A powerful earthquake of 7.5 magnitude centred in Afghanistan, has killed nearly 300 people, including 12 Afghan schoolgirls who were crushed in a stampede as they tried to flee their collapsing school. Afghani and Pakistani officials said 237 of […]
Texas – Oct 26: An Indian-American farmer has been recognised as White House Champions of Change for sustainable and climate-smart agriculture. The White House will recognize 12 individuals from across the country as White House Champions […]
TORONTO Oct 25: A Gujarati man from the Toronto suburb of Mississauga has been charged with the murder of his mother. Kunal Bhavan, 20, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the death of his […]
NEW YORK: In a rare criminal action on Wall Street, an Indian-origin former Goldman Sachs banker suspected of taking confidential documents from a source inside the government has agreed to plead guilty. Goldman Sachs is also facing an array […]
In a viral video circulating on social media, an Israeli lynch mob is filmed beating a refugee to death at the Beersheba bus station, mistaking him for a Palestinian attacker. On Sunday night, a Palestinian […]
A school safety officer in South Carolina brutally manhandles a 15-year-old female student. In the video, Officer Ben Fields, who patrols Spring Valley High School, is seen accosting a seated student, yanking on her arm […]
Grammy-nominated Indian American filmmaker Tirlok Malik’s ‘On Golden Years’ has won best feature film USA award at the International Film Festival Manhattan (IFFM) in New York. Malik was also honoured with a special outstanding achievement […]
Indonesian police officials said that they have arrested a wanted criminal from India in Bali who had been on the run for two decades, with Interpol flagging him as a wanted man back in 1995. Acting […]
A deaf-mute woman who lost her family when she wandered over one of the world’s most militarized borders as a child made an emotional return to India on Monday, Oct 26, to be reunited with […]
“Steve Jobs,” the new biography of the Apple cofounder produced by Aaron Sorkin, had a disappointing debut. After a successful limited release, the biopic expanded to over 2,400 theaters this weekend, but only made $7.3 million. Many Hollywood analysts had predicted […]
The Pakistan Army and the Government must be in a state of shock by the way their country’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was snubbed by the US. Successive heads of state of Pakistan loved to […]
Rameshwaram is called the temple city of Tamilnadu. Located at the South-Eastern corner of the state this city is the is the foremost religious city for both Vaishnavaites and Shaivites pilgrims. Rameshvaram is one city that […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bulk of potentially habitable planets – 92 per cent – are yet to be born in the universe, according to a new study that suggests there should at least be one billion Earth-sized […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US scientists are helping students figure out how to farm on Mars, much like astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, attempts in the critically acclaimed movie ‘The Martian’. Washington State University (WSU) […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s Communist Party has banned its members from “extravagant eating and drinking”, engaging in “improper sexual relationships with others” and playing golf, state media reported on Thursday. The ruling party’s political bureau adopted new […]
TROLLHATTAN (SWEDEN) (TIP): A masked man brandishing a sword and reported to have far-right sympathies killed a teacher and a student and seriously wounded two other people at a school in Sweden Oct 22 before […]
GENEVA (TIP): Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said on Oct 22, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading […]
LONDON: An Indian-American marine has been killed after a single-seat aircraft he was flying crashed shortly after take-off near a US airfield in England. The crash occurred on Wednesday when San Diego-based Major Taj Sareen was […]
Facebook may not be coming to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, both for internship and final placement, according to sources from IIT placement cells, reports ET. At least five IITs confirmed that […]
After over a month-long lull, ceasefire violations have started again across the international border and on the LoC between India and Pakistan. As usual, both sides have accused each other for violating the cease fire. In the last […]
A ‘drunk driver’ rammed her car into a crowd of spectators at Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing at least four people and injuring 47 others, Stillwater police said. The accused driver of the vehicle – Adacia Avery […]
Scientists have discovered two extremely hot and big stars locked in a death dance with a dramatic and violent end the only way out. They found the strange pair in the Tarantula Nebula, some 160,000 light […]
Police in Germany are warning parents not to post photos of their children on Facebook in case they are stolen and used by paedophiles, Hagen Police said, in a message on their own Facebook page. […]
New technology created at Oregon State University can boost the bandwidth of Wi-Fi systems by about 10 times, using LED lights to transmit information. The technology uses ordinary LED room lights to transmit data around the house. […]
STORY: USAF pilot Gary Powers is sent on a spy mission to overfly the USSR on a reconnaissance-cum-spy operation and take a bunch of photographs of sensitive areas in that country. A lawyer from Brooklyn, […]
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