MUMBAI (TIP): Food and eating habits have by no means been at the centre of Maharashtra’s politics for the past many a decade. However since the BJP government came to power last year, food particularly […]
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The […]
From the Chopras, it was the Punjabi American Night at Eisenhower Park in Long Island. This annual event is organized by an indefatigable Mohinder Taneja, a former Director with Nassau County. The objective of this […]
My friend George Abraham and his lovely wife Lona invited me over to the wedding of their son Vilas with Suneela Tandra, September 5, 2015. Though the venue of the wedding was an hour plus drive […]
Last Sunday (September 6) was a particularly crowded one with a number of events, back to back. For a journalist, there are noholidays, until one chooses to have one. In the morning, I had a […]
LONDON (TIP): The future of the Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government in Northern Ireland is hanging by a slender thread with first minister Peter Robinson’s decision on Thursday to step down, along with all but one of […]
BEIJING (TIP): In a gruesome incident in China, an estranged husband reportedly bit off his wife’s nose and ate it after she did not pick up his calls.The pair, from the city of Dezhou in […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Jihadists advanced on a regime airbase in eastern Syria on Sept 10 after the fall of one in the north, as staunch ally Russia defended its military aid to embattled President Bashar al-Assad. […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s National Health Service has made a desperate bid to keep Indian nurses from leaving UK, due to stringent new immigration rules. The chief of 10 leading NHS trusts have sent an emergency […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese premier Li Keqiang has assured global business leaders that his government was determined to prevent a hard landing of the country’s economy. He also said China would do nothing to trigger a […]
SAUDI ARABIA (TIP): Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in Germany. Syria’s richer Gulf neighbours have […]
Romance in the workplace is laced with challenges. Here’s how you can keep calm, find love and still meet the deadline. We spend at least half (if not more) of our waking hours at work. […]
Drugs already developed to treat bacterial infection can be re-purposed to cure the mosquito-borne viral disease dengue, Australian researchers have found. The scientists from University of Queensland identified similarities in how the body reacted to […]
Researchers have identified a set of genetic markers that help even smokers live longer and protect them from deadly diseases such as cancer. “We identified a set of genetic markers that together seem to promote […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has shown the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres that are gleaming with mystery. The closest-yet view of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 feet per pixel, on […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Scientists have taken a big step towards creating artificial ‘plants’ that can use only sunlight to make gasoline and natural gas to run future cars without polluting the environment. A research team […]
When the Steelers and Patriots clash on Thursday in the football’s season opener, you’ll see 250-pound men slam into each other, head o head, at high speed. And get concussions? There’s no easy way to tell. […]
In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug modafinil as a treatment for narcolepsy, a condition in which the brain has trouble regulating its sleep-wake cycle and results in sudden “sleep attacks” where […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Eight years after changing the way we use mobile phones with the first iPhone, Apple has once again heralded a big change in world’s best-selling gadget iPhone. The new iPhones, named iPhone […]
BERLIN (TIP): Audi sold fewer cars in August than luxury rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz as Volkswagen’s flagship brand has been harder hit by falling demand in China than its German peers. Audi said on Sept […]
MUMBAI: Market regulator Sebi on Thursday ordered B Ramalinga Raju and his family, the former promoters of fraud-ridden erstwhile Satyam Computers, to return Rs 1,803 crore of their ill-gotten money plus interest for over six-and-a-half […]
CAIRO (TIP): In a few short years, if everything goes according to plan, Egypt will have new megaprojects, special investment zones and power plants fueled by the largest offshore gas field in the Mediterranean. But […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices eased in Asia on September 10 as dealers focused on an upcoming US energy report for clues about production and demand in the world’s top crude consumer amid abundant global supplies. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Many may be surprised by Roger Federer’s untroubled progress towards becoming the oldest US Open champion in almost half a century, but not Federer himself. The 34-year-old has glided into the semi-finals, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Test captain Virat Kohli is becoming quite the entrepreneur when it comes to sports leagues. After his maiden venture in partnering with the Indian Soccer League (ISL) franchise FC Goa last year, […]
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