| MANMOHAN'S
DAUGHTER EXPOSES TORTURE IN US PRISONS |
 The
US-based daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has co-authored a book which gives substantial
evidence that torture and abuse of prisoners
in US detention centres abroad were widespread
and systemic and not confined to Abu Ghraib
in Iraq. Amrit Singh, works for the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). 
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| THERE
IS STILL HOPE ON NUCLEAR DEAL: MANMOHAN SINGH |
 Amid
a standoff on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a group
of Indian American lobbyists that there is
still hope for the matter to be resolved.
He has been under pressure from his communist
allies to scrap the nuclear deal.
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| SAN
JOSE AIRPORT LURES INDIAN CARRIERS WITH INCENTIVES |
 With
more Indian carriers tipped to fly to the
US, the Mineta San Jose International Airport
is positioning itself as a hub for the West
Coast with major incentives. The Bay Area
around San Francisco is home to over 70,000
people of Indian origin, constituting one
of the largest Asian Indian population areas
in the USA.
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| BOBBY
JINDAL BECOMES FIRST INDIAN AMERICAN GOVERNOR |
 Republican
Bobby Jindal Sunday created history when he
became the first person of Indian origin to
become governor of a US state as he carried
more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents
in southern Louisiana. Jindal, 36-year-old
son of Indian immigrants, had 53% with 625,036
with 92% of votes tallied.
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| INDIAN
DIASPORA IN US KEEN TO INVEST IN ASSAM |
 The
Indian diaspora in the US has shown interest
in investing in Assam with proposals ranging
from producing bio-diesel to operating small
aircraft for regional connectivity, says Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi. New York-based Bravia
Capital Partners Inc., has submitted a proposal
to set up an aviation hub in Assam.
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| YALE
STARTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME FOR INDIAN MPs |
 Yale
University has launched a leadership programme
for Indian MPs, opening a window to discussions
on policy issues with leading thinkers away
from the public eye. The inaugural session
of the programme will begin Oct 9. Among the
attendees will be NRI New York attorney Madhu
Goud Yaskhi, who was elected an MP in Andhra
Pradesh in last year’s election.
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| INDIA
BECOMING A TOP GLOBAL INNOVATOR: WORLD BANK |
 India
is increasingly becoming a top global innovator,
says a World Bank report recommending new
ways to leverage the entrepreneurs and technologists
of its diaspora. Some 2% of Indians living
abroad together earn almost 2/3rd of India's
GDP.
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| SONIA
GANDHI ATTENDS UN EVENTS DESPITE PROTESTS |
 Sonia
Gandhi, chairperson of India's United Progressive
Alliance (UPA), took part in a few events
commemorating Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary
as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Even as she was holding meetings at the UN
headquarters, a couple of hundred people held
a peaceful protest nearby against her representing
India at the event.
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| INDIA
PLANS TO SET UP NRI 'KNOWLEDGE BANK' |
 India
plans to set up a 'knowledge bank' to share
the expertise of NRI doctors, engineers and
other professionals to provide world-class
education back home, Overseas Indian Affairs
Minister Vayalar Ravi said. The Indira Gandhi
National Open University (IGNOU) is to set
up an NRI university.
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| RESEARCH
TO STUDY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG ASIANS |
 New
research has been launched in the US to study
the degree to which South Asian women in the
country seek help to deal with domestic violence
and the effectiveness of criminal justice
interventions. The Asian Pacific Islander
Institute has launched the research project,
funded by the National Institute of Justice.
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| SUNITA
WILLIAMS IS GUJARAT'S MOST ADMIRED PERSONALITY |
 She
arrived here a week ago as an astronaut and
on Thursday flew to Hyderabad as one of the
people most admired in Gujarat. Sunita Williams,
who has created history with a twin record
of longest stay in space as well as longest
space walk done by any woman, was the toast
of the people in Gujarat.
