NRI News

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.

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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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Indian TV channel mocks at Fauja Singh, draws global flak

Wednesday, 01/08/2012

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/indian-tv-channel-mocks-fauja-singh-draws-global-flak/54016

Baba Fauja Singh, as he is popularly known, is being praised by international media for completing a marathon at the age of 101 and the honour of holding Olympic torch but the mockery made by a media channel of this sporting legend has attracted wide criticism from across the globe.

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NRI Sabha election in January

Wednesday, 01/08/2012

http://112.196.11.34/dailypost/Details.aspx?id=43564&boxid=58027&uid=&dat=2012-08-01

Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced to hold the election of the NRI Sabha in January next. Announcing this, the NRI Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said that the work to revise the NRI electoral rolls would also begin forthwith.

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State to launch card for NRIs

Tuesday, 31/07/2012

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120731/punjab.htm#11

The Punjab Government today decided to launch a card for NRIs to give a specific identity to them, besides offering them a slew of facilities. Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, accompanied by NRI Affairs Minister Bikram Singh Majithia and former Union Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, asked the NRI Affairs Department to immediately work out the details of this proposal and implement it at the earliest.

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RANA GURJIT SINGH INAUGURATES MARKFED SALES BOOTH AT LOHIAN

Thursday, 01/08/2019

https://www.brightpunjabexpress.com/index.php/2019/07/31/rana-gurjit-singh-inaugurates-markfed-sales-booth-at-lohian/

Jalandhar : In a major step to boost the rural economy besides providing employment to youth in villages, MARKFED has launched a sale booth in Lohian, which would, provides more than 100 eatable items.

 

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Indian-Americans urge Trump to ‘fully support’ India on Kashmir

Sunday, 04/08/2019

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/indian-americans-urge-trump-to-fully-support-india-on-kashmir/813832.html

Washington : The Indian-American community in the US has urged the Trump administration to “fully support” India’s decision to revoke the constitutional provision that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and to continue to exert pressure on Pakistan to end its support to cross-border terrorism.