In a diplomatic reciprocity, the Japanese government said it would relax the multiple entry visa for Indian travellers from the current 15 days to 30 days, effective from January 11, 2016. While the move is another gesture on the sidelines of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India signing among others a deal to cooperate on nuclear energy and ...
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Hajj Accident Again, 107 Killed Including 2 Indians, 237 Injured
While last year’s Hajj went off incident-less, this year’s Hajj has begun with a crane collapese that killed 107 pilgrims, including Two Indians in the holy city of Mecca on Friday, 10 days before the Hajj. Confirming the news, Indian consulate in Jeddah said 15 more Indians have been injured in the incident and are rushed to hospitals in the ...
Read More »Thailand Bombing Case: Two Indians Taken Into Custody
Reports are coming from Thailand that two Indians have been taken into custody over Thailand bombing case. However, their identities have not been revealed yet. (More Information Awaited)
Read More »4 Indians Among 35 MIT Global Innovators List 2015, 2 From Bangalore
The year 2015 can be written as a Year of Young Indians as Satya Nadella and later Sundar Pichai making it to the top tech giant posts and now four young Indians have made it to the top MIT Global List 2015 Innovators Under 35 years of age. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review said the individuals are ...
Read More »Bobby Jindal Announces Race, Indian Community Ridicules
With the US Presidential race getting into heat, Indian-American governor of Louisiana said he would be running for the top post of the country. “My name is Bobby Jindal. I am Governor of the great state of Louisiana, and I’m running to be President of the greatest country in the world, the United States of America!” said Bobby Jindal thumping ...
Read More »World Hypertension Day: President Mukherjee Calls for Tab on Your Good Health
India’s President Pranab Mukherjee asked people to keep a tab on their health, especially hypertension or blood pressure in view of the associated complications. In his message to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi which is celebrating World Hypertension Day on the theme “Know Your Blood Pressure” on May ...
Read More »IPL 2015 KKR vs Mumbai Indians Match Preview: Who’ll Win?
With the downpour affecting the opening ceremony of Anushka sharma and Hrithik Roshan on Tuesday night in Kolkata, it remains to be seen whether the rain gods will usher in this season of Indian Premier League to a good beginning on Wednesday. The evening today will see defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clashing with the 2013 champions Mumbai Indians ...
Read More »IAF Evacuates Indian Nationals from Djibouti
Indian nationals who left Yemen and taken to Djibouti were brought home by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 2 of its heavy transport aircraft on Thursday. In a well coordinated operation involving multi agencies, IAF deployed two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, on Wednesday. These aircraft took off from Delhi early on Wednesday morning and reached Djibouti and brought back ...
Read More »Obama taps Indian Americans to fix things in US and abroad
President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian American community, to take care of issues ranging from combating terrorist propaganda abroad to nation’s health at home. Last week, after an international conference on terrorism, Obama named Rashad Hussain, a Muslim of Indian heritage, ...
Read More »3 Indians among 100 Short-Listed to go to Mars; New Round to Apply Again Opens Soon
Finally 2 Indian women and one man have been short listed among the 100 applicants selected for the next round of prospective passengersto go on a one-way trip to Mars in 2014. Announcing the list, the Netherlands-based firm Mars One said only 100 have been selected from among 202,586 applicants, and they will proceed to the next round of the ...
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