NRI News
Indian-American surgeon to bring low-cost heart therapy to India
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-American-surgeon-to-bring-low-cost-heart-therapy-to-India/articleshow/15351941.cms
WASHINGTON: Dr Mukesh Hariawala, an award winning Indian-American artificial heart surgeon, is set to introduce a unique low-cost "triple heart therapy" in India to help patients with diabetes who cannot afford expensive bypass operations.
US presidential candidates allot key roles to PIOs
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/US-presidential-candidates-allot-key-roles-to-PIOs/articleshow/15369463.cms
WASHINGTON: Recognizing the importance of Indian-Americans in US political dynamics, both Obama and Romney campaigns have entrusted key roles to members of the community with the presidential elections less than 100 days away.
India has, for the first time, become Australia's largest source of permanent migrants
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/visa-and-immigration/india-has-for-the-first-time-become-australias-largest-source-of-permanent-migrants/articleshow/15058613.cms?
KOLKATA: India has, for the first time, become Australia's largest source of permanent migrants. The Australian High Commissioner to India, Mr Peter Varghese, on Friday, said Indian migrants comprised a total of 29,018 places or 15.7 per cent of the total migration program of 185,000 places under the 2011-12 permanent migration program.
Indian economist Abhijit Banerjee on UN panel on post-2015 agenda
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/nris-in-news/indian-economist-abhijit-banerjee-on-un-panel-on-post-2015-agenda/articleshow/15308880.cms?
UNITED NATIONS: Indian economist Abhijit Banerjee is among the 26 people who have been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as members of a high-level panel to advise the world body on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Ludhiana man joins Melbourne Police
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120806/punjab.htm#15
A turbaned Sikh man from Ludhiana, Manpinder Singh Gill, will be fighting crime on the streets of Australia. Thirty-four-year-old Manpinder has been appointed Protective Services Officer in the Protective Services Unit (PSU) of the Melbourne Police. Another city resident Amitoj Singh is already serving the Australian police.
7 killed, 3 critically hurt in shooting at US Gurudwara
Monday, 06/08/2012
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/7-killed-3-critically-hurt-shooting-us-gurudwara/54671
WISCONSIN: A gunman killed six people and left three others critically wounded in an attack on worshippers at a Sikh gurudwara (temple) in a Wisconsin suburb Sunday before being shot by a police officer.
Indian doctors in US aim to advance science of healing
Thursday, 02/08/2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-doctors-in-US-aim-to-advance-science-of-healing/articleshow/15275234.cms
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), a powerful professional community of doctors with over 65,000 members, has not only become a "force to reckon with" but aims to "advance the science of healing" worldwide, particularly in India.
NRI card for Punjabis not a welcome move
Thursday, 02/08/2012
http://112.196.11.34/dailypost/Details.aspx?id=43680&boxid=35427&uid=&dat=2012-08-02
The decision to launch NRI cards for Punjabis living abroad so as to identify them for official purposes and facilitate various services to them; has not gone well with a section of NRIs. While talking to DailyPost, a California based-NRI and the president of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA), Satnam Singh Chahal said, “the card was not a welcome move and it will not serve any purpose of solving the real problems of NRIs which they faced back home in Punjab.”
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