While the US is upbeat at reducing number of tobacco users, there has been an alarming growth in the number of daily smokers globally, including in India. More people are smoking in India now, 110 million, compared to just 74.5 million smokers over three decades back, claimed a study published in the Journal of American […]
The Indian community in the US is unhappy at the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade and feels very strongly that there was no need for her to be handcuffed or strip searched, says an Indian American delegate who is attending the annual diaspora convention here. Mohan L. Jain, a delegate at the […]
The Indian diaspora was shaken by the brutal gangrape of a young woman on Dec 16, 2012, and upset over the continuing rapes taking place in the national capital and elsewhere but made the country appear unsafe for women, said members of the Indian diaspora here. It wants the government to take the strictest action […]
Pitching for support of overseas Indians, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said it would move the Election Commission in the next three days to allow eligible non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote through postal ballots in the 2014 elections. A resolution was adopted at the “global meeting” organised by the Overseas Friends of Bharatiya Janata […]
Indians abroad will make news in India with the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD-India Diaspora Day) in New Delhi Jan 7-9. The 25 million non-resident Indians (NRIs) sent $70 billion to India in 2012, with the figure expected to rise to more than $80 billion for 2013. This far exceeds India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) […]
Two Indian women, who were injured in a road accident that claimed three lives, are still battling for life in a hospital in Oman. Three people were killed and six others were injured in the tragic accident Thursday near Samad Al Shams in Ibra, the second largest city in the Ash Sharqiyah region of Oman […]
An Indian IT professional in New Zealand alleged that he faced racism on New Year’s Eve at a bar, a media report said. Sandesh Gopal, 30, a software project manager from Bangalore, said a bouncer stopped him and his friend from entering a bar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour on New Year’s Eve without giving a […]
Eight Indian-origin people were injured, one of them seriously, when the van they were travelling in plunged off a cliff in New Zealand after the driver reportedly fell asleep on the wheel. The eight were on their way to Hawke’s Bay from Auckland airport in the North Island of New Zealand when the horrific accident […]
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open continued to be hit by a spate of retirements with two more players – third seed Fabio Fognini and Yen-Hsun Lu – conceding their respective singles matches and India’s Yuki Bhambri was the biggest beneficiary as he made it to the quarter-finals here Thursday. Bhambri, a Wild Card entry, was […]
A teenaged boy, accused of attacking an Indian student in Australia last month, was part of a gang that targeted people of Indian appearance, a children’s court heard here Thursday. The boy, 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested on New Year’s Eve for the attack on Manriajwinder Singh in Melbourne Dec […]