Category Archives: Tamil Diaspora News

Farmer’s daughter from Tamil Nadu wins first Gold medal for India!

Tamil Nadu Athlete Gomathi Marimuthu has won a Gold medal in the Asian Athletics championships held at Doha, Qatar, clinching the medal in the 800 m race event. It must be noted that this was India’s first Gold in the tournament. Gomathi hails from Mudikandam village near Trichy and is from a family dependent on agriculture. Born in an economically

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In A First, Half Of This Tamil Nadu Party’s Contestants Are Women

In a first of its kind, Tamil nationalist Senthamilan Seeman’s fledgling party Naam Thamizhar Katchi or NTK has allotted 50 per cent seats for women for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, India. The party has fielded 20 women for the 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. All are graduates, some with masters and research qualification. In

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(VIDEO) Vanajah Subramaniam who almost became Malaysia’s first astronaut

Did anyone remember this lady hero ? Lets take some time and refresh the great moment. A must told story to our younger generations. ❤ Vanajah Siva Subramaniam born on 2nd March 1971 in Klang Lama, Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia is a Malaysian Tamil / Indian worked as an engineer before becoming one of the four finalist of Malaysia Astronaut Program

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Tamils across Europe gathered in front of UNHRC in Geneva to demand justice for the genocide committed by the Sri Lankan state

Condemning the prospect of a further time extension being granted to Colombo to deliver on its co-sponsored resolution, Tamils called for a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a UN supervised referendum for an independent state of Tamil Eelam. The protest took place as the member states met for the Council’s 40th session. The demands of diaspora Tamils

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Australian Tamil Yasodai Selvakumaran named one of the top 10 educators in the world

Tamil Sri Lankan-born Australian Yasodai Selvakumaran has been named a finalist for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize. Australian actor Hugh Jackman did the honours, announcing the list of 10 from a field of 10,000 applicants spanning 179 countries. The actor known for his role as Wolverine in X-Men said teachers are “the real superheroes…the ones that change the world.” “Something I

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