Just like in normal tourism, medical tourism too is taken up by tourist to get healthy soon, just that the reason is a bit more literal in medical tourism. Medical Tourism is done by people who are looking for a cost effective treatment for their ailment in a different country. It is precisely a provision of low cost private medical care by joint venture of tourism industry with corporate players in... 

By Richa Sharma New Delhi (IANS): A trip to connect with their Indian roots has left a group of young Persons of India Origin (PIO) totally smitten and wanting to return as soon as they can. The delegation of 28 PIOs were initially worried about hygiene, cleanliness and health issues, but their three-week stay has completely changed their perception of India. The team is visiting India as part of... 

By Arun Kumar Washington (IANS): Indian Americans, who are “known for owning high-quality gold of 20 and 22 karats”, have become targets in a number of thefts in northern California. “There has been “a rash of robberies throughout Silicon Valley’s Indian-American communities in recent months,” the New York Times reported citing its partner newspaper the Bay Citizen. Indian... 

New Delhi (IANS): Twenty-eight people of Indian origin (PIOs) from different countries got an opportunity to understand India better following a three-week study programme which started on September 22. According to officials in the Ministry of Overseas Indian affairs, the PIOs between 18-25 years familiarized themselves with various aspects of India’s past and present through field visits and educational... 

By Syed Zia ur Rahman NRIs beware! Don’t be taken in by photographs of pretty women posted on the websites. Some NRIs, along with merchant bankers, pilots, navy officers and software engineers, paid a heavy price by swallowing the bait offered by Deepti Reddy of Andhra Pradesh. Both Deepti, a 25-year-old belle, and her mother were into this game and cheated a dozen men, including NRIs, thereby collecting... 

MUMBAI: Indians are queuing up at exchange houses in Dubai and other emirates for remitting funds back home with the rupee falling against the UAE dirham. With the dirham now fetching over Rs 13 as against Rs 11 in July 2011, remittances from the UAE between July and September 2011 have jumped 30% compared to the preceding quarter. India was the world’s largest remittance recipient in 2010 with... 

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed foreign exchange regulations to make it possible for Indian residents to hold joint accounts with relatives holding foreign currency accounts. Under revised guidelines, non-resident Indians (NRIs) can open either a non-resident external or a foreign currency non-resident (B) account with their resident close relative on a “former or survivor”... 

Mumbai:The Nairs of Hotel Leelaventure, India’s fourth largest hospitality chain, are in exploratory talks to sell their upcoming beachfront luxury property in Chennai to NRI industrialist Ravi Pillai as they seek to reduce the company’s debt. Based in Saudi Arabia, Pillai runs a large petrochemical and recruitment business in the Eastern Province. He has now turned his focus on India,... 

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, May 21 (IANS) In a first for the million-strong community, a top Indo-Canadian honcho has donned military fatigues by joining the Canadian armed forces as an honorary lieutenant colonel.Hari Panday, who launched ICICI Bank in Canada eight years ago and currently heads PanVest Capital Corporation, has already undergone tough training with Canadian armed forces as part of his... 

By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, May 19 (IANS) Two Sikhs were named to the new Canadian cabinet announced Wednesday. In a major surprise for the million-strong Indo-Canadian community, first-time MP Bal Gosal from the Toronto constituency of Bramalea-Gore-Malton was made minister of state for sport by Prime Minister Stephen Harper whose Conservative Party was returned to power with a majority in the May 2...