To promote Indian arts abroad, the prestigious John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts has received USD1 million seed money grant to create an ‘Indian Fund’ to facilitate a series of Indian cultural performances over the next several years.
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Indian-origin Ireland PM Leo Varadkar facing parliamentary crisis over demands for DyPM to resign
The Republic of Ireland’s minority government appeared set to collapse last week after the party propping it up submitted a motion of no confidence in the deputy prime minister.
Indian-origin Deepak Anand chosen as Ontario PC candidate for Mississauga for 2018 provincial election
Indian-origin Deepak Anand, who is living in Mississauga for over 16 years, will fight for the Ontario PC nomination.
Indian-origin UK Minister resigns over secret Israel meetings
Britain’s senior-most Indian-origin minister Priti Patel has resigned from her Cabinet post over her unauthorised secret meetings with Israeli politicians while on a holiday in the Jewish country.
Indian-origin anti-Brexit campaigner tops UK powerlist of African and African Caribbean heritage
Braving death threats and insults during a long-running battle over Brexit, Indian-origin campaigner Gina Miller has been named the UK’s most influential person of the year of African and African Caribbean heritage.
Modi has taken Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to another level: Dr Kanti Bajpai
In the run-up to the regional ASEAN India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), Connected to India asks Dr Kanti Bajpai, Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, to highlight India’s relations with South East Asia.
Indian-origin teen becomes one of UK’s youngest millionaires
Showing an impressive entrepreneurial spirit, an Indian-origin teenager has become one of Britain’s youngest millionaires after his online estate agency business got valued at 12 million pounds in just over a year.
Punjab college holds interactive session with Indo-Canadian MP Jati Sidhu
The GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, hosted an interactive session with Jatinder Mohan Singh Sidhu, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada.
Online poll shows Jagmeet Singh faces stiff challenge to win over Canadian voters
After Jagmeet Singh was elevated as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) – the first turbaned Sikh to head any political party in Canada – 69% respondents in an online poll said they would consider voting for him.
Canadian Sikh politician Jagmeet Singh may give PM Trudeau stiff competition in 2019
Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, who aims to become the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major political party in Canada, could become a major threat to the nation’s Prime Minister Trudeau in an election set for 2019.
