Kerala CM reveals plans for diaspora bonds to spur NRI investment

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the state government is planning to float diaspora bonds to source NRI investments to fund its development initiatives.

PM Modi meets Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, tweets ‘India proud of his accomplishments’

Indian-American Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and his wife Esther Duflo, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for Economics this year, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his Delhi residence on Tuesday morning.

Less than 26,000 of 1 lakh NRI voters cast their ballot in 2019 elections: Report

Less than 26,000 of nearly 100,000 overseas Indians who had registered as voters flew down to India to exercise their franchise in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to data issued by the Election Commission.

Indian Supreme Court asks J&K authorities to reply to plea for detained NRI businessman

Hearing the case of an NRI businessman who has been detained in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 in the state, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state administration why it has not filed a reply on the plea by his wife demanding his release.

Madras High Court directs medical colleges to submit details of filling vacant NRI quota seats

Hearing a petition alleging irregularities in the admissions process, the Madras High Court directed 10 private medical colleges in Tamil Nadu to submit details of admissions made under the non-resident Indian (NRI) quota.

Indian government receives over 4,700 complaints from spouses abandoned by NRIs

National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma said that more than 4,700 complaints of women who were abandoned by their NRI husbands have been received in the last 10 years.

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