Ghana wants to learn from India's experience in harnessing the power of the diaspora, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Mahama Ayariga has said.


Ghana wants to replicate India's success with diaspora


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She's quite a citizen of the world, having lived in places as diverse as Kano, Antwerp, Singapore, Rochester, Mumbai, Bengaluru and now Hong Kong. Author Shobha Nihalani says she doesn't write to a pattern but that has not come in the way of her churning out five hugely successful novels -- with more to come -- that have mystery and conspiracy as the common theme.


I don't write to a pattern: Author Shobha Nihalani (IANS Interview)


After ordering celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to pay $924,500 in compensatory damages in a lawsuit for sexually harassing and firing a female employee, a US court has told Choudhury to pay $6.47 million in punitive damages.


Hot yoga guru to pay $6.5 mn in punitive damages


Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, legendary actor Rajinikanth, sportspersons Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza are among the 112 notable personalities to get Padma awards in 2016.


Rajinikanth, Saina among 112 Padma awardees


The government on Monday announced Padma Vibhushan awards for spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, legendary Tamil actor Rajinikanth and late industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani.


Rajinikanth, Sri Sri, Dhirubhai Ambani get Padma Vibhushan


Indo-British raptress Taran Kaur Dhillon, popularly known as Hard Kaur, says surviving in a "very male dominated industry" in this country is difficult as there are "too many double standards".


Lots of hypocrisy in India regarding women: Indo-British musician Hard Kaur


A youth stranded in Malaysia for a few weeks has returned to India on Friday after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis intervened, officials said.


Fadnavis helps youth to return from Malaysia


Goldman Sachs Group's former Indian American  director Rajat Gupta, freed early after serving 19 months in federal prison, will have to stay at home until March with an ankle bracelet, according to a media report.


Rajat Gupta to finish sentence at New York home


No Indian was killed in the terrorist attack on Hotel Splendid in Ougadougou, the Burkina Faso capital in West Africa but two Indians, who were in the hotel at that time, were evacuated, the Indian Consul, Deepak Ramchandani told IANS on Saturday.


Burkina Faso: No Indian killed in hotel terror attack


The vibrant cultural experience of the Indian state of Kerala captured the imagination of corporate leaders attending a 'Kerala Evening' in Silicon Valley, which is home to the world's top technology companies.


'Kerala Evening' enthralls Silicon Valley


Minister of State for External Affairs V.K.  Singh will now on look after all issues related to expatriate Indians in the Gulf.


V.K. Singh to look after issues of Gulf-based Indians


To the shock of the Indian American community, a US judge has acquitted an Alabama police officer who slammed a visiting Indian grandfather to the ground while taking a walk outside his son's home.


US policeman charged with slamming Indian grandfather acquitted


A 21-year-old man has been accused of vandalising a Sikh temple property in California in December, and will be arraigned next month, according to a media report.


Man charged with vandalism at Los Angeles gurdwara


Indra Nooyi, the Indian-born PepsiCo Chairperson & CEO, has become the Yale School of Management's biggest alumni donor with a 'landmark gift' to endow the deanship at her alma mater.


Indra Nooyi becomes Yale's biggest alumni donor


The moment we try to erase differences instead of accepting them, it creates problems. This is because human beings are programmed to differ and no two persons can be the same, said noted


Celebrate differences, don't eliminate them: Writer Tabish Khair (IANS Interview)


A senior aide of President Barack Obama has assured the American Sikh community that the Obama administration stood by it in the wake of  recent incidents of violence against Sikhs.


Obama team assures to stand by Sikh community


Priti Patel, Britain's minister for employment and Prime Minister David Cameron's Indian diaspora champion, will be on a three-day visit to India from January 7 during which she will take part in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here.


British Indian minister to take part in PBD


The Uttar Pradesh government would soon be engaging with 'Girmitiyas', the labourers from the state who were taken to Fiji during 1833-1916 to work on sugarcane plantations for economic and social initiatives in the state.


UP to engage with Girmitiyas in development initiatives


The Uttar Pradesh government rolled out a red carpet welcome to some 250-odd members of the Indian diaspora on Monday in the Taj city as the maiden 'UP Pravasi Diwas' took off to an impressive  start.


UP rolls out red carpet to Indian diaspora at Agra


An Indian Canadian Punjabi man was arrested for assaulting an Air Canada flight attendant on the Delhi-bound flight from Toronto on Wednesday, police said.


Punjabi man arrested for assaulting Air Canada flight attendant


With Sikhs increasingly becoming the target of racial attacks in the US, a media report says they are frequently mistaken for terrorists and radicals as they are conflated with Muslims by many Americans.

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