Europe
Mom Kills Boy for Not Memorizing Quran
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin mother who beat her son “like a dog” for not being able to memorize passages of the Quran, has been found guilty by a British court of murdering him and setting […]
Month: December 2012
Europe
Mud Throwing at UK Mission Upsets India
LONDON (TIP): The Indian high commission in London is considering lodging a firm protest with the British foreign office about yet another failure on the part of the London metropolitan police to provide protection to […]
Europe
UK Police Make Child Sex Abuse Arrest
LONDON: British police say they have arrested a man in his 60s in connection to the broad investigation into child sex abuse spurred by the Jimmy Savile case. The man has not been identified. Police […]
Europe
TV Anchor Shot Dead in Russia
MOSCOW (TIP): A television news presenter aged 28 was shot dead in a city centre in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus, the latest deadly attack against a journalist in the region, officials said on Thursday. Meanwhile […]
United States
The Mother of All Insider Trading Cases – Mathew Martoma
Unlike Rajat Gupta, who worked his way into positions of trust and received material nonpublic information, Mathew Martoma stands accused to being smart enough to target Dr. Sidney Gilman, an 80 year old neurologist chairing […]
Other News
Fossilized raindrops hold clues to early Earth
LONDON (TIP): Researchers are using the imprints of raindrops preserved in a 2.7 billion-year-old rock to figure out what the atmosphere was like on the early Earth. Scientists used the depressions that the drops left […]
Education
Two Indian Americans and an Indo Canadian Among Forbes’ Top 15 Education Innovators
NEW YORK (TIP): Sal Khan, the Indian American founder of Khan Academy, the revolutionary online education platform, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine among the 15 “classroom […]
Indian Americans
Woman Arrested for Threatening Indian American Governor Haley
NEW YORK (TIP): Jennifer Phillips, a parent volunteer at Liberty Elementary School in Texas was arrested on Tuesday, December 4 for making threats against Indian American Governor Nikki Haley. The Governor was scheduled to visit […]
United States
Suspect Arrested in Fatal Push of Man onto NY Subway Track
Mohammed Jaffer NEW YORK (TIP): A New York man was charged with murder and denied bail on Wednesday, December 5 for pushing a subway rider onto the tracks ahead of an oncoming train in a […]
Other News
VOYAGER 1 EXPLORES UNKNOWN REGION
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been speeding away […]
United States
AIA President Ranju Batra Honored
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): In a packed event, NYC Comptroller Liu, with NYS Assemblyman David Weprin, celebrated Diwali and honored Ranju Batra for her dedication and distinguished service to the community and New York City. […]
United States
2012 Rising Stars of PR: Jason Kuruvilla
Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor NEW YORK (TIP): In his first role as a special assistant to the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, Jason Kuruvilla was able […]
Other News
Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020
WASHINGTON (TIP): Building on the success of Curiosity’s Red Planet landing, Nasa has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars programme , including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. The announcement […]
United States
Oak Creek, WI Investigation Report Released
UNITED SIKHS wants the attack to be labeled a hate crime NEW YORK (TIP): Teresa Carlson, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Milwaukee office, announced on Tuesday, Nov 20. 2012 that the agency has […]
Other News
China plans to grow vegetables on moon
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese astronauts may grow fresh vegetables in extraterrestrial bases on moon or mars in the future to provide food and oxygen supplies to astronauts, an official said after a successful lab experiment. Deng […]
Europe
US House Leaders Demand Meeting on Fiscal Cliff, New Offer from Obama
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday said talks with President Barack Obama to resolve the fiscal cliff are deadlocked, and they demanded a meeting with the president to move […]
Other News
French men not producing as much sperm, study finds
PARIS (TIP): When it comes to sperm counts, French men aren’t what they used to be, according to a new study. Researchers found that between 1989 and 2005, the number of sperm in one milliliter […]
Business & Economics
IIM-A among top three in Asia- Pacific for B-school graduate employability: REPORT
Mumbai: A report by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) on the value of MBA programmes around the world in terms of graduate employability has shown Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad , is among the top three business […]
Business & Economics
Fruit, vegetable exports up 24% in 2011-12
NEW DELHI (TIP): The export of fruit and vegetables, including processed food items, have risen 24 per cent in value terms to Rs 8,241 crore in 2011-12 over Rs 6,638 crore in the previous year. […]
Business & Economics
Shriram EPC bags $230-million contract in Basra
CHENNAI (TIP): Shriram EPC Ltd has bagged a $230 million contract for setting up a storm water and sewer system in Basra, Iraq. The Rs 1,150- crore order will be carried out through a joint […]
Europe
Britain to Press EU Partners to Amend Syria Arms Embargo
LONDON (TIP): Britain will press its European partners next week to amend the arms embargo on Syria to allow them to provide weapons to rebels fighting the regime, Europe minister David Lidington said on Thursday. […]
Asia
Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) to open a representative office in Myanmar
GUWAHATI (TIP): In order to increase the bilateral trade between the Northeast India and Myanmar, Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) will open a representative office in Myanmar. Chairman & Managing director of the bank, T.C.A […]
Europe
Berlusconi Party to Abstain in Italy Confidence Vote: Party Official
ROME (TIP): The centre-right party of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will abstain in a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Thursday, a party official said, heightening the risk of a […]
Europe
How Crash Cover-up Altered China’s Succession
BEIJING (TIP): “Thank you. I’m well. Don’t worry,” read the post on a Chinese social networking site. The brief comment, published in June, appeared to come from Ling Gu, the 23-year-old son of a highpowered […]
Other News
Ross Taylor fired as New Zealand Cricket Captain
WELLINGTON (TIP): Ross Taylor made himself unavailable for New Zealand’s cricket tour to South Africa this month after being fired as national captain and replaced by Brendon McCullum. New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White […]