Four Non Resident Indians (NRI) from the UAE have emerged winners in an ‘NRI of the Year’ contest, organised by Indian TV channel ‘Times Now’ and ICICI Bank. As Emirates 24|7 reported earlier, the contest was a global poll to select the best NRI in various categories and when the final results were announced, UAE-based Indian businessman, MA Yousuf Ali,… Read more →
SYDNEY/PERTH: Chinese and Australian ships hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner have picked up separate acoustic signals in different parts of a vast Indian Ocean search area and are trying to verify if one could be from the plane’s black box recorders. Australian search authorities said on Sunday a Chinese patrol vessel, the Haixun 01, had picked up a… Read more →
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has entered its most intensive phase yet as dozens of planes and ships continue to scour the southern Indian Ocean. Up to 13 planes and 11 ships are taking part on Saturday, Australian officials co-ordinating the search said. Ships with advanced locator technology are trying to find the plane’s data recorders… Read more →
A court in India has sentenced three men to hang, under a new law which carries the death penalty for those convicted of multiple sexual assaults. The men were convicted of raping a photojournalist in Mumbai last year. But they were also among five men sentenced to life last month for raping another woman in a separate incident in the… Read more →
Abu Dhabi: The centre providing Indian passport and visa services at Deira in Dubai will relocate to a new address from Saturday. The relocation was confirmed in a statement by the India Embassy on Thursday. The firm, BLS International Services Limited, that has provided passport and visa services to the Consulate General of India, Dubai, from offices No 202, second… Read more →
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