The local body polls in the state were held on October 6 and 9. In all, 79,433 candidates had contested the polls for 27,003 posts ‘Chennai (TIP): In the recently held local body poll in […]
Lakhimpur Kheri (TIP): The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Thursday, Oct 14, took Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son and three others arrested in the case to recreate the sequence of events leading to […]
Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Friday, October 14. According to a defence spokesperson, the JCO […]
Jaipur (TIP): Twenty-year-old Aditi Maheshwari from Rajasthan has spent a full day leading the British High Commission in New Delhi after winning a competition. Aditi, who aspires to join the Indian Administrative Service, is the […]
New Delhi (TIP): Apart from Britain, more than 30 countries across the world have now agreed to mutually recognise India’s Covid-19 vaccine certificate, according to officials familiar with the matter cited by the PTI news […]
India on Thursday, Oct 14, backed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to create an expert group to examine the origins of new pathogens, including the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, and said all countries should […]
A violent-clash between farmers and BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri of Uttar Pradesh claimed eight lives of which four were claimed to be farmers and the rest, BJP workers. The incident took place ahead of […]
Dussehra festival is round the corner. Also known as Vijayadashami, it is one of the major Hindu festivals celebrated across the country. Dussehra 2021 is falling on October 15, Friday. Dussehra marks the end of […]
Turkey (TIP): 24-year-old Turkey’s Rumeysa Gelgim has been named as the tallest living woman by Guinness World Records with a height of 7 feet and 0.7 inches. Rumeysa was re-measured this year, after she was […]
Tokyo (TIP): Japan dissolved its Parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida against unpopular opposition in a battle over […]
Seoul (TIP): South Korea plans to test its first domestically produced space launch vehicle next week, a major step toward jumpstarting the country’s space programme and achieving ambitious goals in 6G networks, spy satellites, and […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended flights to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday after what it called “heavy handed” interference by Taliban authorities, including arbitrary rule changes and intimidation of staff. The suspension […]
Dhaka (TIP): Some Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised by unidentified Muslim bigots during Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the government to deploy paramilitary force in 22 districts after four people were killed and many […]
London (TIP): Britain’s Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world’s greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems facing […]
Ankara (TIP): A high-level delegation from Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers has arrived in Turkey for talks with Turkish officials, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The meetings in the capital of Ankara would be the […]
Myanmar (TIP): Myanmar’s ruling military has not blocked a special Southeast Asian envoy from visiting the country but will not allow him to meet detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, because she is charged […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending historic curbs on non-essential travelers in place since March 2020 […]
The new chemicals are called azido impurities and regulatory authorities say they’re mutagenic, meaning they can change someone’s DNA and potentially increase cancer risk WASHINGTON (TIP): Over the past three years, millions of blood pressure […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with Pope Francis during their trip to Rome later this month for the G20 conference, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in […]
Courts have ruled that former Presidents are afforded executive privilege in some cases WASHINGTON, DC (TIP) It is a risky move by President Joe Biden that could come back to haunt him — and future […]
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): As former president Donald Trump fell off the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans for first time in 25 years in what it called “a terrible year for many,” seven Indian-Americans […]
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): – A Free Trade Agreement is the next frontier in the India-U.S. relationship,Nisha Desai Biswal, Indian American president of the U.S.-India Business Council and a former U.S. diplomat, said. Biswal, speaking at […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): Felicia Singh, the first Guyanese and Punjabi person to win the Democratic Party primary in Queens Council District 32, is joining the battle for the prestigious seat to center equity and justice […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Deven Parekh, Insight Partners’ Indian American managing director, is among the five winners of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ 2021 Ripple of Hope Award. Parekh joins poet Amanda Gorman, entrepreneur, and author, […]
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): Four of Microsoft’s top leaders have received the 2021 C.K. Prahalad Award for their collaborative leadership to transform it into a carbon negative company by 2030 and remove all its historical emissions […]
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