Business & Economics
Year: 2013
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Real estate prices crucial for economy “As land prices are generally a significant component of house prices, reforms in this sector help in safety and stability of the financial system. After all, housing accounted for […]
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Indian Americans
Indian-American Gurpreet Singh Gosal Convicted Of Murder In US
SACRAMENTO, CA (TIP): 28-yearold Indian-American Gurpreet Singh Gosal has been convicted of murder of another person from the community outside a gurdwara in Sacramento. Gurpreet Singh Gosal was convicted of killing Parmjit Pamma Singh, 26, […]
United States
Pew Survey On Attitudes Towards Homosexuality Released
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “Should Society Accept Homosexuality?” A global Pew Research Centre survey was released June 4, finding a wide variety of regional opinion on the question. Pew found that generally more positive attitudes were […]
United States
United States
Liu criticizes Mayor’s stop and frisk remarks
NEW YORK, NY(TIP): New York City Comptroller John Liu took exception to Mayor Bloomberg’s June 28 statement on stop and frisk. Mayor Bloomberg said it could be argued that the Police Department stops white people […]
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United States
Indian-American Pleads Guilty To Bribing Officials For Contract
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY (TIP): An Indian American contractor has pleaded guilty to the charges of bribing government officials for bagging a contract, the Department of Justice has said. 42-year-old Hitesh Desai, a resident of […]
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Indian American Appeals For Help To Uttarakhand
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): A local businessman and community leader Atma Singh who is also the President of Indian Congress Party, USA, has appealed to Indian American organizations and individuals to generously donate for relief […]
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Uttarakhand Floods: Rescue Op In Last Leg; 2000 Still Stuck
DEHRADUN (TIP): Rescue operations in Uttarakhand have reached final stages and the government hopes to complete all evacuations by June 30. But the challenge remains. There are still 2000 people who are stranded in the […]
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Ecuador Yet To Decide On Snowden Asylum: Correa
QUITO (TIP): Ecuador’s president said on June 27 he had yet to consider letting US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden enter his country as tensions with the United States rose, with Washington warning Quito against granting […]
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Europe
US Allows Unrestricted Morning-After Pill Sales
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill, lifting all age limits on the emergency contraceptive. The move came a week after the […]
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Business & Economics
Essar Steel raises $1bn through ECB
MUMBAI (TIP): Ruias-ownedEssar Steel on Thursday raised $1 billion or Rs 5,970 crore through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) to repay a part of its rupee-denominated debt, to guard itself from exchangerate volatility and save interest […]
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COMET IMPACT MAY HAVE PROMPTED LIFE ON EARTH
NEW YORK (TIP): The impact of comets crashing into earth’s surface may have provided the energy to create molecules that formed the building blocks of life, scientists say. The study was based on a computer […]
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QUAKE ‘SOUND’ CAN WARN OF TSUNAMIS
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have developed a new technique that could be applied worldwide to create an early warning system for massive tsunamis triggered by earthquakes. Scientists from Stanford University have identified key acoustic characteristics of […]
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TELESCOPE BACKS BIG BANG THEORY
WASHINGTON (TIP): The moments just after the Big Bang happened more like the theory predicts, an international team of scientists using the most powerful telescope on Earth has discovered. One of the most important problems […]