Fresh News

Gold sales drop by 60% in Dubai in 2009.

 

Remittances from NRIs may decline 20 per cent -Planning Commision

 

Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India, part of the Mahindra Group, is planning major expansion in Kerala.

 

As many 19 Indian co-operative banks collapsed for the 12 months ended March 2009 against 44 American entities failing during the same period.

 

A hoax email is circulating among NRIs which claims that Government of India has imposed income tax of 5% on foreign income of NRIs. This is completely false and baseless.

 

A good number of rubber farmers and dealers in Kerala are tracking the prices of the commodity real time, helped by a service by the Rubber Board which through SMSes updates the farmers with rates in the global as well as domestic markets.

 

The World Investors’ Meet-Focus Kerala will be held here on July 24, 25 to propagate the concept of responsible investment in the state.

 

Almost 10,000 Indian and other non-European Union professionals will be eligible to claim compensation for hardship caused by the 2006 changes to immigration rules that were struck down by the London High Court. 

 

NRIs hare finding it difficult to access the Right to Information with complaints about the cumbersome process of fee payment that includes a deposit fee of Rs 10 from abroad to the public authority.

 

Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced a new visa regime for Indians and non-European Union students, as part of the Tier 4 points based rules that will make the visa process simpler, more objective and transparent for applicants and importantly prevent abuse of the immigration system.