PM Modi Meets Suzuki Motors Advisor To Discuss Investment, Innovation In India
Press Trust of India | Monday May 23, 2022, TokyoPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Suzuki Motor Corporation Advisor Osamu Suzuki to discuss opportunities in investment, innovation, manufacturing of electric vehicles, and recycling centres in India.
Indian-Origin Man Elected As Mayor In UK For Second Time
Press Trust of India | Sunday May 22, 2022, LondonIndian-origin businessman Sunil Chopra has been elected as the mayor of London Borough of Southwark for the second time.
Indian High Commission In Canada Issues Advisory After Spurt in Drownings
Press Trust of India | Saturday May 21, 2022, Ottawa, CanadaIndian High Commission in Ottawa has issued an advisory urging Indian students to take precautions during swimming after two tragic incidents in April this year.
"First Time Kannada Spoken In Any Parliament": Canadian MP's Viral Video
Edited by NDTV News Desk | Friday May 20, 2022Chandra Arya, an Indian-born Canadian lawmaker, spoke in his mother tongue Kannada in the Canadian Parliament on Thursday and said that it's the first time the language was spoken in any parliament in the world outside India.
In A First, White House Officials Meet Indian-American Documented 'Dreamers'
Press Trust of India | Friday May 20, 2022, WashingtonFor the first time, White House officials met a representative group of documented 'dreamers', mostly Indian-Americans, giving a patient hearing to their concerns regarding aging out.
Indian-Origin Man Faces 21 Cheating Charges In Singapore
Press Trust of India | Friday May 20, 2022, SingaporeAn Indian-origin man was charged in a Singapore court on Thursday for cheating two others of SGD 1.6 million under a timeshare recovery scheme that was linked to a payout agency in Bangalore.
Indian-Origin Man Jailed In Singapore For Assault, Racist Comments: Report
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 18, 2022, SingaporeIndian-origin Singaporean Sanjeevan Maha Lingam was jailed for 21 months and 4 weeks by a court today for several offences committed last year, including assault, harassment and hurling racist comments. He pleaded guilty to a total of five charges.
Indian-Origin Academic Appointed To Bank Of England's Monetary Panel
Press Trust of India | Monday May 16, 2022, LondonLeading UK-based academic Dr Swati Dhingra has been named as the first Indian-origin woman to be appointed as an external member of the Bank of England's interest rate-setting committee.
President Kovind Reaches Jamaica On Landmark Visit, Gets Rousing Welcome
Asian News International | Monday May 16, 2022, JamaicaPresident Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a four-day visit to Jamaica, arrived at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston where he received a rousing welcome from the Jamaicans and the Indian expatriates.
Indian-Origin Accountant, 73, Jailed For Fraud, Money Laundering In UK
Press Trust of India | Friday May 13, 2022, LondonAn Indian-origin chartered accountant (CA) has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years of imprisonment by a UK court after being convicted for exploiting a vulnerable victim out of money and assets worth 331,858 pounds.
First Time Applicants For F-1 US Student Visa Preferred, Others Apply Later
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 11, 2022, New DelhiThose who have been refused a F-1 Student Visa before will not be able to get a slot when the appointment applications open this summer, Minister Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the US embassy, Donald L Heflin said on Wednesday.
Singapore Jails Indian-Origin Man For Trying To Bribe Cops After Accident
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 11, 2022, SingaporeAn Indian-origin Malaysian man on Wednesday was sentenced to four weeks in jail and fined 5,000 Singapore dollar(SGD) for trying to bribe a Traffic Police officer for being involved in an accident when he was drunk.
Indian-Origin Man In Singapore Jailed For Abusing Service Workers
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 11, 2022, SingaporeAn Indian-origin Singaporean, a repeat offender described by the prosecution as somebody with a "proclivity to treat service workers abusively", is back behind bars for six weeks after he hurled racial insults at others on three separate occasions.
Indian-American Named Dean Of Stanford University's Climate Change School
Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 11, 2022, HoustonArun Majumdar, Indian-American material scientist, engineer and professor, has been named the inaugural dean of Stanford University's new school that focuses on climate change and sustainability.
Indian-American Girl, 6, Becomes Youngest World Expo Speaker
Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday May 10, 2022, ChennaiSix-year-old Indian-American girl Kiara Kaur has become the youngest keynote speaker to address any World Expo, promptingWorld Book of Records, London to acknowledge this as a world record.
