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NRI scientists help create artificial life in US lab Scientists Sanjay Vashee, Radha Krishnakumar and Prashanth P Parmar are part of a 24 member team that has for the …
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Twenty20 Cricket heads to US with high hopes  Lauderhill, Florida will host two official Twenty20 matches between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the country's only purpose built cricket stadium. …
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NRI's body cremated in Dubai a year after his death  Raghu Shivram Shetty who went to Dubai in the early 2000s committed suicide in July '09, but with no known relatives …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-22

2 NRI women elected to British Parliament  Setting a new record for the representation of ethnic minorities in Britain, two UK NRI women have been elected to the …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-21

NRI wins UN green prize for pedal powered light  Canadian NRI Sameer Hajee has won the Sasakawa Prize of the United Nations Environment Programme for a portable light that …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-20

NRI woman leads Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago  Kamla Persad Bissessar has become the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, unseating premier …
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NRI hotelier wins UK Community Award Joginder Sangar a leading hotelier in Britain was presented the Community Award in recognition of his philanthropic work in the …
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Sanjay Gupta chosen Young Global Leader by World Forum  US NRI Sanjay Gupta has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders.  …
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NRI professor named Innovator of Year by UK agency  The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Britain's leading funding agency for research and training in non-clinical life sciences has …
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NRI wins landmark free speech ruling in UK  Simon Singh has won a landmark libel battle that could make it easier for people to criticise contentious scientific claims. …
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UK NRI wins Queens Award for Enterprise 2010  Sun Mark Ltd established by Dr Rami Ranger has won the Queens Award for Enterprise 2010 for the second consecutive …
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NRI wins South Africa's top national award Imtiaz Sooliman who founded the Gift of the Givers Foundation, a humanitarian aid organisation that provides relief to people worldwide, …
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Three NRIs on Forbes list of highest paid CEOs Forbes list of the 500 CEOs of the biggest American companies features Indra Nooyi at 93rd position; Quest Diagnostics' Surya …
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US NRI nursing professor gives ideas on health care Associate professor of Nursing at College of DuPage, Dilyss Gallyot, participated in the Nurses in Washington Internship in Washington DC, …
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Charan Gill from waiter to restaurant chain owner  The University of Glasgow is to award an honorary doctorate to Charan Gill, who arrived in the UK in …
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NRI named Dean of Harvard Business School Nitin Nohria has been named Dean of the Harvard Business School. Nohria an IIT alumnus who has championed …
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Record 8 NRIs elected in UK elections A record 8 Indian origin candidates have been elected to the British parliament. Keith Vaz has been re-elected …
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NRI elected councillor in London Sunil Chopra, General Secretary of the Indian Overseas Congress and an entrepreneur in London has been elected a councillor for …
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US NRI receives Ellis Island Medal of Honour Rao S Anumolu of Long Island, New York has been conferred with the Ellis Island Medal of Honour - the …
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Harvard appoints first NRI woman professor Gita Gopinath a professor at Harvard University's Department of Economics has been appointed a full professor, the first Indian origin …
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US city names day after NRI spiritual guru Nevada based spiritual guru Rajan Zed has been given a day named for him. October 25th is now named …
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NRI wins US Democratic Party primary Physician Manan Trivedi who also served as Lt Commander with a military battalion stationed in Iraq won the Democratic party's …
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NRI firm ranked among fastest growing companies in US Milestone Metals run by Ram Guru 44, is ranked by Inc magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in …
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Indians participate in Obama's entrepreneur summit in US A summit organised by US President Barack Obama, to bridge the gap with the Muslim world saw six business and …
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NRI seriously injured in police firing in Moga Budh Singh Wala who was visiting his village from Canada was travelling in his vehicle with his girlfriend, when police …
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US NRI wedding guest goes missing in Mumbai  Gurinder Chehal flew to Mumbai with her parents from the US to attend a wedding. After the wedding her …
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Azim Premji is India’s Bill Gates : Forbes In an interview with Forbes magazine Azim Premji announced plans to set up a world-class university to train teachers …
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Attacks on India students in Australia continue An Indian student in Sydney aged 24, was mercilessly beaten up. He was beaten and kicked by unidentified assailants …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-20

Chinese to speak Gujarati in US As Gujarat celebrates its golden jubilee year, undergraduate students at Indiana University in the US will be able to take …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-20

NRI passenger served rusty nail in airline meal An indignant Yathish, who is an engineer in Dubai, is incensed saying the consequences could have been serious and is …
Read More » | Posted : 2010-05-20

UK NRI suspended from Labour Party Manish Sood 38, a Labour candidate who called Gordon Brown 'the worst Prime Minister Britain has ever had', on the eve …
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Bill Gates to help Bihar ensure better medicare Microsoft founder Bill Gates was in Bihar on a day visit during which he travelled to two interior villages with CM …
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New government to change UK immigration law Britain's new immigration minister Damian Green who was the Conservative spokesman on immigration issues, indicated that students from …
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4 yr old NRI girl dies on locked school bus in Qatar Little Sarah Gazdhar 4, student of the Delhi Public School in Doha was accidently left on a locked school bus belonging …
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US experts to be consulted in NRI medical negligence death case The Supreme Court has allowed HIV/AIDs consultant NRI Dr Kunal Saha to advance the opinions of four American medical experts before …
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Canadian NRI shot at his home Chhminder Singh Gill 32, was shot dead in the driveway of his upmarket home in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey …
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Prosecutor threatened by dirty cops  Prosecuting lawyer Vikas Shakya who saw 13 policemen sentenced to life for killing two innocent men told authorities that the culprit …
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Fear of police torture, man cuts off his tongue Raju Mohanty a tenant in Cuttack, Orissa was afraid after his landlord filed a police complaint accusing him of stealing valuables …
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Two more beaten to death in Allahabad police custody Sanjay Nishad 22, and Ashok Nishad 29, died after being beaten up inside Allahabad's Ghoorpur police station.   The …
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Sri Lankan refugee woman attempts suicide after police harassment A Sri Lankan woman refugee aged 27, who was staying in a refugee camp near Chennai, tried to immolate herself after …
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