Business & Economics
Year: 2014
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Come, make in India. Manufacture here: Modi’s call to investors
NEW DELHI (TIP): In his first address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort in Delhi on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of India‘s independence, August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke […]
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India
Rahul Gandhi does it again: Skips Lok Sabha debate, lets party down
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rahul Gandhi shied away from the debate on communal violence that he forced by leading a protest in Lok Sabha, defying enormous pressure from within that he speak on the party’s top […]
India
Govt can function without leader of opposition: Naidu
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has again made it clear that absence of a Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha would not impact its functioning. Asked whether the government would follow a similar formula […]
India
Jan Dhan scheme to help poor open bank accounts: PM
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 launched ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ to help the poor open bank accounts which will come with the facility of a debit card and an […]
India
India
Europe
Europe
Chinese man gets death for killing 6 upset over wife’s affairs
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for killing six people after discovering that his wife had extramarital affairs with two different men. Shao Zonggi (38) had shot nine people using a […]
Europe
North Korea fires rockets as pope visits South Korea
SEOUL (TIP): As Francis became the first pope in 25 years to visit South Korea on August 13, Seoul’s never-timid rival, North Korea, made its presence felt by firing three short-range projectiles less than an […]
India
Europe
Indian-American Scientist to Introduce Wound-Healing Products for India
LOS ANGELES (TIP): An Indianborn American researcher plans to introduce her pioneering range of speedy wound-healing products in the country to benefit the poor. Molecular biologist Chanda Zaveri ran away from Kolkata 30 years ago […]
Europe
Business & Economics
ROBIN WILLIAMS: THE SADNESS OF A CLOWN THAT COULDN’T BE FIXED
Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was […]
Europe
Israel, Gaza violence defies truce ‘deal’
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza on Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiraling violence that left a truce extension teetering on the brink of collapse. The resumption of hostilities […]
India
Jet Pilot was Asleep, Co-pilot was on iPad, Both Suspended
MUMBAI (TIP): While the plane they were flying plunged 5,000 feet, a Jet Airways pilot was asleep and the co-pilot was busy on an iPad checking out flight information. Both have been suspended by aviation […]
India
India
SUPREME COURT REJECTS PLEA TO BAN AAMIR’S ‘PK’, SAYS “JUST DON’T WATCH IT.”
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today refused to stop the release of Aamir Khan’s film “PK”, rejecting a petition that said some scenes hurt religious sentiment. The Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha, said, […]
India
NOW, GET YOUR PASSPORT IN THREE DAYS
SURAT (TIP): This Independence Day, regional passport office (RPO) is set to win the hearts of tens of thousands of people in south Gujarat region who were waiting for the printing and dispatch of their […]
India
India
PM Modi Will Not Address the US Congress. Here’s Why
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be addressing the US Congress when he visits Washington DC in September for a summit with President Barack Obama. The Republican Speaker of the US […]
India
Yashwant Sinha Frontrunner to be Next Planning Commission Chief: Sources
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two months after coming to power, the Narendra Modi government seems ready to restructure the Planning Commission, the term of which is coterminus with that of the government. Sources in the government […]