Jaipur: Citing example of China, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that India too needs to fully tap the investment potential of NRIs and their entrepreneurial skills and promote inclusive growth. "We have not yet reaped the full benefits of India's great diaspora. The most obvious area remains that of investment and entrepreneurship. For instance, in China a large chunk of foreign direct investment has come from overseas Chinese,"...
05:59 PM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: Highlighting India's economic resilience, President Pratibha Patil on Sunday invited the Indian diaspora to share their skills and finances in diverse sectors in the country including education and health and help it build a better future and ensure inclusive growth. Addressing the valedictory session of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in New Delhi, Patil asked the diaspora for a rapid increase in the "number, size and scope" of their...
08:11 PM, Jan 09, 2011
New Delhi: India will merge the two visa facilitation cards that are issued to people of Indian origin and soon register non-resident Indians in the electoral rolls to help them exercise their franchise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. He also announced setting up of India cultural centres in five more countries to project the country's softpower and provide a global footprint to its rich diversity which he said...
06:26 PM, Jan 08, 2011
New Delhi: All 250,000 village panchayats in the country will be connected with broadband by mid-2012 under a $4-billion project to take the benefits of technology to the poor, tech evangelist Sam Pitroda said on Friday. "I can assure you that in 18 months every village panchayat will have broadband. It will significantly change the way we deal with people in villages," Pitroda, who also serves as the prime minister's...
05:00 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday stressed on attracting the young Indian diaspora through joint research projects while urging Indian scientists to "think big" and "out of the box" for scientific advancement and innovations in the country. "I would like to see more joint research projects between Indians in India and those abroad so that we can draw on this global talent pool and strengthen our own teaching and...
03:54 PM, Jan 03, 2011
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Visakhapatnam: After an awful performance in the IPL 5 opener, defending champions Chennai Super Kings roared back into the competition on the back of a brilliant all-round display from their $20-million acquisition, Ravindra Jadeja. The allrounder's 48 off 29 balls was the highest score of Chennai's match-winning 193, and a career-best 5 for 16 with the ball helped deliver a whopping win over Deccan Chargers. Given the daunting task of...
11:08 PM, May 09, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria said on Friday he was in the dark about a disciplinary hearing in Britain over corruption that led to the jailing of an English county player. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday that the legspinner and his former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield would face a hearing next month. Westfield was jailed for four months in February after admitting that he...
07:35 PM, May 09, 2008
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