Author: TGI News Service
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Kanishtha Dhankhar becomes Miss India
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Delhi’s Kanishtha Dhankhar has won Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011 title at the grand finale held in Mumbai. Hasleen Kaur won Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2011 and Ankita Shorey won Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2011. Last year’s Miss India winners Manasvi Mamgai, Nicole Faria and Neha Hinge crowned the…
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Rakesh Kapoor becomes global head of Reckitt Benckiser
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Indian-origin Rakesh Kapoor will head the global operations of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB), a £8 billion health care and personal care company. At a time when major consumer brands are struggling to maintain sales in Europe and the US, Kapoor’s appointment is expected to benefit RB to expand in…
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Use iPad to prepare for travel to India
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Travelling to India for the first time can be very overwhelming. From packing the right clothes for India, to getting the right vaccinations for travel to India, knowing Indian roads, Indian festivals, Indian Railways, it can be quite a daunting task not just for western travellers, but also for overseas…
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Kiwis less warm towards Asians
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New Zealanders’ feelings of warmth toward people from Japan, India and China have marginally decreased since 2009, according to a survey. The average warmth rating toward people from all three countries was 70 in 2010, against 72 in 2009, according to the latest survey of New Zealanders’ perceptions of Asia…
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Tips for choosing immigration lawyer for Australia
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With starry dreams of emigrating to Australia and starting a better life in a western country, many Indians have become victims of fraudulent immigration lawyers and consultants. To safeguard the interests of unassuming migrants moving to Australia, the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) have launched a multi-lingual…
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Indian student wins NZ television scholarship
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Taking clue from her interest in keeping a scrapbook of news events during a weekend shift at a local newspaper, a young Indian student became certain of her media calling. Keen to study media, Nilam Patel, applied for and won a prestigious scholarship that will not only see her complete…
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Rohit Kapoor Joins CA Technologies Board
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CA Technologies have appointed Rohit Kapoor to its board of directors. The 46-year old chief executive of ExlService Holdings Inc. will join the board the board’s Audit Committee. Nine of the 10 directors on the board are independent. The FORTUNE 500 company is one of the largest independent software companies in the…
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Australia relaxes student visa rules for Indians
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At a time when Australia’s education sector is showing effects of the bad press attracted by racist attacks on Indians, the country’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has made it easier for students from India and 37 other countries to get a student visa to study in Australia. With…
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US Sikhs fight for religious rights
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A Sikh organisation in the US have filed a lawsuit to protect their right to keep a beard in the US prisons. The Washington-based Sikh Coalition has filed a case against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on behalf of a Sikh detainee who received disciplinary sanctions for…
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American Indian leader objects to vulgarity in Bollywood
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“Unnecessary violence and vulgarity of Indian films” is concerning a US-based Indian community leader. Rajan Zed, the US-based president of Universal Society of Hinduism, is urging India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to retrain its team in “what India stood for†and what were our moral perimeters. Zed wants…
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World Cup final: Wankhede pitch to help bowlers
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The Wankhede Stadium wicket for the ICC World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka will be a slow turner, according to the pitch curator, Sudhir Naik. This is like most wickets in the subcontinent during this time of the year, says Naik who is a former India player. If the…
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Census 2011: India population touches 1.2B
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There are now 1.2 billion Indians in India, according to the provisional figures released by the country’s census office. This is an increase of 181 million since 2001 when the last census was conducted. The provisional results bring some good news for the country that has suffered from poverty arising…
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Canadian Indian shortlisted for Booker Prize
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Rohinton Mistry is no stranger to success. He is the only author whose all books have been nominated for this year’s Man Booker International Prize worth close to $100,000. The 59-year old Canadian Indian author was raised in India’s Mumbai where he graduated from one of India’s oldest universities, the…
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Indian actor gets jail for raping maid
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Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja has been sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonmnet (RI) for raping his maid. The victim had turned hostile during the trial in a fast-track court. Ahuja is also fined Rs 3,000. Sessions Judge P M Chouhan acquitted Ahuja of less serious charges of criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement.…
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Sachin takes India to World Cup final
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India has entered the final of the ICC World Cup, thanks to a heroic knock by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin was awarded the man of the match award. Batting first, India put a modest target of 260 for Pakistan to chase, but Pakistan struggled to chase the total. Pakistan…
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Will India-Pakistan match be affected by rain?
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India-Pakistan cricket match in Mohali came under clouds with a drizle and light storm in Chandigarh just the night before the crucial ICC World Cup match. However, the met department is predicting the weather to be clear for the match. The temperature is expected to be around 32 degrees, with…
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PETA asks Poonam Pandey to strip for animals
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While aspiring Indian model Poonam Pandey reiterated her promise to remove clothes if India wins the ICC Cricket World Cup in Mumbai on Saturday, an NGO has appealed to the 19-year old to strip for animals. In an open letter to the Kingfisher model, PETA India’s chief functionary, Poorva Joshipura,…
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PETA wants cricket balls banned
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Spare a thought for hapless cows while you enjoy the final battle between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Cricket balls are made of leather, which is procured after slaughtering defenceless animals. In India, where much of the world’s leather comes from, cattle are marched for days…
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RWC 2011: free guide for businesses
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Auckland businesses now have free access to a wealth of information and resources to help them prepare for Rugby World Cup 2011, with the launch of Auckland’s Match Ready for Business programme. Information and resources will be updated regularly till the beginning of the Rugby World Cup 2011 on 9…
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Why are NRIs so touchy about India?
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Call them NRIs, people of Indian origin (PIOs), or the most recent label – overseas citizens of India, they have one thing in common – their overt patriotism. Does it occur to them that “patriotic non-resident Indian” is an oxymoron? Just like ‘dancer Sunny Deol’, an ‘orator Azharuddin’, or an…