Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Fresh News

Kerala is mulling establishment of three schools in the state, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Malappuram to cater to children of non-residents.

 

Asian Lite, a newspaper for the British-Asian community is short-listed for the 'How-Do Media Awards', one of the largest industry accolades in Britain.

 

India ranks second in the world in medical tourism after Thailand, even though it spends less than 1.2 percent of GDP on its health sector.

 

Indians have formed 15 percent of America's foreign student population, the largest, since 2001. 

 

Vikram Sunderam executive chef at Rasika, an Indian cuisine restaurant in Washington DC, is one of the nominees in the 'Best Chefs of America' category for the biggest US food awards.

 

US NRIs are wealthiest among all communities in USA and face least violent crime as per a new study.

 

NRIs remitted a record US$ 45 billion in 2008 to India, highest in the world and expected to slow down - World Bank.

 

The Reserve Bank of India said the global financial crisis has not resulted in reverse migration from the Arabian Gulf nor is there a slower flow of funds from NRIs in the Mid East or North America.

 

France introduces new visa rules for Indian professionals.

 

A London School of Curry is being proposed by leaders of the 3.5 billion pound restaurant industry to overcome shortage of Indian cooks.

 

Some 100,000 Indians will return to India from US in the next three to five years, a move that will undermine tech innovation in America - one study.

 

India's election to cost more than US presidential poll.

 

The Indian Cabinet approved the establishment of the Overseas Indian Centre in Abu Dhabi.

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