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Angelina Jolie shakes a leg at daughter college send-off party
In a video shared by Morehouse College, Angelina Jolie is seen dancing at her daughter Zahara Jolie-Pitt’s college send-off event. After trying to do a few dance steps with the alumni, Angelina leaves the dance […]
India
Justice UU Lalit’s name recommended for next Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday, August 4, recommended the name of Justice UU Lalit, the senior-most Supreme Court judge, to be appointed the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Lalit has been […]
Entertainment
Amber Heard secretly sells home for big profit after defamation trial loss
Actress Amber Heard has secretly sold her home in Southern California for a big profit after the defamation trial loss. TMZ has reported that the 36-year-old actress has begun raising some of that cash by […]
Entertainment
Shakira faces an 8-yr prison term for alleged tax evasion
Spanish prosecutors said Friday they would seek a prison sentence of more than eight years against global music superstar Shakira, after she rejected a plea deal on accusations of tax evasion. Prosecutors in Barcelona will […]
Entertainment
Taylor Swift hits back at being blamed for carbon emissions
American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift’s team has responded after a new study showed the singer topping a list of celebrities whose private jets have produced the highest amount of carbon dioxide so far in […]
India
India
India’s updated climate pledge to Paris Agreement gets Union Cabinet nod
New Delhi (TIP)-The Union Cabinet on Wednesday, August 3, approved India‘s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) incorporating Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s ‘Panchamrit’ strategy announced at the Glasgow conference aiming to strengthen global efforts to tackle […]
India
Distribution of freebies inevitably leads to economic disaster: Centre to SC
New Delhi (TIP)- Distribution of freebies inevitably leads to “future economic disaster”, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 3, where it came out in full support of a PIL against the practice […]
India
India
MPs don’t have immunity from arrest during Parl session: M Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi (TIP)- Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday, August 5, said that members of Parliament cannot be exempted from being arrested in criminal cases when a session of the House is underway, […]
India
India
World
80 men arrested for gangraping 8 models shooting a music video in South Africa
Johannesburg (TIP): More than 80 men suspected of the gangrapes of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, appeared in court […]
World
Parents of boy on life-support go to European court in a bid to stop hospital ending his treatment
London (TIP): The family of a comatose British boy at the centre of a life-support battle said on August 3 that it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid […]
World
7 adults, 3 kids dead in Pennsylvania house fire; criminal probe under way
Nescopeck (Pennsylvania) (TIP): Fire tore quickly through a house in Pennsylvania, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his […]
Asia
Sri Lankan police give ultimatum to protestors to vacate main protest site and adjacent areas
Colombo (TIP): The Sri Lankan police on August 4 set an August 5 deadline for the protesters to remove all illegal tents and camps at Galle Face, the epicentre of protests here against the previous […]
Asia
Asia
Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades
Islamabad (TIP): Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, […]
Dance
CELEBRATE INDIA@75 AT FESTIVAL OF INDIAN MUSIC
By Mabel Pais Kaushiki Chakraborty’s SAKHI in Concert August 13, 7PM Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019 Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee KAUSHIKI CHAKRABORTYwith her all-female group SAKHI Thought Process Coming from the […]
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Sop or welfare debate: On freebies
Steps to limit freebies or to discourage populism should come through Parliament A general concern over ‘freebies’ pushing the economy to ruin or unviable pre-election promises adversely affecting informed decision-making by voters seems reasonable. However, […]
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Indian Americans
Indian American Dimple Ajmera re-elected Charlotte City Councilor at-large
CHARLOTTE (TIP) : Indian American Dimple Ajmera who became the first Asian-American and youngest woman to be elected to Charlotte, North Carolina City Council in 2017, has been re-elected. In the at-large race on July […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Gowri Natarajan Sharma elected president of Dallas arts museum
DALLAS (TIP): Gowri Natarajan Sharma, has become the first person of color and the first Indian American to be elected president of the board of trustees of Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), among the 10 […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran elected chair of Hoover Board of AwardIndian American Professor Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran elected chair of Hoover Board of Award
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran, an Indian American professor of engineering at Columbia University, has been elected Chair of the Hoover Board of Award commemorating the civic and humanitarian achievements of engineers. Named in honor […]