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Is Rest Doing Virat Kohli Any Good?
NEW DELHI (TIP): Has the BCCI missed a trick by not including Virat Kohli in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup, or even the India A and Board President’s XI teams which […]
Australia
Europe
Aftershocks Stall Aid Efforts In Tsunami-Hit Solomons
HONIARA (TIP): Strong aftershocks hampered effortsto reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon IslandsFriday, as the death toll after an 8.0-magnitude earthquakerose to nine, with many more reported missing.Officials said damage on Ndende island in the […]
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Indian Constitution
When India gained freedom from the British on August 15, 1947 there was the need to regulate the meaning of freedom.Therefore, to have a set of rules and regulations that would guide the nation, the […]
United States
Indian Air Force receives first Boeing C-17 for flight testing by the US Air Force
LONG BEACH, CA (TIP): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the first Boeing C-17 strategic airlifter for flight testing by the US Air Force (USAF). The sleek piece of technological sophistication, the machine has […]
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Raina, Rohit Lead India To Series Triumph
MOHALI (TIP): As Virat Kohli had promised before the match, the Indian team didn’t leave anything to chance and sealed the one-day series right here with a comprehensive five-wicket win over England. With this win, […]
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I doped to create a level playing field, ‘bully’ Lance Armstrong says
CHICAGO (TIP): Lance Armstrong finally admitted it. He doped. He was light on the details and didn’t name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. […]
Europe
Sydney Bakes In Hottest Day On Record As Bushfires Rage
Sydney (TIP): The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time […]
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President Urges Overseas Indians To Invest In India
KOCHI (TIP): President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee expressed confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to an 8-9% GDP growth due to its strong economic fundamentals and the reforms driven policy initiatives of […]
India
India Wastes 21 Million Tonnes Of Wheat Every Year: Report
NEW DELHI (TIP): India stands out for its glaring lack of infrastructure and food storage facilities, in a new study that says 21 million tonnes of wheat — equivalent to the entire production of Australia […]
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An Overhaul Man Gobind Munjal
Gobind Munjal, a successful Chartered Accountant and CPA by profession has worked as a Senior Vice President of Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions and served on the Board of Directors of the International Division of […]
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Foreign Tornados
The world’s high-risk tornado corridors are in the United States, Bangladesh, and Eastern India, but tornadoes can pop up almost anywhere, if the conditions are right. Other sites where tornadoes also appear include southern Canada, […]
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Ricky Ponting Retires
One of the finest batsmen of the modern era and former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting decided to end his international career in 2012. Ponting, who led Australia to two World Cup triumphs in 2003 and […]
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AS I See It:Restricting Guns: Now It Is Between Lawmakers And National Rifle Association
Adam Lanza, clad in ‘black battle fatigues and a military vest’ picked up the deadliest arms as if to wage a battle against his enemies and thus become a ‘martyr’ to the memory of his […]
United States
1984 Violence against Sikhs in India: Sikhs For Justice submits Genocide Petition to Obama Administration
NEW YORK (TIP): “A Petition has been tabled before Obama Administration urging to recognize the organized violence perpetrated against Sikhs during November 1984 as “Genocide”. With more than 46000 signatures (29,000 online and 17000 on […]
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Delhi gangrape: NYPD and London might offer some solutions
Indian laws against rape are amongst some of the toughest in the world. Owing to regular interpretation of Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the victim’s word is now considered substantive proof to […]
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DELHI GANG RAPE: Protests outside Rashtrapati Bhavan
NEW DELHI (TIP): A large number of women activists and students today marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against […]
Business & Economics
India-Asean Trade to Reach $100 Billion Mark by 2015, Says Anand Sharma
NEW DELHI (TIP): Inaugurating the 2nd India- ASEAN Business Fair- 2012 in New Delhi today, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma expressed confidence that the two-way trade between India and […]
United States
US military to boost Philippines presence; China tells army to be prepared
MANILA (TIP): US and Philippine officials are expected to agree on an increase in the number of US military ships, aircraft and troops rotating through the Philippines, Filipino officials said, as tensions simmer with China […]
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Three countries, one center of gravity
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Australia’s Defense Minister Stephen Smith, India’s National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai have all spoken of the “Indo-Pacific” – a region spanning the Indian […]
Europe
Kate Middleton Hoax Call : Nurse Found Hanging In Her Room; Left Three Suicide Notes
LONDON (TIP): A nurse at the hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine was found hanging in her room after being duped by a hoax call from an Australian radio station, an inquest heard on […]
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Selection controversy: Now, Srikkanth slams Amarnath for ‘divulging secrets’
Former chief selector of Indian cricket team Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Thursday sought to put an end to the controversy over Mahendra Singh Dhoniâ??s captaincy, claiming questions have raised after defeats but nobody gave the selectors […]
Business & Economics
Hedging Bets: Washington’s Pivot to India
In November 2010, President Obama visited India for three days. In addition to meeting with top Indian business leaders and announcing deals between the two countries worth more than $10 billion, the president declared on […]
India
India Lags in Pictorial Warnings on Cigarettes
MUMBAI: When it comes to pictorial warnings on tobacco packets, India ranks a low 123 among 198 countries surveyed on the warnings parameter. While experts agree that pictorial warnings on tobacco packets is a proven […]
India
‘Indians Largely Vacation Deprived’
MUMBAI (TIP): Indians are largely “vacation deprived”, they readily cancel holiday plans when faced with last-minute work assignments and fear that important decisions will occur in office in their absence. These were some of the […]
United States
Obama’s Choice for Secretary of State: Fried Rice vs Stale Kerry
WASHINGTON (TIP): A furious political scrap has erupted in full public view in the US capital over a potential successor to Hillary Clinton in the State Department. Republican lawmakers have threatened to block the confirmation […]