Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every year to recognise the contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India. The PBD conventions provide a platform for the government to engage overseas Indians from different countries on key issues concerning the Indian Diaspora, besides the networkingRead More →
Australian exporters, businesses, workers and consumers will soon be able to reap the opportunities and benefits of more open trade with India with the passage of implementing legislation through the Parliament. The Australia-India Economic Co-operation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) was more than 10 years in the making and almost all ofRead More →
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India has launched the “Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children” (SPDC) for the academic year 2022-23 for the Children of NRIs/PIOs/OCIs for pursuing undergraduate courses in several disciplines in India. The program invites the Indian diaspora children to go and study in India. Only fresh-yearRead More →
Rishi Sunak made history when he was chosen by his party to be Britain’s Prime Minister after failing the first time to the now former Prime Minister Liz Truss. The fact that Rishi is first Indian-origin Prime Minister of Britain has brought cheer to the Indians, particularly Punjabis who shareRead More →
The ongoing fight between CM Eknath Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray to claim control of the Shivsena party and its election symbol – Bow and Arrow – has landed both in hot waters. With one eye on by-polls in Mumbai, CM Eknath Shinde’s group made an application to theRead More →
It will not be wrong to say the Indian national Congress or the Congress party in India is in trouble. Despite its monumental claims of being the only alternative to the rising BJP, its recent electoral defeats tell the sad story of its political coffers being completely empty. The questionRead More →
With the commercialization of festivities sliding into the degeneration more and more with time, some people are approaching legal authorities to save their religious and cultural beliefs and traditions. Such is a case of B. Ramkumar Adityan who approached the Madurai bench of Madras High Court to seek prohibition ordersRead More →
The Varanasi District Court on 13 September delivered its verdict in the long-awaited Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath case wherein Hindus had filed a petition seeking worship rights inside the Gyanvapi compound where the World-famous Kashi Vishwanath temple and Gyanvapi Mosque are situated. The petition was opposed by the Management Committee of theRead More →
When it comes to judicial decisions, you cannot get a more strange and inexplicable decision than this case. In this case, the Bombay High Court, decided to reduce the life imprisonment (for the remainder of his life) of a rapist to 10 years. The court based its decision on theRead More →
Nupur Sharma has been granted the relief she had sought from the Supreme Court of India. The Apex Court, on Wednesday, 10 August, directed the clubbing and transfer of first information reports (FIRs) registered against Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammad, to the Delhi Police. Completely decimating theRead More →