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Storm erupts over MEA booklet with MJ Akbar at Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas

A row has erupted over distribution of a booklet featuring M J Akbar, who resigned as minister of state for external affairs following allegations of sexual misconduct by several women, to......

10th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas starts in Jaipur

The 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, a convention for NRIs, got off to a chaotic start on Saturday in Jaipur. The annual event for overseas Indians, which is being held in Jaipur for the first time,......

35 cr pilgrims may attend Maha Kumbh Mela: UP govt

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh has said that 35 crore pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela taking place in the vicinity of Sangam - the confluence of rivers Ganga,......

Centre plans Rs 2,000-cr package for PoK refugees

The Jammu and Kashmir government has already identified 36,348 families for distribution of the package under which each family will get around Rs 5.5 lakh. Amid Prime Minister Narendra......

A cardiogram in your mobile now a reality

Device developed by an Indian based in Singapore can warn of a potential heart attack eight hours before. Ganesh Nadar reports. Arun Nellian, an Indian based in Singapore, has developed a device......

Amartya Sen to address Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, renowned economist CK Prahalad, Karan Billimoria, Apoorva Bagri, global chairman of TiE and Sugata Bose, Gardiner professor of history at Harvard, are all heading to......

Bihar taps investors at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

On the third day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas in New Delhi individual states made their own presentation to the pravasi's (expatriates) asking them to invest in their state. NRIs lean towards......

Govt should consider separate ministry for NRIs: Hinduja

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for creating a sense of optimism in the country, NRI industrialist Prakash Hinduja said the Indian diaspora now wants faster implementation of reform measures......

FM allays overseas Indians' double taxation fears

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday clarified doubts raised by overseas Indians over double taxation of global income of resident Indians while speaking at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas......

NRI lobby to repeal FCRA

As the Indian government seeks help from the People of Indian Origin in changing the face of rural India, the powerful lobby of the American-Indians has asked the Centre to do away with the......

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