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Several IT parks will be set up in Kerala in the next few months, Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said.

 

US has proposed changes to the rules for hiring temporary workers under the H-2B visa programme with provision to deny visas to nationals of countries including India.

 

Prime Minister stated that India hopes to send a spacecraft 'Chandrayan' to the moon this year.

 

Real Estate Consultant Jones Lang LaSalle said that by 2025 almost 600 million Indians will have enough to invest in British residential property.

 

India to put in place a mechanism to help Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) of Caribbean Islands to trace their roots in India.

 

On July 31 the population of NRIs in Qatar stood at nearly 420,000, more than double the indigenous Qatari population.

 

NRIs visiting monuments in India are being asked to pay entry fees at in dollars, even more so, if they are accompanied by foreign tourists.

 

India's Overseas Citizens status holder are soon to reach 300,000 in numbers. The status allows them life long visa free travel to India and certain economic, educational and cultural benefits.

 

The common scholarship entrance tests will be held on October 26th in 40 countries, to select overseas Indian students for the government's scholarships for undergraduate courses in India.

 

In a study by Rebtel Stockholm, it was found that Indian Americans make calls to families and friends back home for an average of three and a half hours a month, most often on their cell phones.

 

Foreign students heading for Britain will be faced with tough new controls such as fingerprints under new Tier 4 system.

 

The next two day mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is to be held in Singapore this October the theme of which is Towards a Dynamic Diaspora.

 

America has replaced the UK as the country sending the most tourists to India, at 799,000 - out of a total of 5 million foreigners who visited India last year.

 

In a move to encourage more business and family visits to Bahrain, the Interior Ministry will now give Indians two week visit visas on arrival, also hoping to attract tourists from the subcontinent.

 

The Kerala government Thursday gave the green signal for setting up a medical university in Thrissur.