NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as it claimed that women officers in the Indian Navy are not discriminated against, the government has told the Supreme Court that permanent commission for women short service commission (SSC) officers […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Housing emerged as the sunshine sector in Punjab accounting for the largest pie share of the total investment committed during the second Progressive Punjab Investors’ Summit that ended at the Indian School of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Far from having a fairytale ending, the story of Geeta turned into a reality television show as she returned to India after a decade in Pakistan. Since the time she was separated […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Weeks before President Barack Obama ordered the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011, four administration lawyers hammered out rationales intended to overcome any legal obstacles — and made it all […]
ISLAMABAD / UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Pakistan failed to win a re-election to the top UN human rights body, garnering just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. The General Assembly on Oct 27 elected 18 […]
BHAKTAPUR (TIP): In a dusty studio, Indra Kaji Shilpakar painstakingly carves intricate patterns into a wooden panel, one of a small group of highly-skilled craftsmen Nepal is relying on to rebuild its cultural heritage after […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s parliament has elected a Communist leader who has long campaigned for women’s rights as the Himalayan nation’s first female President. Parliament speaker Onsari Gharti announced that Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist […]
ISLAMABAD/KABUL (TIP): At least three suspected rebels, belonging to the self-styled Islamic State militant group, were killed on Oct 29 in a US drone strike in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, near Pakistan’s Khyber agency. Security […]
COLOMBO (TIP): There will be no common amnesty for over 200 prisoners, mostly Tamils, who staged a hunger strike in jails throughout the country, the Sri Lankan government said on Oct 26. The prisoners went […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Morgantown , West Virginia based eminent Ophthalmologist Dr. VK Raju has been invited to Vietnam as a guest lecturer at the Asean Ophthalmology Society. He left for Vietnam on October 26th of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Incentives to fly to small towns at affordable costs and easing the norms for domestic carriers to operate services abroad are some of the highlights of the new draft aviation policy, released […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): More than 50 historians from across India, including eminent names like Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib, B D Chattopadhyaya, Upinder Singh, M G S Narayanan and D N Jha, have issued a statement […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba Thursday suffered a major setback when Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army, in a joint operation, killed its operational chief and its senior most commander and strategist in the […]
DALLAS (TIP): 14 South Asian detainees, from Bangladesh and India (known as the “LaSalle14”) at the LaSalle Detention Center started a hunger strike at breakfast time on October 19. All of the strikers are asylum […]
LONDON (TIP): British lender Barclays, fresh from appointing new chief executive James ‘Jes’ Staley, on Thursday logged rising third-quarter net profit boosted by its investment banking division. The appointment of 58-year-old American investment banker Jes Staley […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Qatar and Jordan in the Middle East next month, the White House has said. Her solo overseas visit from November 1 to 7 is part of […]
MUNCY, PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): An unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its mooring in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania for hours on Oct 28 with two fighter jets on its tail, triggering blackouts across the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The National Institutes of Health recently announced the recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Awards. Six Indian American researchers are amongst the recipients of the Award for 2015. The six Indian Americans include: Sanjay Basu of Stanford University, Karunesh […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The hunt is on for two men wanted in connection with an attempted robbery and shooting in Queens, the CBS reported. The suspects tried to steal a 29-year-old man’s gold chain around […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): NPZ Law Group, P.C., along with other benefactors, made a financial contribution to help build a brand new medical clinic for children and mothers of the Kalwa slum in Mumbai, India. The […]
We should be treating the visits of Pakistani leaders abroad as part of normal diplomacy that all countries engage in. By paying too much attention to them we boost Pakistan’s political importance and diminish our own […]
The Supreme Court sent shockwaves down the spine of the elected executive by declaring the 99th constitutional amendment to set up the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as unconstitutional and void as it “violates the basic […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Africa is in the air as New Delhi hosted representatives of countries from the African continent for the third India Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) from 26-29 October, 2015. Calling India and Africa “the […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Harendra Singh seems to have created a commotion in Nassau County. Now the Nassau District Attorney candidate Madeline Singas wants a review of contracting system in Nassau County. Singas said Tuesday, October […]
Earlier this week, I announced that starting next school year, all New York City high schools will offer the SAT exam free to 11th-graders. Students will take the SAT during the school day in the spring. […]
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