Business & Economics
Month: August 2015
Business & Economics
IRCTC gets into medical tourism in a big way
KOLKATA (TIP):The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd, East Zone, has got into medical tourism in a big way. The Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) is targeting people from Kolkata, Guwahati and other parts […]
Business & Economics
INDIA INCREASES IMPORT DUTY ON STEEL
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): A day after devaluation of the Chinese yuan, the government on August 12 announced a 2.5%increase in customs duty on flat and long steel products, amid a growing clamour for protectionism from […]
Indian Americans
Astronomers including an Indian American PHD Student discover ‘young Jupiter’ exoplanet
The first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) from an international team of astronomers, which includes two scientists from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University, is one outside earth’s solar […]
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Remote Control Functionality is the Top Driver of Smartphone Upgrades: Peel Global Survey
NEW DELHI (TIP): A global survey by Peel, the California-based company funded by ecommerce giant Alibaba, shows that infrared-based universal remote control functionality has emerged on the top of the list for buyers looking to […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Dallas entrepreneur Arun Agarwal to be honored for HIV/AIDS philanthropic work
DALLAS (TIP): Indian American entrepreneur Arun Agarwal will be honored with the Bert Tonkin Gift of Giving Award at Gift For Life’s 2016 gala, to be held in New York City on February 1, 2016. […]
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Business & Economics
Global Indians – 13 Global CEOs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]
United States
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United States
Europe
India
India
Congress can’t do without power, PM Modi says
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Aug 13 hit out at Congress for disrupting Parliament, saying the party’s tactics demonstrated its dependence on power and the anti-democratic mindset which led to Emergency in […]
India
Parliament’s Monsoon session washed out, GST bill not passed
NEW DELHI (TIP): The monsoon session of Parliament, which saw protests between the government and the opposition, has been a complete washout. A day after intensified sloganeering by the Congress party and war of words […]
India
India
Haryana Chief Minister to visit the US and Canada in search of Investments
NEW YORK (TIP): A 19-member strong team of leading business organizations of Haryana will form a part of the delegation led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal to United States (US) and Canada during his ten […]
India
India
PM Modi’s Promises made a year ago – a Status Report
During his Independence Day speech in 2013, a year before he delivered his first speech as prime minister from the Red Fort, Narendra Modi delivered his speech as Gujarat chief minister in a college in […]
India
India
Politics
HILLARY CLINTON’S EMAILS Hilary Camp’s clarifications
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Hilary emails issue boils over and over again, with politicians and now the issue is before the courts, too. And Hilary camp keeps offering explanations. The latest explanation has come from the […]
United States
DNA tests prove US ex-prez Warren Harding had a love child
WASHINGTON (TIP): Long before Lucy Mercer, Kay Summersby or Monica Lewinsky, there was Nan Britton, who scandalized a nation with stories of carnal adventures in a White House coat closet and endured a ferocious backlash […]
United States
United States
Cuba dissidents won’t attend US Embassy event
WASHINGTON (TIP): Cuban dissidents, so long the center of US policy toward the island, won’t be invited to Secretary of State John Kerry’s historic flag-raising at the US Embassy in Havana on Friday, vividly illustrating […]