The suggestion was made by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at the on-going Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Kochi.
The academy, a joint venture project, would conduct short term courses approved by the Director General of Civil Aviation and Transport Canada to train pilots and ground staff, Hemant H Shah, managing director of Cubex India.
The bank is offering a preferential rate on foreign currency conversion, giving special offers on housing loans and providing assistance for searching properties.
Ravi Arimilli is a Austin, Texas-based researcher who specialises in computer chip innards.
Paul said, "The fact that we are able to donate the unit at all is a testament to the generosity of our UK supporters and will provide a link in strengthening the success story of Indo-Anglo partnerships."
Shaik had been sentenced to 15 years each on two counts of corruption and three years for fraud.
Indian American engineer charged with selling top secret info
Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest medal for gallantry for leading a small company of men against a massive Pakistani attack.
Grewal personally handed over a memorandum to Blair in this connection.
Nirmal Jeet Singh Hoon was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the case registered after the recovery of a stolen car near the residence of a Union Minister recently.
The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.
A London-based entrepreneur has offered to fund the training of Sukhwinder Kaur, an amateur Indian mountaineer, in one of the mountaineering schools in Switzerland or Austria.
After resigning, Bose moved to Oxford University's Department of Politics and International Relations as a Senior Research Fellow in the Politics of South Asia. Levy has been responsible for the BBCs Public Policy, Public Affairs and European policy teams, and for developing the policy for the BBCs Charter Review in 2006.
The Bollywood awards nominations are announced! Is your favourite film there?
Nainesh Patel, managing director of Farsan in Leicester, has started constructing the factory near Baroda to make inroads into Indian, American, Chinese and Australian markets. The Gujarat factory would allow Patel to supply two markets: quality British-made and mass-produced lower-cost.
The Reserve Bank on Friday raised the interest rate ceiling on NRI deposits in foreign currencies by up to 3 per cent, To attract inflows in view of falling rupee.
An Indian American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working on a project aimed at making hand-held computing "as easy as breathing."
Actor Suniel Shetty has sought government help to simplify procedures and create a single-window clearance system for foreign investors.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
Ahead of the hearing on the custody row involving two NRI children in Norway, two senior Indian officials are leaving for the country.
Gaya Gayithrinathan alias Subramanya, 59, was running a travel agency in Bangalore.
Most of those who tested positive either recently arrived from African countries or were in contact with such people.
Sources said authorities have not made much headway in efforts to corroborate the allegations made by the Dubai police.
Dubai police Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said UAE resident Akhtar Hussain Qutbuddin Ahmed 'had attempted to sell nuclear secrets to the diplomatic missions of a number of brotherly countries in the UAE'.
Sagarika Bhattacharya, the mother of the two Non-Resident Indian children who arrived in India after a Norwegian court granted their custody to their uncle, on Wednesday posted a message on Facebook saying 'give them a big hug from me'.
Britain has set up a Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) that deals with cases of British citizens being forcibly taken to the Indian sub-continent and married against their will for cultural, immigration or family reasons.
Blogging might be a leisure activity for many famous personalities but it has brought fame to people like India-born Om Malik who has been named as one of the global web celebrities by American magazine Forbes.
Swara Bhasker and Akshay Oberoi shine in this gripping revenge drama about human trafficking, applauds Namrata Thakker.
A 26-year-old Dubai-based jeweller had bid over Rs 50 lakh for a gold trophy that Salman Khan auctioned at the Zee Cine Awards.
A team of scientists, led by non resident Indian Dr Kasturi Venkateswaran, is spearheading a study that will advance the search for possible life on Mars.
'I love my cousin'-- Do you? Perhaps, you don't mean it!
PINS -- or Portfolio Investment Scheme -- is the permission that a Non-Resident Indian requires to trade in the Indian stock market. Normally, the bank obtains this for you. An NRI can have only one PINS account current at one time.
The Reserve Bank of India has asked the State Bank of India to rework its special non-resident Indian deposit scheme, which was slated to be offered as an option to the investors of Resurgent India Bonds to park their proceeds.
Joginder Tuteja offers a fresh recap of its 10 most iconic moments.
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