NRI News
IHS pays $500 million to acquire Seismic Micro-Technology
Wednesday, 24/08/2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/IHS-pays-500-million-to-acquire-Seismic-Micro-Technology/articleshow/9733860.cms
Texas-based Seismic Micro-Technology, the market leader for geoscience software, has been acquired for $500 million in cash by Englewood, Colo.-based business information services and analytics company IHS, Inc. (NYSE: IHS), which employs more than 5,100 people in more than 30 countries.
Only 2 NRI applications for voting so far: Poll panel
Tuesday, 23/08/2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/nris-in-news/only-2-nri-applications-for-voting-so-far-poll-panel/articleshow/9711083.cms
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received only two applications from NRIs after they were allowed to register as voters in November 2010, a top official said on Tuesday.
Janmashtami celebrated with fervour in UK
Monday, 22/08/2011
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/janmashtami-celebrated-with-fervour-in-uk_727705.html
Thousands of devotees in the UK on Monday attended a two-day Janmashtami festival, celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna, at the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford town.
NRI-led team invents chips that mimic human brain
Sunday, 21/08/2011
http://www.hindustantimes.com/NRI-led-team-invents-chips-that-mimic-human-brain/Article1-735262.aspx
A team of IBM researchers, led by an Indian-American scientist, has claimed to have developed a pair of artificial computer chips that can, in some ways, “emulate the brain’s abilities for perception, action and cognition.” These chips, mimicking some of the brain’s functions,
More Indian students seek admission in US
Saturday, 20/08/2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/More-Indian-students-seek-admission-in-US/articleshow/9664351.cms
Reversing recent trends, prospective graduate students from India seeking admission in US institutions increased eight percent in 2011 after increasing just one percent in 2010, according to a new survey.
Indian-Americans come out in support of Anna Hazare
Friday, 19/08/2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-Americans-come-out-in-support-of-Anna-Hazare/articleshow/9649503.cms
Coming out in support of Anna Hazare, Indian-Americans have appealed to the Indian government to take serious steps to curb the menace of corruption in the country.
Two Indians win PEN literary awards
Thursday, 18/08/2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/nri/nris-in-news/two-indians-win-pen-literary-awards/articleshow/9620018.cms
Two Indians -- Pulitzer winner Siddhartha Mukherjee and writer-journalist Manu Joseph -- figure in the 2011 PEN Awards, the most comprehensive literary awards programme in the US.
Parm Gill: A conservative immigrant who left a successful family-owned business to contest and win a federal election in Canada
Wednesday, 17/08/2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/parm-gill-an-immigrant-who-left-biz-to-win-a-federal-election-in-canada/articleshow/9594182.cms
In May, Parm Gill contested Canada's federal elections in the key riding (electoral district) of Brampton-Springdale on a Conservative ticket. Pitted against him was highprofile candidate Ruby Dhalla of the Liberal Party, an MP from Brampton-Springdale since 2004.
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