India
Month: March 2013
India
Fifteen years after taking charge, Sonia Gandhi seeks to reinvent Congress
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sonia Gandhi completed 15 years as Congress president on March 14 and thanked partymen for helping her accomplish the tough responsibly. As leaders lined up to felicitate her at 10, Janpath, she […]
India
Gender equality in India among worst in world: UN
NEW DELHI (TIP): When India‘s Human Development Index is adjusted for gender inequality, it becomes south Asia’s worst performing country after Afghanistan, new numbers in the UNDP’s Human Development Report 2013 show. Pakistan, Nepal and […]
India
Who coined the words VIP and VVIP? SC asks
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Thursday stumped the Centre by asking it about the genesis of the oft-used terms “VIP” and “VVIP” in official circles and wanted to know the necessity of these […]
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Anti-rape bill gets Cabinet nod
Age for consensual sex lowered to 16 years NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet on March 14 cleared the final draft of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which retained the word “rape” over the gender-neutral “sexual […]
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United States
Fed Slaps Goldman, J.P. Morgan Over Dividends, Buybacks
NEW YORK (TIP): Nearly all of the nation’s largest banks won permission to return cash to shareholders Thursday, March 14 but the Federal Reserve imposed conditions on Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase’s plans to raise […]
United States
Jigar Shah appointed Parsippany’s Indian-American community liaison
PARSIPPANY, NJ (TIP): During a recent special meeting in Council chambers at town hall, Parsippany Mayor James Barberio appointed Jigar Shah as special liaison to the Mayor’s Office, Indian- American Community Outreach. According to the […]
United States
New Aia Executive Inaugurated
NEW YORK (TIP): Association of Indians in America-NY Chapter’s new executive committee for the current term 2013-2014 was inaugurated in Long Island on Sunday, March 3rd . Outgoing president, Ranju Batra was felicitated for her […]
Indian Americans
Indian American convicted of harboring illegal Indian maid
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American widow charged with keeping an undocumented Indian maid as a slave has been convicted of harboring an illegal immigrant, but found not guilty of the stiffer charge of keeping […]
United States
Punjabi Merchants’ Association, Richmond Hill Formed
NEW YORK (TIP): March 12 witnessed the fruition of a long time cherished desire of the business community of the Richmond Hill neighborhood to have an organization to promote their businesses and protect their interests. […]
United States
United States
Dr. Sudhir Parikh pulls out of Wharton India Economic Forum
NEW YORK (TIP): A noted Indian-American physician has withdrawn from the annual Wharton India Economic Forum in the wake the organizer’s decision to cancel a key-note address by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. New Jersey-based […]
Europe
Europe
English test now a must for Indian doctors in UK
LONDON (TIP): Indian and European doctors will now have to prove their proficiency in speaking English before they can start treating patients in the UK. From April 1, new rules will come into force in […]
United States
Sundar Pichai Replaces Andy Rubin as Head of Android at Google
NEW YORK (TIP): Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, has stepped down from his role as head of Google‘s Android division and will be replaced by Sundar Pichai, an Indian American computer engineer and IIT Kharagpur […]
United States
My Goal On This Trip Is To Listen: Obama On His Forthcoming Visit To Israel And Palestinian Territories
JERUSALEM (TIP): US President Barack Obama said on Thursday his forthcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was to “listen” to both sides and hear their views on how to move forward after over […]
United States
Obama, China’s Xi Discuss Cyber Security, North Korea
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama took mounting US concerns about computer hacking straight to China‘s president on Thursday in a sign of how seriously the United States takes the threat of cyber attacks emanating from China. […]
United States
US mom holding baby falls 8 stories, dies; baby OK
NEW YORK (TIP): A woman clutching her baby son in her arms plunged eight stories out of an apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide on Wednesday, but the baby survived, police said. […]
Featured
Commonwealth Day Celebrated
NEW YORK (TIP): A reception to celebrate the Commonwealth Day was organized at Sri Lanka mission here on 11th March. Sri Lanka, UK and Australia cohosted the event. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon was among […]
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Argentina’s Bergoglio elected as new Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina has been elected the Catholic Church’s 266th Pope. He is first Latin American to be pontiff, and will call himself Francis I. After his election, the […]