Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Pravasi Notes

  • Modi pays homage at Aapravasi Ghat

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      Prime Minister Narendra Modi  paid homage to Indian indentured labourers during his visit to the Aapravasi Ghat, an immigration depot through which the ancestors of more than 70 percent of Mauritius’s current population arrived. Modi paid homage to the “brave” Indian indentured labourers who arrived in Mauritius in batches from 1834 till the early…

  • Sikh boy in US shares racism footage

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    A shocking video of a bunch of school kids abusing a Sikh boy in the US state of Georgia was uploaded on video-sharing website YouTube and is going viral. The video, which was uploaded on Sunday by a user named “Nagra Nagra”, claims that the Sikh boy being bullied is named Harsukh Singh and is…

  • World looking at India with hope: Modi

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi  said the world was looking at India with “immense hope and optimism”, and he firmly believed the 25-million strong Indian diaspora was a big strength. India can make a global impact by reaching out to them, Modi said here at the inauguration of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the world’s…

  • Come, connect and contribute: Sushma

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      Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj  called on the diaspora youth gathered here to “come, connect, celebrate and contribute” to be part of the “momentous transformation taking place in the country”. Speaking at the inauguration of the 2015 Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), Sushma Swaraj, who is also the external affairs minister, urged…

  • NRK voters can register online

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    With Kerala going 100 percent online in preparing voters list, Keralites working abroad can register their names online in the upcoming special summary revision of electoral rolls, an official said here . “Anyone sitting anywhere in the world in front of a computer that has internet facility can log on to www.ceo.kerala.gov.in and carry out…

  • Big enthusiasm for Modi’s Sydney event

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      With Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to visit Australia in November for the G-20 summit, his Indian “community reception” planned on the lines of New York’s Madison Square Garden event in Sydney is evoking high enthusiasm. Over 20 senior ministers and parliamentarians from federal and New South Wales (NSW) state have accepted invitations…

  • Modi lauds teen for Kashmir flood relief

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     Prime Minister Narendra Modi  wrote a letter of appreciation to a Class 12 student for collecting Rs.2.15 lakh for rehabilitation of the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir. Duvvuri Rohini Pratyusha, a 16-year-old student of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Kuwait, collected the amount by reaching out to Indian families after school hours. In the letter,…

  • Diwali celebrated in Washington

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    The Indian community in Washington celebrated Diwali with the Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar noting how the festival has become part of Indian American community’s presence and profile in the US. The function at the ambassador’s residence Sunday was attended by more than 300 dignitaries, including the Indian-American Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central…

  • NRI named to lead US civil rights division

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    Indian-American lawyer Vanita Gupta has been chosen to lead US justice department’s civil rights division charged with enforcing laws that prevent discrimination and inequitable practices in housing, education and employment. Named Acting Assistant Attorney General Wednesday, the first South Asian American lawyer to get the job, is expected to be nominated by President Barack Obama for…

  • ? London to host Indian diaspora convention

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    British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention Oct 17 in London, the first ever such event to be held in Britain. A British High Commission release said that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will host a reception for the British government Oct 17 “celebrating” the…

  • India tops in S.Asia’s human trafficking

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    Rajnish Singh says India has emerged as the top destination for human trafficking in South Asia India has emerged as the top destination for human trafficking in South Asia, a top UN official has said. South Asia representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Cristina Albertine, said that a majority of the victims…

  • NRIs appeal to Modi

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    K V Shamsudheen, Chairman of the Dubai-based Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust writes a letter to newly elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi explaining the problems of Indian expats face during their struggle to live in a foreign country   Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of  non resident Indians (NRIs)I congratulate you for winning the Indian Lok Sabha…

  • Letter from Dubai

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    K.V Shamsudheen, Chairman of Pravasi Bandhu Welfare Trust and director of Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC, comments on Modi victory   After 10 year corrupt and public unfriendly ruling of UPA government, people want an inevitable change in the power, it happened in the Indian election. Narendra Modi’s farsighted and calculated approach to come to national…