50% rise in US visas issued to Indian students in 2012
March 14, 2013
NEW DELHI: Getting an American university degree is back on the popularity charts following a two-year dip. Latest data shows an increase of 50% in visas issued to Indian students since last year. Incidentally, this could finally buck the trend for the last two years. There are about 100,270 students currently studying in the United States.
‘Enormous potential for US-India trade’
March 14, 2013
Washington — A noted Indian-American economist has suggested initiating deeper bilateral trade integration between India and the US given the enormous potential for trade and investment because of India's unexploited growth opportunities.
Growing close to nine percent in the last decade, India has emerged as a major power with an economy ($4.7 trillion) that in 2012 became the world's third largest in purchasing power terms; Arvind Subramanian told a Congressional panel Wednesday.
Gunmen dressed as cricketers kill five police in Kashmir
March 14, 2013
Militants from pro-Pakistan group Hizbul Mujahideen disguised as cricketers killed five paramilitary police in an ambush in Srinagar. Two gunmen from the militant group were shot dead after the assault.
Catholic church has new pope; white smoke rises
March 13, 2013
Identity of new spiritual leader remains a mystery. Pope will step out publicly in minutes.
India’s media, entertainment sector set to double by 2017
March 13, 2013
India’s entertainment industry is set to double to $30.6 billion by 2017. The television sector is the best performing, growing by 12.5 percent year-on-year.
Indian Bollywood actress Maryam Zakaria preforms in Mumbai on March 8, 2013
LA school district to settle elementary school abuse claims
March 13, 2013
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with 58 current and former students at a school where an ex-teacher was accused of taking bondage-style photos of pupils, a lawyer for the district said on Tuesday.
The settlement would resolve nearly half of the 129 claims filed by former students of Miramonte Elementary School, attorney David Holmquist said.
1.7mn apply for 1,500 India bank jobs
March 13, 2013
India's largest state-run bank has 1,500 openings for entry-lavel clerks, but its job advertisement generated 1.7 million applications. The chairman of the State Bank of India attributed the huge interest to good marketing and attractive employment terms.
Pakistan-linked terror attack on India could undo thaw, US warns
March 13, 2013
Washington — With the Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), believed to be behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, remaining Pakistan's most problematic militant group, the US fears an Islamabad-linked terrorist attack against India could undo efforts to improve ties between them.
Indian politicians angry over Italian marines’ “escape”
March 13, 2013
In February the Indian government allowed the two Italian marines accused of killing a pair of Indian fisherman to return to Italy to vote in national elections and to celebrate Easter with their families. Now Italy has announced it would not send the marines back to India to face trial, making many opposition politicians angry.
2500-year-old city discovered in Chhattisgarh
March 13, 2013
RAIPUR: After initial survey, archaeologists claim to have found remains of a 2,500-year-old city, buried at Tarighat in Durg district of Chhattisgarh where excavation work is to begin shortly.
