Facebook has elevated its senior Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand to head Workplace -- the company's two-year-old enterprise communication tool now being used by over 30,000 organisations globally including in India.


Facebook elevates key Indian-origin executive to head enterprise service Workplace


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Facebook has elevated its senior Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand to head Workplace, the company's two-year-old enterprise communication tool.


Top Indian-origin executive to head Workplace by Facebook


An Indian worker said that he was grateful to Dubai for hosting him and thousands of other workers and for safeguarding labour rights in their workplaces.


Indian worker thanks Dubai for protecting labourers' rights


An Indian construction worker has been jailed in Dubai for 15 years for getting drunk and stabbing his colleague and attacking another co-worker who tried to stop him.


Indian jailed in Dubai for stabbing colleague to death


A 54-year-old man has been charged with hate crime for assaulting an Indian-origin woman on a subway and hurling homophobic slurs at her.


US man charged with hate crime for assaulting Indian-origin woman


A 22-year-old Dubai-based Indian student and musician has been found dead in his apartment in Al Garhoud area, the police said.


Indian student found dead in Dubai apartment


A 34-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a US flight early this year.


Indian gets 9 years in jail for sex assault on US flight


A total of 28,523 Indian workers died in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2014 to 2018, the government said on Wednesday.


Over 28,500 Indian workers died in Gulf nations since 2014


A 38-year-old Indian man has been charged with conspiring to smuggle six of his countrymen into the US on commercial airline flights, authorities said.


Indian charged with smuggling foreign nationals into US


A court here on Tuesday sentenced an Indian origin man to seven years in jail for stabbing his pregnant wife using a knife with a 10-cm long blade.


Indian-origin man jailed for stabbing pregnant wife in Singapore


In her recent book, "What Gandhi Didn't See: Being Indian In South Africa", author Zainab Priya Dala looks back from the vantage point of her own personal history -- a fourth-generation South African-Indian of mixed lineage -- and recalls that, as a child, she was hesitant about accepting her Indian identity, but contends that she has now come to terms with it.


South African Indians are slowly coming to terms with their Indian identity: Author


Microsoft's Indian-origin Chief Technology Officer for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Joseph Sirosh has joined Compass, a New York-based real estate tech company which is making efforts to simplify the home buying and selling process with the use of cutting-edge technology.


Top Indian-American Microsoft AI executive Sirosh joins Compass


An Indian-origin gay pharmacist in the UK has been found guilty of murdering his wife by strangling her in order to start a new life with his boyfriend in Australia.


Indian-origin gay man found guilty of killing wife for lover


London-based Alfred Prasad may be a Michelin-starred Indian chef with over 25 years of experience. But in India, he is born again, with a flourish, setting up the Indian restaurant Omya in The Oberoi Hotel in Delhi. Prasad also recently curated dishes for the frozen food major Innovative Foods that owns the Sumeru brand.


'Challenging for an Indian chef overseas to prove himself on home ground'


Saudi Arabia was keen to invest in the Indian food sector as India was one of the largest exporters of grains and vegetables to the desert kingdom, its ambassador to India Saud bin Mohammed Al-Sati said on Tuesday.


Saudis keen to invest in Indian food sector: Envoy


Delegates to the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) jamboree, being held this time in Varanasi, will get to participate in the Ardh Kumbh Mela here, with Indian Railways drawing up plans for a special train that will also give participants a chance to relish the best of local cuisine.


Pravasi delegates to savour local cuisine on special Kumbh train ride


There was a little bit of emotion, chemistry and lots of music when globally renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam and popular vocalist and his wife Kavita Krishnamurthy got onto the stage to celebrate the power of classical music at the Carnegie Hall here.


Kavita Krishnamurthy, L. Subramaniam celebrate Indian classical music in New York


Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested here on Tuesday for gang raping a young Non-Resident Indian (NRI) in this temple town, police said.


Two arrested for gang raping NRI in Mathura


Indian-American businessman Shalabh "Shalli" Kumar will host a Hollywood Thanksgiving dinner for Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.


Indian-American businessman to host Thanksgiving party for Sanjay Leela Bhansali


An Indo-Canadian female dermatologist, found guilty of forging and using a fake diploma as well as other documents to practice medicine in Dubai, has lost her appeal against a six-month jail term.


Indo-Canadian doctor forges degree, fined in Dubai


Mumbai, Nov 21 (IndiaSpend/IANS) As India has become wealthier, more of its citizens are leaving its shores.

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