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India in history this Week-December 10 to December 16, 2021
10 DECEMBER 1878 The freedom fighter leader G. Rajagopalachari was born. 1878 Birth of Muhammad Ali Johar, one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia in Rampur. 2001 Dada Muni, one of the stalwarts of […]
China says Australia, Britain, U.S. to pay price for wrong acts
BEIJING (TIP): Australia, Britain and the United States will pay a price for their “mistaken acts” after deciding not to send government delegations to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, China‘s foreign ministry said on December […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wife Carrie announce birth of baby girl
London (TIP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie Johnson on December 9 announced the birth of a healthy baby girl, their second child born while they have been at 10 Downing Street in […]
How will New Zealand’s lifetime ban on cigarette sales work?
Wellington (TIP): New Zealand on December 9 said it will ban young people from buying cigarettes for life, one of the toughest approaches in the world to curbing smoking deaths as part of a wider […]
Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
Dubai (TIP): Saudi authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on December 8, with over 40 camels disqualified […]
AAPI Tennessee Chapter raises $75,000 to fight human trafficking in India
NASHVILLE (TIP): The Tennessee chapter of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has raised $75,000 to help strengthen Nashville nonprofit Free for Life International’s (FFLI) efforts to end human trafficking in India. […]
Eminent Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava among 3 selected for inaugural Ciprian Foias Prize
SEATTLE (TIP): Eminent Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been jointly selected for the inaugural USD 5,000 Ciprian Foias Prize for the “highly original work” in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Along […]
General Rawat’s rich legacy will live on
By Lt Gen Pradeep Bali (retd) “Here was a Chief who would not hesitate to call a spade a spade and back the reforms needed for eradicating any wrong practices. While a high sense of […]
A monumental mistake fomented by impunity
The anguish over the Nagaland killings is inadequate, especially as there is no gesture to recommend the end of AFSPA The truth is that long decades of violent insurrections and draconian counterinsurgency laws, in particular […]
Revisit AFSPA
Scrap the law in states where it has outlived usefulness The 63-year-old Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which empowers security personnel to act with impunity, has come under sharp scrutiny after the killing of […]
India-Russia bonhomie
Moscow’s push for Delhi’s Afghanistan role commendable Old allies India and Russia managed to tick all the boxes during an in-person summit meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, the inaugural ‘2+2’ foreign […]
Biden asks Democracy Summit participants to make “concrete commitments”
WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): Biden administration officials suggested that initiatives around corruption, election integrity and support for new and existing multilateral initiatives will emerge from the talks. U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off Day One of […]
India to allow full resumption of international flights only after Jan 31
NEW DELHI (TIP) Full resumption of international flights stands postponed at least till January 31, 2022, according to an announcement by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday, December 9. Last week, days after […]
New York City Extends VotingRights in Municipal Elections to Noncitizens
City Council overwhelmingly approved legislation granting the right to more than 800,000 legal residents I.S. Saluja NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City became the largest city in the country to allow noncitizens to vote […]
