India objects to Jay Leno’s joke on Golden Temple

India has denounced a comment by US comedian Jay Leno about the Golden Temple - the holiest Sikh shrine.

01/24/12
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Indian Regulator Cites Safety Violations and Financial Ills of Airlines

NEW DELHI - Many of India's airlines are rife with safety violations, according to an unreleased report by the industry's top regulator here.

01/10/12
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PM announces new pension and life insurance scheme for overseas Indian workers

Jaipur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Jan. 8 a new pension and life insurance scheme for overseas Indian workers that would allow over five million workers, especially those working in the Gulf, to save money for the future.

01/10/12
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PBD 2012: NRIs are National Reserve of India, says Tharoor

Jaipur:  “We consider NRIs as National Reserve of India and this is the reason we invite you to come and invest in India which holds tremendous investment opportunities in the sectors of education, healthcare and infrastructure. There could be some operational challenges, but these are the areas we look forward to for your vision, technology & innovation, and way of doing things that can help build better India”, said Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha while setting the context for the panel discussion on Partnering for Prosperity at Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas being held in Jaipur.

01/10/12
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Dr. C.P. Joshi Addresses Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012 At Jaipur

Following is the text of the speech of Dr. C.P. Joshi, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways delivered at Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2012 at Jaipur on January 8:

01/10/12
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Bottoms Up! The Rising Popularity of Alcohol in ‘New’ India

America’s Whiskey

The idea for this post (other than being apropos just before New Year’s Eve party time) actually came from an edition of NY Times this week which has afeature story on America’s liquor. Which one, you say? Why, bourbon of course.

01/09/12
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Technological and Social Interventions hold key for preservation of water - Subodh Kant at PBD

JAIPUR -- "We are working in close association with United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for creating a sustainable tourism model in India.

01/08/12
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NRI in US to be paid Rs. 1 lakh as damages by British Airways, American Airlines

New Delhi -- A district consumer forum has ordered British Airways and American Airlines to pay Rs.1 lakh in damages to a US NRI because his luggage was inordinately delayed during his trip to Calicut Kerala in 2006.

12/25/11
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Reserve Bank of India frees rates on NRI deposit schemes

Mumbai, December 17: The Reserve Bank freed interest rates on various non-resident deposit schemes, a move that will help attract more funds from NRIs and arrest the slide in rupee in the forex market.

12/19/11
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Harvard Drops Subramanian Swamy

Harvard University faculty voted on Tuesday to drop two summer economics courses taught by Subramanian Swamy in response to a July piece by the Janata Party politician that made sweeping remarks against Muslims and proposed depriving them of the vote unless they declared their families were converts from Hinduism.

12/08/11
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