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...husbands, according to one Indian government estimate; activists say the real figures are probably much higher as most cases still go unreported. The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA), established in 2004 to look after the welfare of an estimated 20 million Non-Resident Indians (NRIS), launched a scheme earlier this year to provide counseling and legal and financial aid for Indian wives abandoned abroad. Closer to home, it has published a booklet for women planning to marry émigrés, to help them verify the credentials of their prospective spouses and their families, take proper legal precautions...
...Blue Card will use a system similar to the Green Card's points scheme for skills and languages, with some weight given to family ties. For example, computer programmers who speak fluent English and already have family in Europe would be prioritized under the measure...
...Immigration control remains a prerogative of national rather than E.U. jurisdiction. Public anxieties are likely to prevent Britain, Ireland and Denmark from supporting the Blue Card. They are not expected to be able to block the scheme, but they will be able...
...urban, middle class "India Shining" while they remained dirt poor. The stalled nuclear deal is a symptom of a deeper malaise in the current administration. Other key initiatives of Singh's are also in trouble: A ban on child labor looks toothless one year on, while a scheme to provide every household in India with at least 100 days of work has been dogged by chronic mismanagement and charges of graft. If such bread-and-butter initiatives can falter, then Singh - hailed as India's great liberalizer when he was finance chief in 1991 - can forget about banking reform...
...forget to woo with integrity. The authors tell the story of John Bennett Jr., who "found and embraced his own personal persuasion style--an affable mix of other-oriented Promoter and Advocate." His relationship skills helped him perpetrate a $500 million pyramid scheme but couldn't save him from the consequences: a 12-year sentence in federal prison. The bottom line: woo wisely...