Exhibition inaugurated at Indian diaspora meet

October 1st, 2009 SRINAGAR - People from across the Kashmir thronged a four-day national exhibition of herbal medicines here on Thursday. Named Arogya, the exhibition is jointly organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Government and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) is organising the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-Europe (PBD-E), a regional diaspora event, at the Hague in the Netherlands Sep 19. The event, to be held at the World Forum, is to "celebrate the success of Indian diaspora and unite them for a better India".

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has only now begun to tap its 25-million diaspora in 130 countries to boost its growth, unlike China that owes much of its economic miracle to the overseas Chinese, says a study released Friday. Indian companies have tapped into the Indian diaspora less well than the Chinese firms into the Chinese diaspora, says Tarun Khanna, professor at the Harvard Business School and a contributor to the study called The Global Indian Firm.

August 14th, 2009 Port-of-SPAIN - A Festival of India, showcasing Indian art, craft and culture, is being held in Trinidad and Tobago for the first time and is proving a big draw for people of all ethnic groups in the island where over 40 percent of its 1.3 milllion population is of Indian origin. Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra said that the event, which commenced last Saturday and marks India's 62nd Independence anniversary, will continue for a month.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After the US and Asia, the next mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), a conclave of the Indian diaspora, will be held in September in the Netherlands, in Europe. The Hague in the Netherlands will be the venue for the third mini PBD Sep 19.

July 5th, 2009 TOKYO - External Affairs Minister S. M Krishna on Sunday concluded his four-day visit to Japan.

June 5th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Welcoming the address of President Pratibha Patil to the Indian parliament, the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in Belgium said the importance of the Indian diaspora must not be viewed only in static economic terms but as social and cultural ambassadors of India, EuAsiaNews reported Friday. President Patil in her address to the parliament said Thursday India would deepen its ties with its 25-million diaspora in 130 countries that has emerged as an important force in respective countries of domicile.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will deepen its ties with its 25-million diaspora in 130 countries that has emerged as an important force in respective countries of domicile, President Pratibha Patil said Thursday. Our ties and kinship with the diaspora make us acutely conscious of their well-being and to be sensitive to their concerns, the president said in an address to a joint session of the new parliament that convened after the national election last month.

April 21st, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari Tuesday inaugurated the 14th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Exhibition here. More than 853 domestic and 450 foreign companies from 50 countries are participating in the exhibition, IRNA reported.

April 17th, 2009 DHAKA - 'Who are we... we are us,' says the caption to a painting by Anoma Wijewardene, a Sri Lankan painter who is among the South Asian artists displaying their best works at an exhibition here.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - Qualified overseas Indian professionals, with Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards as well as others, can soon practise in India, it was announced here Thursday. The government will extend its new scheme permitting qualified professionals holding Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards to practise in India to other members of diaspora possessing similar qualification.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - The new Global Indian Knowledge Network, or Global INK, launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Thursday, will be of great benefit in helping an organisation from the tiny island state of Reunion near Mauritius to trace the history of its citizens of Indian origin. 'Yes, it will definitely assist us,' said Raphael Tipka, who was manning an exhibition of photographs culled from government archives and family albums showing some of the Indian pioneers of Reunion who arrived as indentured labourers to work on sugarcane farms, as artisans, or as domestic workers to the then French landowners.

January 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Colourful giant billboards and tight security welcome 1,500 delegates and dignitaries at the venue of the seventh Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the country's annual convention to connect with its diaspora starting here Wednesday evening. Delegates from over 40 countries are scheduled to participate in the three-day event Chennai Trade Centre.

December 31st, 2008 CHENNAI - Security has been tightened at all the venues for the forthcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas following threats from the Deccan Mujahideen to repeat the Mumbai-style terrorist attacks during the function, a senior police official said Thursday. 'The email bearing the threat was sent to Chief Minister M.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs Friday warned against a diaspora meet being held under the aegis of an organisation called 'Pravasi Bharati' in Thiruvananthapuram in January and clarified that it was not affiliated to any government body. The organisation called Pravasi Bharati does not have any affiliation with the central government or the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, the office of the Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said here.