Nottingham seeks to leverage on Indian diaspora for India tie-ups
It has an Indian diaspora numbering 30,000 and houses 300 Indian business enterprises. And now Nottingham city in England is wooing Indian business, especially...
Trade expert R Kalyan Ram conferred OAM
Rajagopaul Kalyan Ram, who was part of the first ever three-member Indian trade delegation to visit Australia and New Zealand in 1969, along with...
Win sum lose sum
The world’s fastest human calculators get together at the Mental Calculations World Cup 2014 to find out who really is the first among equals....
Why are so many good pianists from China?
Gone are the days when music aficionados complained that pianists from the East played like machines - technical and clean, capable of being fast,...
Historic day: Modi to be sworn in as India’s PM today
It would be history in the making, in more senses than one. A man who once helped his family make ends meet by vending...
Brazil issues stamps to honour Indian Cinema
Brazil has paid tribute to the Indian film industry on its centenary by releasing two postage stamps designed by an Indian graphic designer at...
$545 fine for wearing armed forces uniform to UAE Halloween party
An Indian man was fined 2000 dirhams (about $545) by a Dubai court after being spotted in a UAE armed forces officer's dress that...
Miss USA Nina Davuluri to attend Indian origin physicians meet
Nina Davuluri, the first Indian American to be crowned Miss USA, will lead the women's forum session and the "Be Fit Be Cool' walkathon...
Indian-origin MP in New Zealand to retire
Rajen Prasad, an Indian-origin member of parliament in New Zealand, has announced that he will retire ahead of the September general elections.
Of Indo-Fijian descent,...
San Francisco’s Indian chefs turn cricket Kings Mondays
Indian chefs working in kitchens of restaurants around San Francisco's Bay Area are all week playing with food. But come Mondays they turn to...