New York, Aug 6 (IANS) Indian American business executive Indra K. Nooyi will step down as the Chief Executive of food and beverage major PepsiCo Inc in October, the company said on Monday. According to…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA on Friday for its first human spaceflight programme from the US soil since the retirement of the space shuttle…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA on Friday for its first human spaceflight programme since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011. The astronauts…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) An Indian American Muslim advocacy group has called for an immediate suspension of the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam until irregularities that have resulted in four million people being…
Abu Dhabi, Aug 3 (IANS) An Indian expat on Friday hit a jackpot by winning 10 million dirhams in a raffle draw at Abu Dhabi International Airport. “This is great. Since this is for real…
Kabul, Aug 2 (IANS) An Indian national and two others working for international food company Sodexo in Afghanistan were kidnapped and killed by gunmen here on Thursday. “An Indian, a Malaysian and a Macedonian citizen…
Kabul, Aug 2 (IANS) An Indian national and two others were killed here on Thursday after they were kidnapped by gunmen. All three men, including a Malaysian and Macedonian, were believed to be working for…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) India has secured release of 31 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were stranded in Iran after their employers in the West Asian nation withheld their passports, External Affairs Minister Sushma…
Dubai, July 31 (IANS) An Indian national won $1 million in Dubai Duty Free raffle on Tuesday, officials said. Sandeep Menon, who is based in Kuwait, became the 132nd Indian to win $1 million at…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the Kerala diaspora opting for the amnesty scheme announced by the UAE government will be brought to India for free. In a statement,…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Indians abroad are still emotionally attached to their ancestral village, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday citing the example of two Indian IT professionals in the US who have…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that amendment to Code of Criminal Procedure has been proposed for better tackling of issues related to NRI men…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like confiscating…
Singapore City, July 27 (IANS) Five Indian-origin men in Singapore were on Friday slapped with the charge of slashing another Indian-origin man and causing severe injuries. The accused — Sharvin Raj Suraj, Haresh Shanmuganathan, Arjun…
Canberra, July 25 (IANS) A 25-year-old Indian student was killed in Australia after meeting a woman he befriended on an online dating website. Maulin Rathod, 25, went to a house at Ross Court in Sunbury…
Kampala, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked the Ugandan people and government for providing home to the Indian-origin community after the troubles in the past in the East African country. “There were…
Kampala, July 24 (IANS) India and Uganda on Tuesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the areas of economy and defence as New Delhi extended two lines of credit to the East African nation following…
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Actor Dhanush is excited that his maiden international venture “The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir” will make its Victorian premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) next month. IFFM…
New York, July 21 (IANS) Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found the way to reverse the action of wrinkled skin and hair loss which are considered as the hallmarks of ageing, in a…
Washington, July 21 (IANS) Twenty-one Indian-origin persons have been sentenced here to up to 20 years for their role in a massive India-based call centre scam which defrauded thousands of US residents of hundreds of…