Incredible India
GUJARAT: THE JEWEL OF WEST
On the western coast of India, the state of Gujarat is the “Jewel of the West” in India. In Gujarat, one of India’s most industrialized and prosperous states, you find the modern milieu and the […]
Year: 2015
Business & Economics
GLOBAL MEDICAL TOURISM MARKET TO RISE OVER $ 30 BN BY 2019: RESEARCH
HOUSTON (TIP): Global medical tourism market will rise to $ 32.5 billion by 2019 on account of rising healthcare costs in developed countries, like the US and improved standards of healthcare technology and services in […]
Business & Economics
Nearly 38,000 firms set up in eight months of new Companies Act
NEW DELHI (TIP): Spread across diverse sectors, nearly 38,000 new firms have been registered in the first eight months of the new companies law coming into force in April last year. Out of the total […]
Business & Economics
SEBI WIELDS NEW POWERS; RECOVERS DUES IN OVER 100 CASES
NEW DELHI(TIP): Using its enhanced powers, capital markets regulator Sebi has managed to recover dues in more than 100 cases over the past one year out of the 500 cases in which attachment orders were […]
Europe
7 militants killed in Pakistan blast inside militant hideout
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least seven militants were killed inside their hideout on Friday in a high-intensity explosion in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, officials said. The blast occurred in a compound in Sundana Teera area of […]
Europe
Egypt sets parliamentary poll dates as Sisi cements grip
CAIRO (TIP): Egypt said January Thursday it is to hold parliamentary elections from March 21 but analysts said the new legislature will offer no meaningful opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s iron-fisted rule. The elections, […]
Europe
FRENCH POLICE FEAR ANOTHER ATTACK
PARIS (TIP): French anti-terrorism police converged on an area northeast of Paris on January 8 after two brothers suspected of behind an attack on a satirical newspaper were spotted at a petrol station in the […]
Europe
US TRAINS IRAQIS FOR HOUSE-TO-HOUSE BATTLE AGAINST ISLAMC STATE
TAJI BASE, Iraq (TIP): A team of camouflage-clad Iraqi soldiers lines up near the door of a one-storey house north of Baghdad with rifles ready, preparing to enter and search it. For now, there are […]
Europe
China punishes 17 officials after Xinjiang attack
BEIJING (TIP): China punished 17 officials in Xinjiang for security lapses surrounding deadly explosions and riots in September, state media said, as the Communist Party boss in the western region warned the fight against “terrorism” […]
Europe
7 MILITANTS KILLED IN PAKISTAN BLAST INSIDE MILITANT HIDEOUT
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least seven militants were killed inside their hideout on Friday in a high-intensity explosion in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, officials said. The blast occurred in a compound in Sundana Teera area of […]
Europe
LAKHVI GRANTED BAIL AGAIN, BUT WILL REMAIN IN JAIL
ISLAMABAD (TIP): An Islamabad court on January 9 granted bail to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack, in a six-year kidnapping case. The court granted bail to Lakhvi against surety bonds worth […]
United States
Bob McDonnell, ex-governor of virginia, jailed for 2 years for corruption
RICHMOND (VIRGINIA) (TIP): Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell has been sentenced to two years in prison for taking money and gifts in exchange for promoting a dietary supplement while he was in office. McDonnell, a […]
United States
Cop fatally shoots man at US airport amid confrontation
COLUMBUS, OHIO (TIP): A Columbus airport official says a police officer fatally shot a man during a confrontation just outside the terminal. David Whitaker, a Columbus Regional Airport Authority vice-president, says the man was shot […]
United States
Obama visits French embassy after Charlie Hebdo attack
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama visited the French embassy in Washington on Thursday to honour the 12 victims of the Islamist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Obama, fresh from a […]
Business & Economics
Vistara airline to launch on January 9
MUMBAI (TIP): Tata Group is set to launch its full-service Vistara airline on 9 January, more than 60 years after the Indian government nationalised the group’s airline business and following two previous aborted attempts to […]
United States
INVESTING IN INDIA | A conversation with Charles R Kaye
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, held its 11th Media India Lecture on Friday December 19, 2014, with the guest speaker Charles R Kaye, Co-CEO of Warburg Pincus. Consul General […]
India
KARUNANIDHI RE-ELECTED DMK PRESIDENT FOR ELEVENTH TIME
CHENNAI (TIP): A general council meeting of the DMK here on January 9 unanimously reelected former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi as party president for the eleventh time. The general council also reelected K […]
Business & Economics
Additional spectrum case: Relief to Sunil Mittal, Ravi Ruia
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a relief to Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, the Supreme Court on January 9 set aside the order of the special court summoning […]
United States
Ban appoints Khare as under-secretary-general
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday, January 7, appointed a veteran Indian diplomat and UN official, Atul Khare, as the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, making him one of the two highest-ranking Indians at […]
United States
Hanukkah Celebrated at the Indian Consulate
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, celebrated the Indian – Jewish festival of re-dedication and the miracle of oil, Hanukkah, on Tuesday 23rd December, 2014. Several eminent members of the […]
Education
2015 Community and Citywide Education Council Elections launched
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced, January 8, the launch of the 2015 Community and Citywide Education Council elections and encouraged parents across the city to participate and have […]
Business & Economics
GHAR WAPSI AND MODI’S UNPARALLELED SUCCESS
We are publishing this humorous piece at a time of heightened communal tension in India. Ever since the new government of Narendra Modi came in to power, Hindu extremists have repeatedly said that all Muslims […]
Featured
2014-THE YEAR THAT WAS
2014 has not been very different from its predecessors. It has been, like all other years preceding it, a year of mixed events of diverse hues. In India, on the political front, the year proved […]
India
NITI AAYOG repalces Planning Commission; Indian American Arvind Panagariya appointed vice-chairman
NEW YORK (TIP): Columbia University economist Arvind Panagariya will be the first vice-chairman of the National Institution for Transforming India (Niti) Aayog, which will have two full-time members — economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO […]
United States
MARIO CUOMO LAID TO REST
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Former Governor Mario Cuomo was laid to rest in New York January 7 after a funeral and wake that was attended by prominent politicians, including former President and First Lady Bill […]