NRI News
Mother tongue dear to Canadian Punjabis, says study
Sunday, June 12, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Mother-tongue-dear-to-Canadian-Punjabis-says-study/articleshow/8795548.cms
Punjabis living in Canada may be far away from their homeland but they have preserved their roots and identity - their mother tongue.
Canada announces new visa regime for Indians
Saturday, June 11, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8800463.cms
Giving a fillip to Indo-Canada trade relations, Toronto has announced a new visa regime that will allow Indians 10 years multiple entry visa to the country.
Mother tongue dear to Canadian Punjabis
Friday, June 10, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Mother-tongue-dear-to-Canadian-Punjabis-says-study/articleshow/8795548.cms
Punjabis living in Canada may be far away from their homeland but they have preserved their roots and identity - their mother tongue.
Pratham USA Wins $250K Deloitte21 Challenge
Thursday, June 09, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Pratham-USA-Wins-250K-Deloitte21-Challenge/articleshow/8787313.cms
DC: Pratham USA received a $250,000 grant June 1 from Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu Ltd to develop residential vocational training centers for older Indian girls who have dropped out of school.
Brookings Plans to Launch India Centers in US, India
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Brookings-Plans-to-Launch-India-Centers-in-US-India/articleshow/8787204.cms
Acknowledging the increased geopolitical importance of India, the Washington, DC based Brookings Institute, widely thought of as the leading US think tank on international relations, has launched a Brookings India Initiative and hopes to raise funds to establish an India center in Washington and a staffed Brookings India Center in New Delhi.
US politician sorry for calling Indian American 'macaca'
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/US-politician-sorry-for-calling-Indian-American-macaca/articleshow/8759403.cms
A Republican politician, who lost a re-election bid for the US senate seat in 2006 after he called a Democratic Indian American campaign tracker "macaca", or a monkey, has finally apologised.
Indians seeking Canadian visas likely to face fingerprinting
Monday, June 06, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indians-seeking-Canadian-visas-likely-to-face-fingerprinting/articleshow/8750791.cms
Though Canada has not confirmed it yet, it is likely to soon introduce fingerprinting for Indian citizens seeking Canadian visas.
IITian's million dollar gift for India centre in Canada
Sunday, June 05, 2011
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-02/us-canada-news/29612314_1_canada-india-foundation-canadian-university-tulsi-tanti
Toronto-based IITian Vasudev Chanchlani has given a million dollars to help start an Indian policy centre at a Canadian university.
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