Asia
Month: August 2016
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Business & Economics
SAUDI SIGNALS AT RAISING OIL OUTPUT AHEAD OF FREEZE TALKS
MOSCOW/DUBAI (TIP): Saudi Arabia is sending signals that it could boost its crude oil supplies in August to a new record level, overtaking Russia, the world’s top oil producer, as it gets ready for tough […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Gunmen attack beach restaurant in Somalia’s Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (TIP): At least seven people were killed in a bomb and gun attack on a beach restaurant in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, police said on August 25.Shabaab jihadists attacked the Banadir Beach Restaurant in […]
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Business & Economics
Patanjali becomes third largest FMCG seller at Future Retail
NEW DELHI (TIP): Baba Ramdev promoted Patanjali Ayurved has become the third largest seller of FMCG products at the shelves of Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail. “Patanjali has become number three in sales at Future Retail’s […]
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Business & Economics
Another dope controversy hits NADA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Close on the heels of the Narsingh Yadav+ controversy, another athlete banned for doping has moved Delhi High Court alleging foul play. Sumati Devi, a national level weightlifter who is facing a […]
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Politics
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by double digits in new national poll
NEW YORK (TIP): A Quinnipiac University survey released Thursday, August 25, found 51 percent of likely voters in the U.S. support Clinton while 41 percent said they support Trump. In a four-way race, Clinton leads […]
Featured
US Honors Indian Festival of Lights: Issues Commemorative Diwali Stamp
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): What gift could have been better than the US magnanimously offering a Diwali Commemorative Stamp? The gift hasn’t come easily. It took a seven- year relentless effort by Ranju Batra, Chairperson […]
Americas
Historic Peace Accord: Colombia, FARC Rebels End 52 years of Bloodshed
BOGOTA (TIP): In a historic peace pact, Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a final peace deal on Wednesday, August 24, to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to the […]
India
Navtej Sarna likely to be India’s next Envoy to the US
NEW DELHI (TIP): The race for the next Indian ambassador to the US has started in earnest. Arun Singh, the current Indian envoy to the US, is set to retire by August-end and the government […]
E-Edition
Volume 10 Issue 33 | New York | Aug 26
Print Edition ~ Digitally Volume 10 Issue 33 ~ NY ~ Aug 26
E-Edition
Volume 4 Issue 33 | Dallas, Texas | Aug 26
Print Edition ~ Digitally Volume 04 Issue 33 ~ Dallas ~ Aug 26
Education
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Indian Americans
Indian American couple donates for Sikh, Punjabi culture research in US
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American couple has donated $100,000 to a top American university to support graduate students studying Sikh and Punjabi culture there. The endowment by Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon to University of California, Riverside, will […]
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American Ivy League schools discriminating against Indian Americans & Asians
Washington, Aug 25 : An Asian-American student has filed a complaint over being unfairly rejected by Columbia University and Cornell University, prompting a coalition to seek a probe over allegedly discriminating against him and an […]
Asia
US Lawmakers appeal Obama to Support Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet
A group of 72 American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to publicly support the right of the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet and call for an immediate and unconditional release of all […]
Asia
US security assistance to Pak falls by 73% since 2011
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: A recent Congressional report has revealed that US security assistance to Pakistan has declined by nearly 73% since 2011, after the country’s ties turned sour with Pakistan. The capping on US’ security assistance was initiated […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Young Supporter of Trump Kicked Out of North Carolina Rally for being Brown
WASHINGTON: At a North Carolina Trump rally on Thursday, a young Indian-American was evicted by Trump’s security, ostensibly because he didn’t look white American enough, and they believed he was a protestor. Jake Anantha, 18, was […]
Indian Americans
Ash Kalra Receives multiples Endorsements
Ash Kalra, an Indian American city councilman in San Jose, Calif., in his bid to win the State Assembly Seat for the 27th District, announced key endorsements from civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, Rep. Zoe Lofgren […]
Indian Americans
Dr. Eboo Patel to speak on The ART of INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP
Dr. Eboo Patel, a former member of President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, for the Religion and Culture Lecture along with other spiritual leaders from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith traditions […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Purvi Patel could walk free by September in feticide case
Purvi Patel, the Granger woman whose feticide conviction was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals last month, may soon walk free after the state chose not to appeal the case to the Indiana Supreme Court. Sentencing […]