Ninety-four percent of its citizens access a host of service online and the country could well become the world's first paperless economy. Nowa unique e-residency scheme allows one to sit anywhere in the world and set up a company with zero percent corporate tax (on re-invested profits) in Estonia, a small country in northeastern Europe. The response from India, like around the world, has been pretty encouraging.


Estonia e-residency initiative draws Indian, global attention 


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Panaji, May 12 (INS) Sameer Khan's fictionalised story might seem to run parallel to that of the big Bollywood star currently in the news, but this novel was actually born in the mind of Mumbai-born, New Zealand-based marketing specialist Nigel Fernandes.


Courtroom drinking sage drives crime novel set in Mumbai, Goa


Australian authorities have demanded that the practice of an Indian-origin surgeon facing disciplinary action be cancelled in view of his "unprofessional conduct", a media report said on Monday.


Cancellation of Indian-origin doctor's practice demanded


An Indian-origin couple accused of arranging sham marriages for Indian men in Australia so that they could secure visas, on Monday faced a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court.


Indian-origin couple faces court over sham marriages


Odisha-born producer Jitendra Mishra on Monday said he will represent and promote ten meaningful Indian films during the 68th Cannes International Film Festival in France.


Odisha-born producer to promote ten films at Cannes fest


Underlining the huge potential for enhancing commercial and investment exchanges between India and Russia, President Pranab Mukherjee has said that new opportunities arising between the two economies should be fully tapped.


Huge potential for enhancing business ties with Russia: President


Critically acclaimed Bollywood films "Margarita With a Straw", "Ankhon Dekhi", "Finding Fanny", "Liar's Dice" and "Mary Kom", which give a glimpse of India's changing canvas of cinema, are being screened here as part of a movie festival.


Bollywood films enthrall Swedish movie-goers via fest


The unique aspects of Indo-Trinidadian culture need to be branded and marketed to promote tourism and thereby achieve economic growth and development, said an expert at an event here to mark the 170th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of Indians in Trinidad and Tobago.


Trinidad begins 170th Indian Arrival Day celebrations


US authorities continue to search for a good Samaritan Indian American techie who was helping a crash victim when an alleged drunk driver possibly sent him over a bridge and into a river in  Texas.


Search on for missing good Samaritan Indian techie in US


Fourteen Indian soldiers, who were stranded on board an oil tanker off the coast of Bahrain since December last year have finally left for home, media reports said on Tuesday.


14 stranded Indian sailors leave Bahrain for home


Jeddah, May 4 (IANS/AKI) Five people were beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing an Indian during an armed robbery, the interior ministry announced on Monday.


Five beheaded in Saudi Arabia for Indian's murder


An Indian man, who kicked his co-worker on his head resulting in immediate death during a druken brawl, has been jailed for five years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).


Indian jailed for killing co-worker in Dubai


An Indian-origin woman gas station attendant in South Carolina, who was shot in the face and left in a critical condition, has died two days after the robbery attempt, according to media reports.


Indian-origin woman killed in US gas station robbery


An Indian-origin store clerk who was shot in the face in the US state of South Carolina has died, a media report said.


Indian-origin clerk in US shot dead


Two billionaire NRIs have offered to build 1,200 earthquake-resistant houses in quake-affected villages of Nepal immediately, Nepal's embassy in London has said.


Two NRIs offer to build 1,200 houses in Nepal


At least 38 Indians were killed and 10 were injured in the earthquake that jolted Nepal last week, authorities said on Saturday.


38 Indians died in Nepal quake


Want to exchange your old car for a new one at a dealership? Chances are that you will end up paying more, warns a new study.


How to get a fair deal at a car exchange fair


Telangana's Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao will be visiting the US from May 5 to attract investment to the state.


Telangana IT minister to visit US to attract investment


Parallel to the Indian government's massive relief efforts, several religious and spiritual groups in the country are extending a helping hand to earthquake victims in Nepal.


Indian groups scramble to assist quake-hit Nepal


A remake with a twist, a new video of popular Bollywood track "Kal ho naa ho", featuring German Ambassador Michael Steiner, his wife Eliese and former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid has gone viral online, garnering over 600,000 views within three days of going live on Youtube.


German envoy, Khurshid music video goes viral


A Nepali worker has been charged with hitting an Indian worker on the head with a bottle of liquor and  choking him to death following a drunken brawl, a media report said Thursday.

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