Diego Garcia is the largest and only inhabited island in the British Indian Ocean Territory, an Overseas territory of the United Kingdom, and, usually abbreviated as " BIOT ".

In addition, persons of Indian origin who are nationals of countries not on the list may apply for Overseas Indian Citizenship, which confers similar rights and also permits the holder to apply for full Indian nationality after one year of residence.

The Citizenship ( Amendment ) Act 2003 and Citizenship ( Amendment ) Ordinance 2005 make provision for an even newer form of Indian nationality, the holders of which are to be known as Overseas Citizens of India ( OCI ).

Overseas, the Empire was threatened by Turkey in both the Indian Ocean and North Africa, causing Portugal to increase spending on defense and fortifications.

* Pound sterling ( GBP, represented by the pound sign: "£"), the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependencies ( the Isle of Man and the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey ), and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory.

In 2010, Malaysia awarded a commercial banking license to a locally incorporated bank to be jointly owned by Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank.

The French Southern and Antarctic Territories ( which include the French Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ) is a French Overseas Territory but have no permanent population.

His grand uncles and grand father were the Co-founders of Indian Overseas Bank, Indian Bank, United India Insurance and Annamalai University.

In 1973 Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, and United Commercial Bank established United Asian Bank Berhad in response to a new banking law in Malaysia that prohibited foreign government banks from operating in the country.

Indian Overseas Bank ( IOB ) () is a major bank based in Chennai ( Madras ), with more than 2650 domestic branches, 3 extension counters and six branches overseas as of 31. 03. 2012.

Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar establishes the Indian Overseas Bank ( IOB ) to encourage overseas banking and foreign exchange operations.

Also, IOB and six Indian private banks established Bharat Overseas Bank as a Chennai-based private bank to take over IOB's Bangkok branch.

Malaysia awarded a commercial banking license to a locally incorporated bank to be jointly owned by Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank.

* Indian Overseas Bank

Overseas citizens of India have no form of political rights or participation in the government, however, and there are no plans to issue to overseas citizens any form of Indian passport.

There is a form of Indian nationality, the holders of which are known as Overseas Citizens of India.

There is no plan to issue Indian passports to Overseas Citizens of India, although the registration certificate will be in the form of a passport-like booklet ( similar to the Person of Indian Origin Card mentioned below ).

The Cabinet has also directed the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to work on a proposal to give biometric smart cards to registered Overseas Citizens of India.

Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.

In 2006 there was one operational set of traffic lights but in July 2007, a modern system was installed by Indian firm CMS Traffic Systems Limited, through a US $ 2. 1 million line of credit to the government from India ’ s EXIM Bank, providing signals for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

* Indian Ocean Commission, generally COI, but according to World Bank as well IOC

* Saya de Malha Bank, Western Indian Ocean ( 35000 km² ) ( without separate North Bank ), submerged, least depth 7 m,

Kershaw was also the founder of two of the earliest banks in Morris, Indian Territory: The Farmer's State Bank of Morris and the First National Bank of Morris.

It flexes its economic muscle in India as the headquarters of three major scheduled banks, South Indian Bank Ltd, Catholic Syrian Bank and Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd and a clutch of Chit funds.

Even now also it's the headquarters of major banks like South Indian Bank, Catholic Syrian Bank, Dhanalakshmi Bank, Lord Krishna Bank and non-banking institutions like Manappuram General Finance and Leasing Ltd, Kerala State Financial Enterprise and ESAF Microfinance and Investments.

He served as an economist with the World Bank ( 1968 – 72 and 1975 – 77 ), a consultant to the Planning Commission, India, editor of the Indian Express and Times of India and a minister in the government of India ( 1998 – 2004 ).< ref >

In India, ING has a 44 % stake in ING Vysya Bank and is the Indian bank's largest shareholder.

* Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria

The Gulf rupee, also known as the Persian Gulf rupee ( XPGR ), was introduced by the Government of India as a replacement for the Indian rupee for circulation exclusively outside the country with the Reserve Bank of India Amendment Act of 1 May 1959.

