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Perfect ways to wear lipstick
While we all love to dress up and sport the prim and proper look, be it to go to work or an outing. Two of the most important elements of makeup are eyes and lips, […]
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Business & Economics
Indian American INOC applauds TRAI’s decision to keep ‘Net Neutrality’
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian National Overseas Congress Chair George Abraham has applauded the decision of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to choose Net Neutrality banning immediately any differential pricing for data – that […]
United States
Barack Obama Cites Sikhs To Talk About Strength Of Faith
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama today cited the humanitarian work done by the Sikh community as he spoke about the strength that comes from uniting all faiths against fear. “When the Earth cleaves in Haiti, […]
United States
India Consulate General Advisory for Visa and Passport Applicants
NEW YORK (TIP): Consulate General of India here have issued an advisory for Visa & Passport applicants. It says There are no agents or middlemen authorized to facilitate deposit of application forms in respect of […]
Featured
Give up Beef and save the Planet
There is a big debate about global warming and carbon foot prints in the Group of Twenty (also known as the G-20 or G20) and other forums and India listens to western lectures on dangers of […]
Asia
Will Pakistan be able to counter expanding extremism?
Pakistan continues to be a major target of terrorism, most recently demonstrated by the attack on Bacha Khan University, which killed 20 people. Only a week before, three attacks in close succession at a UN-backed […]
Europe
Russian forces ‘could take eastern European capitals in three days’
RIGA (TIP): Russian forces could reach the outskirts of the Baltic capitals in less than 60 hours because Nato lacks the forces to defend its eastern-most members, new analysis has shown. According to several war […]
Europe
Man dies in house fire after leaving his iPhone charging overnight
LONDON (TIP): A man died in a house fire caused by the overheating of an iPhone 5 battery which was plugged in to charge overnight, an inquest heard. Marek Kruger, 53, who was bedbound due […]
Asia
Australian churches to offer refuge to asylum seekers
SYDNEY (TIP): Australian church leaders on february 4 said they would offer sanctuary to asylum seekers facing removal to a remote Pacific detention camp, vowing to defy the government’s harsh immigration rules. The asylum seekers, […]
Americas
Racist slur hits Canada’s Sikh mantri in House
TORONTO (TIP): Canada’s first Sikh defence minister Harjit Sajjan has been heckled in Parliament with an opposition member shouting that MPs needed an “English-to-English” translation as he spoke, an act dubbed as “racist”. Veteran Conservative […]
Europe
British Parliament is Sovereign over European Union Laws: David Cameron
LONDON (TIP): Prime Minister David Cameron said on February 4 he would seek to assert the sovereignty of the British parliament over European Union laws as he concludes his renegotiation of ties with the bloc. […]
Asia
Unpaid and angry, some Chinese workers ditch holidays to protest
QIAN’AN/DONGGUAN (TIP): This year, laborer Fan Fu and 20 or so colleagues working on the Zixia Garden apartment complex in Hebei province have not joined China’s legion of migrant workers returning home to celebrate new […]
Middle East
Tens of thousands flee as Syria regime advances near Aleppo
DAMASCUS (TIP): Tens of thousands of Syrians were reported to have fled their homes on February 4 as regime troops pressed a major Russian-backed offensive around second city Aleppo. Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking […]
India
BJP member among accused in mob attack on Tanzanian woman
BENGALURU (TIP): A member of the BJP is one of the accused in the mob attack on a young Tanzanian woman, who was allegedly stripped, assaulted and paraded naked last week, an HT report said. […]
India
CBI CAN NOW PROSECUTE CHAVAN IN ADARSH CASE
MUMBAI (TIP): The ghost of the 2010 Adarsh Housing Society scam on February 4 came back to haunt former CM Ashok Chavan as Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao granted sanction to the CBI to prosecute […]
India
PM CONFIRMS SIACHEN DEATHS, SALUTES SOLDIERS
SICHEN (TIP): The Army has now given up hope of rescuing alive any of the 10 soldiers whose post in the Northern Siachen Glacier got buried under “a massive ice-wall avalanche” on Wednesday, even as Pakistan […]
India
SUPREME COURT TO BCCI: CARRY OUT ALL LODHA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 4 suggested to the Board of Control for Cricket in India that it accept all the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee relating to structural […]
India
Maneka Gandhi calls for mandatory fetal gender tests
NEW DELHI (TIP): Maneka Gandhi, the Women and Child Development minister of India said in a speech on Monday, Feb 1, that recording the sex of a fetus from the start of pregnancy and then […]
India
COURT DISMISSES PETITION AGAINST LORD RAMA, LAXMANA
SITAMARHI (TIP): A district court here has dismissed a petition seeking registration of case against Lord Rama and his brother Laxmana over banishing goddess Sita to exile in a forest, saying the issue is “beyond […]
Asia
JeM Chief dares India: says ‘have prepared an army’
LAHORE (TIP): Even as Pakistan has reportedly asked for more evidence from India in the Pathankot airbase terror attack, terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has openly dared India once again. According to an article reportedly published […]
Asia
Afghanistan seems to have dropped old ‘red lines’ before talks with Taliban
KABUL (TIP): As the Afghan government goes into a new spell of talks with the Taliban on Saturday, Kabul appears to have “dropped” the “red lines” that had earlier defined the Kabul-Taliban negoitiatons. Violence by […]
Asia
On Independence Day, Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem
COLOMBO (TIP): Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka’s national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony here to mark the the country’s independence day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the […]
United States
Town of Hempstead Celebrates India’s Republic Day
HEMPSTEAD, NY (TIP): On a beautiful Tuesday, January 26 morning Town of Hempstead Town Hall was busy and bustling with vibrant Indian Tricolors. The occasion was the 13th India Republic Day Celebrations organized by Hempstead […]
Other News
AAPI Signs MoU to Eradicate Tuberculosis in India
NEW YORK (TIP): On the concluding day of the 10th Global Healthcare Summit in New Delhi, India, January 31, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work towards […]
United States
Venaxis Announces Transaction with Strand Life Sciences
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (TIP): Venaxis®, Inc.(Nasdaq: APPY), announced January 26 that it has entered into a series of agreements for a transaction with Strand Life Sciences Private Limited (Strand LS) and its shareholders. Strand LS […]