CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS
10 of 48 candidates of South Asian origin make it to Ottawa
:: The Winners                                                                                            More..
Navdeep Bains, Liberal Party, (Incumbent) Mississauga-Brampton South, Ontario Ruby Dhalla, Liberal Party, (Incumbent), Brampton-Springdale Ontario Wajid Khan, Liberal Party, (Incumbent) Mississauga-Streetsville Ontario Gurbax Malhi, Liberal Party, (Incumbent), Bramalea-Gore-Malton Ontario Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal Party, Newton-North Delta, British Columbia
Yasmin Ratansi, Liberal Party, (Incumbent) Don Valley East Ontario Nina Grewal, Conservative Party, (Incumbent) Fleetwood-Port Kells, BC Ujjal Dosanjh, Liberal Party, (Incumbent) Vancouver South BC Rahim Jaffer, Conservative Party (Incumbent) Edmonton-Strathcona, Alberta Deepak Obhrai, Conservative Party, (Incumbent), Calgary East, Alberta
TOPIC OF THE WEEK
35th World Economic Forum at Davos
At the 2006 Davos conference, India's official delegation included Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Tourism Minister Renuka Chowdhury. There were over 100 participants from India, more than double the 45 in 2005. Sixty of the sessions were about India or had Indian participants, making it indeed an 'India Everywhere' event. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, however, could not be present. She presented the U.S. view at the 35th World Economic Conference via satellite. Seen in the photo, a video grab of her address screened at Davos on Jan. 26. (Photo: AFP)                                                  More..
57TH REPUBLIC DAY
The facade of the Nasdaq Building in Times Square in New York wears India's National Flag in a lights display on Jan. 26. (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/SnapsIndia)                                           More..
Saluting India's military might, cultural diversity
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressing the nation on Republic Day eve in New Delhi on Jan. 25. (Photo: AFP)
----  Padma Awardees  ----
This year, the Padma Vibhushan was awarded to nine, Padma Bhushan to 35 and Padma Shri to 62 persons for their achievements.                      More..
HEADLINE NEWS
BUSH MEETS PAKISTAN PM:U.S. President George W. Bush, right, with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during a meeting inside the Oval Office at the White House.
ZAKARIA IS YALE TRUSTEE: Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and a prominent foreign affairs commentator in the U.S., will join Yale University's Corporation as one of three new trustees.
'INVENTOR OF THE YEAR': R. Bharat Rao, Ph.D., senior director, Engineering Research Development, Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Therapy Group, Siemens Medical Solutions was named the 'Inventor of the Year.'
06 BRUNO ROSSI PRIZE:MIT physicist Deepto Chakrabarty and two others were announced the winners of 2006 Bruno Rossi Prize for their pioneering work.
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD # 3: Vasantrai Gandhi is elected chairperson of Community Board No. 3 (Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC), on Jan. 19.
INTEL SCIENCE SEARCH: 3 Indian American High School students were among 40 finalists for the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search. The final is set for March 9-14 in Washington, D.C.