Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with NRI delegates and Indian dignitaries at the inaugural ceremony of the 6th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-2008 in New Delhi on January 08.
India honours her diaspora
New Delhi, Jan 10 Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, British businessman Karan Bilimoria, Indian Americans Joy Cherian and Thomas Abraham and three people from the Gulf are among the 12 recipients of this year's Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award that recognizes leading achievers among the vast Indian diaspora.
Bollywood influencing the West: Shekhar Kapur
New Delhi, Jan 10 Bollywood is our new culture and its influence is being felt in the West, eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said Tuesday.
Help small businesses compete globally, diaspora urged
New Delhi, Jan 10 The Indian diaspora should provide their intellectual and entrepreneurial resources to build the Indian small and medium enterprises (SME) sector and help it compete globally following the example of the expatriate Chinese, said Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath Wednesday.
Modi offers to host PIO varsity in Gujarat
New Delhi, Jan 10 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, basking in the glow of a landslide victory in state polls, Wednesday sought to showcase Gujarat as India's number one state and offered to host the first People of Indian Origin (PIO) University in the state.
Bilimoria honoured, humbled by Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
New Delhi, Jan 10 Cobra beer founder Lord Karan Bilimoria says he is 'honoured and humbled' on being conferred this year's Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.
President urges diaspora to engage with India
New Delhi, Jan 10 Indian President Pratibha Patil Wednesday urged overseas Indians to get 'proactively' engaged with India by making use of several schemes launched by the government.
Diaspora resources to be used for women empowerment: Vayalar Ravi
New Delhi, Jan 9 The resources of overseas Indians will be used by the government in a big way to address the issue of women's empowerment, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here.
Montek urges the diaspora to invest in education, health
New Delhi, Jan 9 Inviting overseas Indians to invest in health and education, deputy chairperson of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia Tuesday said that India needed more investment in these sectors to take the country to a higher growth circuit.
Overseas Indians can fund museums to maintain culture: Soni
New Delhi, Jan 9 Overseas Indians could strengthen their cultural bonds with the mother country by setting up new cultural institutions, funding museums and training institutes of performing arts.
PM floats advisory council, helpline-equipped centre for NRIs
New Delhi, Jan 8 The annual engagement of the Indian government with its estimated 25 million diaspora began here Tuesday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announcing an advisory council to tap its huge talent pool and a helpline-equipped centre being set up to help migrant Indian workers in distress, particularly in the Gulf region.
NRIs should benefit from India's fast growing economy: Ramgoolam
New Delhi, Jan 8 Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam asked the global Indian diaspora to grab the opportunity that India was providing as it rose to become a global power.
Focus will be on women woes this Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
New Delhi, Jan 5 The sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the annual conclave of the Indian diaspora, will focus on the increasing cases of exploitation of Indian women after getting married overseas as well as on overseas Indian workers at its Jan 8-9 meet here.
NRIs rush back home to invest
New Delhi, Jan 5 A facilitation centre for non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin wanting to invest in India is becoming more popular by the day, and is considering expansion of its services, as the government gets ready to host this year's Pravasi Bharatiya Divas next week.
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Vayalar Ravi, who assumed office as Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs on January 30, 2006, was born in 1937 in Vayalar village of Kerala's Alappuzha district... 
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