The sweating Mumbaikar has a choice of hill stations, but Mahabaleshwar, eight hours away, tops the list for its cheap lodging, bustling marketplace and strawberry fields. Yet, not many know that this evergreen ‘honeymoon’ spot […]
His visit aims to evaluate the progress of the US-India Health Initiative which was launched in 2010 DALLAS (TIP): India’s Health Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan began a five-day US visit on Tuesday, June 24. He […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The American economy contracted at an annual rate of 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the sharpest drop experienced by the US in the last five years. This drop […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Narendra Modi government on June 25 indicated that it would not be guided by the UPA’s formula by deferring for three months a decision on revising price of gas produced from […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Iraq will be foremost in investors’ minds in the coming week as oil price risk has returned to markets, complicating the task for central banks whose policies are beginning to diverge for the […]
Dallas & Houston winners announced DALLAS (TIP): The 2014 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee (www.SouthAsianSpellingBee.com) continued its 12-city tour past weekend with events in Dallas and Houston. MetLife, a leading global provider of insurance, annuities […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Miss India -U.S. Monica Gill was crowned Miss India Worldwide 2014 in Abu Dhabi, June 20, with the second place going to Miss India Switzerland and third to Miss India Bahrain. More […]
NEW YORK: Connecticut Judge Rupal Shah-Palanki was confirmed to the Tolland District Superior Court recently, making her the first-ever Indian-origin Judge in the state of Connecticut to hold a Superior Court seat. Shah-Palanki was initially […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Raouf Abdul Rahman, the Kurdish judge who sentenced former Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein to death has himself been captured and executed by ISIS. Rahman was killed by militants in retaliation for the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): There is enough scope for utilities to ensure uninterrupted power supply without tariff shocks but consumers too need to do their bit by willing to pay for getting 24X7 service and actively […]
BEIJING (TIP): Vice-President Hamid Ansari arrived in Xian, June 26, on his maiden visit to China. He said he would discuss all matters of “bilateral agenda” with his Chinese counterpart while simultaneously emphasizing on the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): There’s good news for all flyers fed up with paying prohibitively steep airport charges for using terminals at places like Delhi and Mumbai. State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has prepared a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized ‘diamond’ about 900 light-years away in space, which is possibly the coldest, faintest white dwarf star ever detected. This ancient stellar remnant is so cool that its carbon […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Even as he has refused to intervene militarily in Iraq where the future of the US installed and supported Maliki government faces a big question mark, President Obama asked Congress, Thursday, June 26, […]
The search for an affordable drug to treat hypertension without side effects has led scientists to the Indian kitchen. Some spices and condiments commonly used in Indian soups, curries and rasam, when taken in a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Every decision that his government took has been “guided solely by national interest,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, June 26, as he completed one month in office, but rued that […]
Over the last few years, drones have been finding jobs in industry. They are used for gathering news, checking crops on farms, as well as photographing houses for real estate agents, and — at least […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Australian researchers have used photons — single particles of light — to simulate quantum particles travelling through time. University of Queensland researchers used photons to simulate quantum particles travelling through time and study […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Andrea Pirlo and Xavi have left Brazil with their tails between their legs highlighting the hard times for Europe at the World Cup. Having provided seven of […]
BRASILIA (TIP): Even before the knockout rounds have kicked off, a key South American figure is out of the World Cup. Uruguay striker Luiz Suarez was handed a nine-game ban by FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee following […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Namo victory virus seems to have gripped a large number of Indian Americans in New York. Various groups claiming political affinity with BJP or a personal relationship with Narendra Modi , as […]
India should counter the challenge diplomatically “India has passively not taken up its concerns about the China- Pakistan missile and nuclear collaboration strongly with Beijing. This challenge surely needs to be more seriously addressed and […]
The unexpected spike in wholesale inflation to a five-month high of 6.01 per cent in May from 5.2 per cent in April, largely underpinned by high food prices, has forced an already concerned government to […]
India losing out to China in competitiveness Mr. Modi is dealing now with a hugely diverse country in which too much centralisation of power may not work. To achieve higher growth and employment, the entire […]
In 2002, a citizens’ report documented how a US-based charity was funneling funds to Sangh entities in India. By Naresh Fernandes : Amidst the debate about non-profits, one fact seems to have gone largely unremarked […]
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