E-Edition
Volume 10 Issue 30 | New York | Aug 05
Print Edition Reimagined for the Web Volume 10 Issue 30 ~ NY ~ Aug 05
Month: August 2016
Featured
The Eye Foundation of America Founder Dr. V K Raju and Dr. Ahmad Kheirkhah invited to deliver lectures at University of Baroda
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. VK Raju and Dr. Ahmad Kheirkhahvisited the University of Baroda by invitation. On Sunday, 31st July and 1st of August,2016 they gave lectureson five subjects which included Artificial Cornea; Pandemic of […]
Politics
Dems Apply More Pressure on GOP ‘Cowards’ Endorsing Trump
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada called Republicans supporting presidential nominee Donald Trump “cowards” and called for Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to withdraw his endorsement, in a statement Thursday, August 4. The […]
United States
Nassau County Executive Mangano Welcomes The Barclays Tournament Back to Nassau
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano joined Peter Mele, PGA TOUR Executive Director, in welcoming back The Barclays to Nassau County for the 50th playing of this prestigious golf tournament. From Tuesday, […]
Other News
CHECKERS RESTAURANT OPENS IN JAMAICA
JAMAICA, NEW YORK – Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Jamaica) joined partners Bhupider Singh and Manjit Singh of Flushing, as well as General Manager Monica Singh for a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the […]
Business & Economics
INDIA INC GEARS UP TO BE GST-COMPLIANT IN TIME
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): While Rajya Sabha was debating the amendment to the Constitution for rolling out Goods and Services Tax (GST), the top management of a large company was closeted with consultants from a global tax […]
Business & Economics
Euro 2016 boots Adidas sales higher
BERLIN (TIP): A year of high-profile sports sponsorship has so far paid off for Adidas, with sales at its core brand up 25 percent thanks to events including the Euro 2016 football tournament. Higher sales […]
Business & Economics
Nokia to cut deeper as merger spills red ink
HELSINKI (TIP): Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia said Thursday it aims to accelerate savings after costs of absorbing former French-American rival Alcatel-Lucent pushed it into a second-quarter loss. The net loss of 665 million euros […]
Business & Economics
Ford recalls 830,000 vehicles to fix faulty door latches
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ford Motor Company on August 4 announced the recall of 830,000 cars and vans in the United States and Mexico for the replacement of faulty side-door latches. While drivers may have difficulty in […]
Business & Economics
WHY INDIANS SPEND SO MUCH ON GOLD? RBI TO STUDY
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has set up a committee to study Indian household financing pattern and why they spend large sum of money on gold+ . The panel will look at various facets […]
Middle East
John Kerry to visit Turkey on August 21
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that US State Secretary John Kerry intends to visit this month, in what would be the first trip by a top Western dignitary since a failed putsch. […]
Middle East
Iran says 20 Sunni ‘terrorists’ executed in single day
TEHRAN (TIP): Iran has executed a group of 20 “terrorist” Sunni prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported. “These people had committed murder… killed women and children, caused destructions and […]
India
Anandiben bows out as Gujarat CM; Shah to pick her successor
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI (TIP): Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on August 2 submitted her resignation to Governor O P Kohli hours after the BJP Parliamentary Board accepted her offer to quit and authorised party president Amit Shah […]
India
L-G Najeeb Jung is the boss in Delhi: High court tells Kejriwal’s AAP govt
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a setback to the AAP government’s campaign for “full statehood” to Delhi, the Delhi High Court Thursday ruled that the Capital “continues to be a Union Territory” under the administrative control of […]
India
MUMBAI-GOA HIGHWAY BRIDGE COLLAPSE: 2 DEAD, 44 MISSING
MUMBAI (TIP): A British era bridge on the Mumbai-Goa National Highway collapsed in the wee hours of August3 due to excessive rains in the Konkan region in Maharashtra. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also arrived at […]
India
DALIT MAN DIES IN CUSTODY IN KANPUR, ENTIRE POLICE POST SUSPENDED
KANPUR (TIP): All 14 policemen at a police post in Kanpur were suspended and a murder case was filed against one of them, after a young Dalit man was found dead in custody. Kamal Valmiki, […]
India
Phoolka, 18 others on AAP’s first poll list in Punjab
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Aam Aadmi Party on August 4 released its first list of candidates for 19 constituencies for Punjab Assembly elections scheduled early next year, nominating senior lawyers H S Phoolka and Himmat Singh […]
India
PANEL SAYS ROHITH VEMULA WAS DALIT, FAMILY TO GET STATE BENEFITS
HYDERABAD (TIP): The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has officially ruled that Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of the University of Hyderabad whose suicide on January 17 this year created a nationwide uproar, was […]
India
Modi to connect with citizens via 1st townhall meet on Aug 6
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to reach out to citizens through his first-ever ‘townhall’ style event on August 6. A new PMO app to enable mobile users to connect with […]
India
‘Peepli Live’ co-director gets 7-year jail for rape
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bollywood film ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui was on Aug 4 sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Delhi court for raping a US researcher here last year. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv […]
India
Sonia Gandhi recovering after shoulder operation
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi underwent surgery on her dislocated left shoulder on August 4. She had collapsed during a rally in Varanasi on Wednesday .Such was the impact of her fall that […]
Featured
The Russian Angle in US Elections – What we know so far…
The intrusion into the Democratic National Committee’s computers, allegedly by Russian hackers, has put a renewed spotlight on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has slammed […]
Featured
Who will win and why?
Right now (July), polls suggest that Hillary Clinton will win the presidential election, but I think Donald Trump actually has a much better chance of winning than most people seem to think. Donald Trump would […]
Featured
Another SAARC farce: Much ado about nothing in Islamabad
Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad, with people of its eight-member nations none the wiser about the purpose of the get-together. The […]
Indian Americans
IAPC opens Tristate chapter at conference kickoff
NEW YORK (TIP): The Tristate Chapter of Indo American Press Club (IAPC) was inaugurated July 29 by Dilip Chauhan, Director of Southeast/Asian Affairs for Nassau County Comptroller, at a colorful meeting at Tyson Center in […]