The Newbridge Malayali Association (NMA) will organize Easter and Vishu celebrations on Saturday, April 22, starting at 2 p.m. in Ryston Sports & Social Club Premium Hall. The event is planned with a variety of entertainment programs including Vishu kani preparation, egg hunts, tambola, magic shows for kids, and face painting. The cultural event will be … Read more
Rental scams have grown significantly in recent times in Ireland amid the housing crisis. People looking for properties to rent often get fooled by prevalent rental scams. Recently, an Indian couple who were so avaricious as to take advantage of Ireland’s housing crisis has finally received punishment from the court. The Indian couple who pretended … Read more
Kranthi Ireland launched a local Shopping campaign with the slogan “Shop Local Help Own Lives”. Kranthi Ireland, the cultural, and social organisation of people of the Indian diaspora in Ireland, aims to provide a forum where members get to blend with the progressive values of Ireland and its unique tradition and culture of theirs. As … Read more
The Sligo Indian Association elected women to every post for the first time in the history of Indian associations in Ireland. The new committee has been announced by the Indian Association of Sligo. Dr. Vimala Sharma was elected as President and Sophie Babu Alookaran as Secretary. Lynsey Joseph is the Treasurer, Sarita Madapalli is the … Read more
Indian-origin IM Tarun Kanyamarala won the 101st Irish Chess Championship which was held in Dublin from 2-10 July. The 18-year-old Tarun convincingly succeeded in the event scoring an unbeaten streak of 7 wins and 2 draws out of 9 rounds, with a rating performance of 2565, gaining 18 Elo points. Ireland’s youngest ever International Master Tarun … Read more
Kerala House Irish Malayalee Club is set to host the event ‘Carnival 2022’ tomorrow, June 18, 2022. The Kerala House Carnival is the biggest gathering of Indians in Ireland The mega event ‘Carnival 2022’, will take place at the Lucan Youth Center in Primrose Lane, County Dublin from 8 am to 8 pm. Indian Ambassador … Read more
Funds invested by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a 14-year-high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 30,500 crore) in 2021 on a sharp surge in holdings via securities and similar instruments while customer deposits rose as well, annual data from Switzerland’s central … Read more
An Indian student has reportedly been shot at and injured in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, minister of state for civil aviation V.K. Singh said on Friday. Singh is in Poland currently to facilitate the evacuation of Indians stranded in war-hit Ukraine. “Today, we heard reports that a student leaving Kyiv was shot at. He was taken … Read more
An Indian student has been killed in shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the foreign ministry said as it urged Russia and Ukraine to secure safe passage for thousands of citizens stranded in the middle of a war. 21-year-old Naveen Shekharappa, a final-year medical student from Karnataka’s Haveri, died when Russian soldiers blew up a … Read more
A third evacuation flight carrying 240 Indians who were stranded in Ukraine arrived in Delhi from Budapest this morning. The flight arrived a few hours after Air India’s second evacuation flight from the Romanian capital Bucharest carrying 250 Indian nationals landed at Delhi airport, government officials said. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia welcomed the evacuees … Read more
Air India’s first evacuation flight departed from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday afternoon for Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive, officials said. The airline’s second evacuation flight departed from Delhi at 11.40 AM and is expected to land in Bucharest at around 6.30 PM (Indian Standard … Read more
India’s legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away due to a multi-organ failure in Mumbai on Sunday morning. Mangeshkar, who was known as the ‘Queen of Melody’ and the ‘Nightingale of India’, breathed her last at 8:12 am in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. She was tested positive for COVID-19 in early January. Dr. Pratit Samdani, who was … Read more
An Indian-origin student from Longford has today been announced as this year’s winner of the National Disability Authority’s Someone Like Me national art competition. Matthew Yacob, a sixth Class student at St Teresa’s National School, Killoe, impressed the judges with a hard-hitting message conveyed through a creative and colorful poster portraying a number of drawings of individuals with … Read more
Veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Srejeesh, who was part of the men’s team that claimed a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics, won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performances, becoming only the second Indian to receive the accolade. Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal became the first Indian to … Read more
The Ambassador of India to Ireland, Akhilesh Mishra has met Aditya Joshi and Aditya Kumar, from Synge Street CBS, Dublin, who are the winners of the 58th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2022. The ambassador appreciated both the students for their outstanding achievement. Mr. Akhilesh Mishra shared his experiences and encouraged them with his … Read more