Lauding the deep and emotional attachment Persons of Indian Origin in Girmitiya countries have for their motherland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told PIOs to obtain Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards by June 30.


PM asks diaspora to take Indian citizen card soon


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Terming the political backlash against demonetisation as unfortunate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the Indian diaspora for their support to the note ban to curb black money and fight corruption.


PM thanks diaspora for 'backing' note ban


Popular American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres thinks Indian origin British actor Dev Patel should be named the sexiest man alive.


DeGeneres thinks Dev Patel should be sexiest man


India on Saturday wooed its young diaspora to be part of its growth story by tapping emerging opportunities in the country.


India woos young diaspora at Pravasi in Bengaluru (Roundup)


Union Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh on Saturday urged the young diaspora to be a part of India's growth story by tapping the opportunities the country offers through various programmes.


Be part of India's growth story, minister tells young diaspora


All Indian citizens, who were outside India from November 9 to December 30, will be able to exchange or deposit the old currency note of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 till March this year, an official statement said on Friday.


Cash deposit deadline extended for those outside country


Ahead of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here, the Karnataka government on Friday announced a separate policy for the diaspora, especially Kannadigas from the state.


Karnataka's NRI policy beckons Kannadiga diaspora


IIT Kharagpur alumnus Parag Havaldar has won the Technical Oscar for the development of expression-based facial performance-capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks, the institute said in a statement on Friday.


IIT Kharagpur alumnus is Technical Oscar winner


NRIs coming for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here from Saturday and resident Indians returning from abroad need to declare at the airport on arrival the number of demonetised Rs 500 and 1,000 notes they are carrying, said a Customs official on Friday.


NRIs need to declare demonetised notes at airport


Rajiv Shah, who headed the US government's foreign aid operations, has been appointed the head of the Rockefeller Foundation, a multi-billion dollar private global charity with programmes in India.


Former USAID chief Rajiv Shah to head Rockefeller Foundation


The Bank Employees Federation of India on Wednesday said the Reserve Bank of India's statement on December 31 contradicted its notification dated November 8.


RBI contradicts its own notification, says bank staff union


An Indian chief executive of a forex trading company in Dubai who promised to double investors' money was arrested for suspected fraud, authorities said.


Indian businessman held for fraud in Dubai


The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday announced that the annual overseas Indians' gathering -- "Pravasi Bharatiya Divas" -- will be held from January 7-9 in Bengaluru.


Bengaluru to host 'Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' from January 7


A Saudi-based entrepreneur of Indian origin has assumed a top position in the defence department of Kyrgyzstan, the media reported.


Keralite appointed to top military post in Kyrgyzstan


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said that it will introduce a facility for exchange of old specified bank notes for Indian residents and NRIs, who were abroad from November 9 to December 30.


RBI to announce facility for NRIs to exchange old notes


The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia said it has got "strong indications" that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists in Yemen earlier this year, is alive.


UAE church says 'working' for release of kidnapped Indian priest


Amid the rush among Indian expatriates scurrying home to exchange the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes before the December 30 deadline, a Dubai-based numismatist who hails from India, has advised his compatriots to "hold onto their old currency notes".


Banned Indian notes with special numbers could fetch a fortune, Indian expats told


A 28-year-old Indian man died after falling from a high-rise building here during a bid to spy on ladies living in the opposite building, the media reported on Thursday.


Looking into ladies' room, Indian falls to death in Sharjah


A Pakistani man was arrested by the police for murdering an Indian shopkeeper in Sharjah, in less than 12 hours after the incident, police said on Wednesday.


Pakistani man held for killing Indian in Dubai


Two Indian-origin sisters based here were arrested on charges of extorting and cyber-bullying a billionaire in Lagos, Nigeria.


Indian-origin sisters arrested for 'extortion'


An Indian faculty member of an educational institute here was found dead in his apartment days after he stopped reporting to work, the media reported.

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