India
Year: 2021
India
Cabinet approves bill to repeal farm laws; bill to be tabled in Parliament
New Delhi (TIP): Five days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the decision to repeal the three contentious farm laws against which the farmers had been protesting for a year, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, […]
India
Key Bills likely to be tabled during winter session of Parliament
New Delhi (TIP): The government has listed 26 Bills for introduction in Parliament’s winter session starting on November 29. Here is a look at some of the proposed laws: – Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, […]
India
New South Africa Covid variant triggers alert in India
Hours after South African authorities announced they had detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus with a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed states to rigorously screen and […]
India
Govt to review Rs 8 lakh cap for EWS quota
New Delhi (TIP) : Nudged by the Supreme Court to do a “high-level policy rethink”, the Union government has decided to review the Rs 8 lakh annual income limit to identify economically weaker section (EWS) […]
World
World
Sweden’s first woman PM resigns on first day of appointment
Stockholm (TIP) : Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament as Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, she tendered her resignation after facing the harsh reality of having to lead a minority […]
World
World
Islamist bombing near school in Somalia kills 8; 13 kids hurt
Mogadishu (TIP): An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia’s capital killed eight persons and wounded 17, including 13 children, the latest in a string of deadly blasts this year in a country beset […]
Asia
World
3 German parties reach deal to form new govt
Berlin (TIP): Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz, who is poised to replace her. Scholz, […]
Asia
Asia
Afghan girl from famous cover portrait is evacuated to Italy
Rome (TIP): National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said on November 25. […]
Asia
Indian Americans
Indian-origin man sentenced to 8 years corrective training, caning in Singapore
SINGAPORE (TIP): A 26-year-old Indian-origin man was on Monday sentenced by a Singapore court to eight years of corrective training and 24 strokes of the cane for supplying weapons, including a baton and a samurai […]
Indian Americans
Indian -origin Dr. Suresh Reddy becomes president of Indian American Medical Association, Illinois
CHICAGO (TIP): Dr. Suresh Reddy, an Indian American neuro interventional radiologist and a past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), has assumed charge as the president of Indian American Medical […]
Indian Americans
Indian Americans among the 20 South Asians who won 2021 elections from schools to state senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): As many as 20 South Asians, all but a couple of them Indian Americans, won in the November polls pulling off several historic victories from school boards to state legislatures. “We are […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Ishan Shah becomes president of New Jersey Leadership Program
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Ishan Shah, government affairs manager at Quest Diagnostics, has become president of the New Jersey Leadership Program (NJ Lead) that seeks to encourage South Asian youth in the state to get involved […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin man gets over 10 months in jail for sex with minor in Singapore
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 10 months and four weeks in prison for performing a sex act on a minor. P Asokan Pappu Pachan, 57, pleaded guilty to a […]
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Three white men found guilty of murdering African American Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, who took part in the chase, were all convicted of multiple counts of murder, aggravated assault […]