The Islands are volcanic in origin ; Saya de Malha ( 35 mya ) was the first of the Mascarene islands to rise out of the Indian Ocean due to the Réunion hotspot, followed by Nazareth Bank ( some 2, 000 yrs later ), Soudan Bank and Cargados Carajos.

HSBC Holdings said it would buy the Indian retail and commercial banking businesses of Royal Bank of Scotland for $ 1. 8b.

Chaudhry derided the revelations as " laughable ," and said that they showed no connection whatsoever between himself and India's Exim Bank, or with the Indian government loan.

The letter, from the Indian High Commission to Fiji, said that the Exim Bank had confirmed that there was no attempt to secure a commission on the loan, and that the bank never pays commissions on loans.

Chaudhry derided the revelations as " laughable ," and said that they showed no connection whatsoever between himself and India's Exim Bank, or with the Indian government loan.

Jemela ( surname: Gerby ), 23, seems Hong Kong Oriental but has a Spanish father and an Indian mother, was born in America and educated at Holy Cross Academy and Textile High School, says she learned belly dancing at family picnics.

Oliver has recently used the second-level approach with the largest snakes, and has come to these conclusions: the anaconda reaches a length of at least 37 feet, the reticulate python 33, the African rock python 25, the amethystine python at least 22, the Indian python 20, and the boa constrictor 18-1/2.

even the famed Indian Civil Service is not fully adequate to the tremendous range of tasks it has undertaken.

`` Julia had -- has -- an old Indian woman cooking for her -- Nellie Harris.

Although the Indian and Greek concepts of the atom were based purely on philosophy, modern science has retained the name coined by Democritus.

Another Indian annual, A. hypochondriacus ( prince's feather ), has deeply veined lance-shaped leaves, purple on the under face, and deep crimson flowers densely packed on erect spikes.

Indian politics has also been influenced by astrology.

Patagonia has also been exposed to the profound influence of native Indian tribes, in particular, those of the Mapuches and the Araucanos.

The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).

An image of the Indian rhinoceros, the image has such force that it remains one of his best-known and was still used in some German school science text-books as late as last century.

Richard Aitson ( Kiowa-Apache ) has both an Indian and non-Indian audience for his work and is known for his fully beaded cradleboards.

There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well.

** He has the most centuries for a West Indian

In these sutras the perfection of the wisdom of not-self is stated to be the true self ; the ultimate goal of the path is then characterized using a range of positive language that had been used previously in Indian philosophy by essentialist philosophers, but which was now transmuted into a new Buddhist vocabulary to describe a being who has successfully completed the Buddhist path.

Prahlad Jani is an Indian 81 year old sadhu who has claimed to have lived without food and water for the last 70 years.

The story of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk or samudra manthan has its source in Indian mythology.

Since the establishment of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba in 1959, the country has sent more than 52, 000 medical workers abroad to work in needy countries, including countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

However, even Walter Alvarez has acknowledged that there were other major changes on Earth even before the impact, such as a drop in sea level and massive volcanic eruptions that produced the Indian Deccan Traps, and these may have contributed to the extinctions.

Since Chinese traditional thought focuses more on ethics rather than metaphysics, it has developed several schools distinct from the originating Indian schools.

The leading military power in the region, France has detachments on Mahoré and Réunion, and its Indian Ocean fleet sails the waters around the islands.

It is through Sarah Brewer that Coolidge believed that he inherited American Indian blood, but this descent has never been established by modern genealogists.

South Asia has the world's largest English-speaking population with a certain percentage of people who speak English as their first or second language, although most speakers of Indian English, Pakistani English etc.

The popularity of curry houses in Britain has encouraged a number of publications aiming to show how the curry house cuisine, as opposed to authentic Indian cuisine, can be recreated at home.

Many sources list the domestic dog as Canis familiaris, but others, including the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists, more precisely list it as a subspecies of C. l. familiaris ; the red wolf, eastern Canadian wolf, and Indian wolf may or may not be separate species ; in the past, the dingo has been variously classified as Canis dingo, Canis familiaris dingo and Canis lupus familiaris dingo.