
Highest-resolution 3D maps of dark matter created, Indian-origin researcher involved
A team of researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have created one of the highest-resolution 3D maps of the dark matter. The discovery offers detailed evidences for the existence of the elusive particles believed to make up about 80% of the universe. It is also believed to be the most accurate map of the dark matter […]