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Email address person responsible for technical issues relating to channel The publication date for the content in the channel http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/content/footer/footerHtmls.jsp?contentHtml=Contact Us Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:39 5 http://static.manoramaonline.com/portal/mmrssxml/mlogo.bmp http://english.manoramaonline.com http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14040295 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14040295"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3545723562_dev330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Washington: An 18-year-old Indian-American has become the youngest graduate topper of the prestigious University of California in more than a century. Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, has been named as the University Medalist, the prize which is given to http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14040295 Sat, 11 May 2013 16:42:17 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14040296 Washington: Two Indian teenagers have been conferred with the prestigious "20 Under 20" Thiel Fellowship 2013, worth USD 100,000 each, which allows youngsters to pursue their own business idea. Indian resident Ritesh Agarwal and Pao-Alto based http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14040296 Sat, 11 May 2013 16:39:39 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14068395 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14068395"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3546050329_Ravi-330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>New Delhi: The participants of the 24th Know India Programme (KIP) called on the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi&nbsp;&nbsp;here on Tuesday. Interacting with the Indian diaspora youth, the Minister said that they are the ambassadors http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14068395 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:28:40 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14103175 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14103175"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3546490536_dUBAI 330_1.png align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, stayed away from work on Sunday to back wage demands, a rare labour&nbsp;&nbsp;protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned, staff said.Most blue http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14103175 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:28 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14103355 Melbourne: A vast untapped pool of skilled Indian migrants should be used to teach Hindi in Australian schools and universities, according to a report. The report by Melbourne-based think tank Australia India Institute (AII) argues for the inclusion http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14103355 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:51 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14084095 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14084095"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3546234355_senate-330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Washington: Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key Senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC Circuit Court, America's second highest. Described as "trailblazer" by http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14084095 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:33:21 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14084096 Singapore: An unemployed Singaporean man of Indian origin has been jailed for nine months for attacking his wife with a knife and hitting her with a fan and a flask, a media report said on Friday. S I George Raj, 42, was also fined Singaporean http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14084096 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:36 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14053775 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14053775"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/sau330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: Saudi Arabia has handed over about 15,000 passports of stranded Indian workers, surrendered by Saudi sponsors, to the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, in a bid to resolve cases of immigration law violations. "Most passports, surrendered by sponsors http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14053775 Mon, 13 May 2013 20:14:32 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13936375 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13936375"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3544419002_MEERA-MENON330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>New York:  Meera Menon, a first time writer-director of Indian origin, has won the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize at the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) here. She was chosen from eight contenders for the USD 25,000 prize, constituted in honour http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13936375 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:19:50 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14017055 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14017055"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3545448738_saudi330_1.png align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: Indian Ambassador in Saudi Arabia has appealed to the Indian community in the country to utilise the 3-month grace period to either regularise their stay or return to India with dignity, after the Kingdom adopted a new labour policy. "Our http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14017055 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:20:45 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14017056 Dubai:&nbsp;&nbsp;A million Indians visited Dubai last year, while the number of tourists from UAE coming to India grew by 46 per cent, a senior Indian diplomat here said. India's Consul General to Dubai, Sanjay Verma, said that a total of 80,000 http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14017056 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:21:46 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14009395 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14009395"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/330-saudi_1.png align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: A group of Indian organisations in Saudi Arabia have asked India to enhance services offered by the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) through the missions in Riyadh and Jeddah. The Federation of Kerala Associations in Saudi Arabia (FOKASA) http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14009395 Tue, 07 May 2013 14:46:47 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13990215 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13990215"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3545117368_NRI330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: Keralites living in the Gulf region appealed to the government to use online means to register people living abroad for the NRK survey.The Non-Resident Keralite (NRKs) survey which began on May1 in Kerala along with the sixth economic census http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=13990215 Sat, 04 May 2013 16:19:14 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14104395 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14104395"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3546499728_saudi pic_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: India on Monday started verification and issuance of Emergency Certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf Kingdom. The schedule currently announced is for the delivery of http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14104395 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:32 IST Diaspora News http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14081715 <a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14081715"><img src=http://static.manoramaonline.com/ranked/online/MM/English/News/Diaspora/3546221269_gulf-330_1.jpg align="left" width="80" height="80" border="0"/></a>Dubai: In a special drive, Saudi authorities will start issuing final exit stamps next week to stranded Indian workers to help them leave the Kingdom during the three-month grace period announced for illegal foreign workers following the Nitaqat http://english.manoramaonline.com//cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=14081715 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:57:40 IST Diaspora News