The Indian Government has urged its citizens living abroad to opt for new machine readable passports in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organizations plan to phase out all non-machine readable passports in 2015. The Indian mission in the UAE have also urged Indian citizens to check the validity of their passports and the remaining… Read More »

Ahead of the three-day meet of Indian diaspora in Gujarat, government on Tuesday promulgated an ordinance that seeks to merge Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes, by which PIOs will also get life-long Indian visa. The President has signed the Citizenship Ordinance, President’s press secretary Venu Rajamony said in response to queries. The amendments through the… Read More »

The upsurge of sentiments in Indian cities and towns in support of Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption is being matched measure for measure by a focussed mobilisation by Indians overseas who are contributing with ideas to take forward the fight against corruption. From Hong Kong to Singapore to Sydney to cities in Europe and the US, non-resident… Read More »