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| YALE
PANEL FINDS WOMEN'S ROLE CHANGING IN INDIA |
 The
role of women has been changing in India over
the recent past, and although there are still
many challenges, the trend is positive and
encouraging, according to a panel of women
leaders. That appeared to be the consensus
of a panel on 'Women and Global Leadership
' presented by Yale University in association
the Confederation of Indian Industry.
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| 'INCREDIBLE
INDIA' WAS SILENT ON NUKE DEAL |
 They
talked about Indian culture, cuisine, art,
the economy and growing trade ties with the
US, but politicians and businesspersons here
to market India were conspicuously quiet on
the India-US civil nuclear deal. The top brass
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet
were here for the Incredible India@60 event
to celebrate 60 years of independence.
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| THE
RETURN OF THE NATIVES - NRIs RETURN HOME |
 Global
Indians are wooing and are being wooed by
top Indian corporates to return home to India.
It is not just techies but Indians working
in different sectors of industry are homeward
bound to be part of a booming Indian economy.
The number of returning non-resident Indians
(NRIs) has swelled in the past one year as
expats find better job offers in India.
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| BOOK
LAUNCHED TO CELEBRATE 60 INDIAN LUMINARIES |
 From
freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal
Nehru to business leaders J.R.D. Tata and
Narayana Murthy to singer Kishore Kumar, a
new book celebrates 60 extraordinary Indians
who have shaped modern India. The 152-page
book incorporates the achievements of 60 stalwarts
across 13 areas like medical science, literature
and sports.
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| INDIAN
AMERICANS CAN INVEST MORE IN INDIA |
 The
role of Indian Americans in the country's
economic growth has been below potential,
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi
has said. The cumulative foreign direct investment
(FDI) into India by NRIs was $8 billion and
constituted less than five percent of the
total FDI in the country.
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| INDIAN
AMERICAN WOMAN BAGS EMMY FOR EDITING |
 Indian
American Geeta Gandbhir is among this year's
winners of the prestigious Emmy awards for
excellence in television. Gandbhir received
the Emmy for 'Outstanding Picture Editing
in Non-fiction Programming' at the 59th Annual
Primetime Emmy Awards. She shared the award
HBO documentary 'When the Levees Broke: A
Requiem in Four Acts'.
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| INDIAN
AMERICAN JOURNALIST GETS PRESTIGIOUS US PRIZE |
 A
senior Indian American working with the Wall
Street Journal has been awarded the 2007 Victor
Cohn Prize for excellence in medical science
reporting. New York-based Geeta Anand was
chosen for her powerful series of stories
displaying extraordinary narrative technique,
emotional power & intelligent analysis.
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| HILLARY'S
INDIA CONNECTION COMES UNDER SCANNER |
 Democratic
presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's India
connection has come under scanner again with
an influential US daily suggesting that she
is seeking to strike a delicate balance on
the contentious issue of outsourcing US jobs.
She is courting two competing constituencies:
wealthy Indian immigrants and powerful American
labour unions.
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| SANT
CHATWAL COURTS CONTROVERSY FOR HILLARY |
 Indian
American businessman Sant Chatwal helped raise
hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hillary
Clinton's campaigns even as he battled to
escape bankruptcy and millions of dollars
in tax liens, the Washington Post alleged
Monday. Chatwal is one of a growing number
of fundraisers.
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| DEVEN
SHARMA NAMES PRESIDENT OF S&P |
 Deven
Sharma, a graduate of the Birla Institute
of Technology (BITS), Pilani, has been named
president of the financial research firm Standard
and Poor's. Standard & Poor's is the world's
foremost provider of financial market intelligence,
including independent credit ratings, indices,
risk evaluation, investment research and data.
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| INDRA
NOOYI AMONG WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN |
 Congress
party president Sonia Gandhi has been placed
sixth, a notch behind Indra Nooyi, the Indian
American chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo,
in the Forbes list of the world's 100 most
powerful women. The US business magazine ranked
Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor
of Germany, No. 1 for the second year in a
row.
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