Techie Missing in California since October, Father Seeks MEA’s Assist
A father of software engineer, 36, hailing from Hyderabad, who reportedly went missing in California since October last year had pleaded Indian Embassy in the United States and External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj to assist him in tracing his son.
P Bangaram, a retired executive engineer with the...
Indian Writer Preti Taneja Won Desmond Elliott Prize in UK
An Indian-origin Preti Taneja has won the Desmond Elliott Prize In London for her first novel, "We That Are Young", a retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear set in modern-day India.
Taneja, who is born in the United Kingdom of patents from India, accepted the accolade at a ceremony in London's...
Indian-Origin Academic Priyamvada Gopal on Strike over Racist Porters
A chief Indian origin scholarly has gone on strike alleging faculty members from King's College London spurned to address her a "Doctor".
Priyamvada Gopal, 50, delineated the incident as part of "consistently racist aggression and profiling" from porters at King's College.
Cambridge University fellow specializing in post-colonial literature, took it to...
52 Indians held in Oregon Detention Center, 123 in Sheridan
About 52 Indians have been held in Oregon detention center of United States for being a part of a sizable contingent of illegal immigrants asylum seekers.
In Sheridan, Canada, a total of 123 Indians are the detainees being held at a facility.
The Democratic lawmakers from the Oregon state told media...
Over 7,000 Indians filed Asylum Applications in U.S. in 2017
Nearly 7,000 people from India filed applications for asylum in the United States earlier this year, according to a report by the United Nations refugee agency.
The UN Refugee Agency said in its Global Trends report that 68.5 million people globally were displaced as of the end of 2017.
The trend...
British Government Links Contention Over MoU with Indian Student Visa Row
The British government has drawn a direct link-up between the exclusion of Indian students from a relaxation of visa rules, that were prolonged to 10 other countries, including China and the Maldives, and India's decision to pull out of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the return of illegal...
Indian Embassy in Muscat Invites NRIs, PIOs to Participate in Quiz Contest
The Embassy of India in Muscat has proclaimed the second edition of 'Bharat Ko Janiye' quiz organized by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in order to encourage diaspora youth to intensify their knowledge about India.
The quiz offers participants a chance to win a 15-day tour of India and...
International Drug Racket Busted, Indian-origin Among Four Held
The Punjab police on Sunday claimed to have busted an international drugs smuggling racket, including an Indian-origin, a Canadian national.
According to the senior police officer, the gang was using the courier service to smuggle drugs overseas, by hiding them in traditional utensils being couriered to Canada.
The opium and the...
Indian Americans Offer Funds to Trump Wall for Winning Green Cards
The plight of Indian Americans may not be as dramatic as that of the illegal immigrant mother whose infant daughter was allegedly taken from her by immigration officials as she breast-fed her in a detention center. Or as traumatic as that of thousands of young children forcibly separated from...
Indian-origin Joins Accenture Security as Managing Director
Global professional services company Accenture has appointed an Indian-origin cybersecurity expert Anup Ghosh as the Managing Director of Accenture Security.
Technology focused background will be brought by Ghosh in his new role and executive leadership to lead strategic technology investments that aided the company register speedy ontogeny in the managed...
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