Update: DHS Proposes New STEM OPT Extension Rule | F-1 Visa Update | Complete Update – Click to Read Now – Updated October 12, 2015 This past week, a Federal District Court decided Washington Alliance […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government may sell 10 per cent stake in Coal India this fiscal itself through a public offer, which could fetch around Rs 22,000 crore to the exchequer. The department of disinvestment […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An oral drug that treats alcoholism and has very few side-effects may be available in five to six years, according to scientists, including one of Indian-origin, who have identified compounds that drastically reduced […]
NEW YORK (TIP): One can only assume that before Larry Page and Sergey Brin chose Alphabet as the name for their new holding company, they Googled it. If so, they would have discovered that the […]
TORONTO (TIP): Scientists are tapping into photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reliably measure the amount of light pollution worldwide. Light pollution is excessive or obtrusive artificial (usually outdoor) light. […]
LONDON (TIP): Mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by a butterfly species to heat up its flight muscles before take-off, the amount of power produced by solar panels can increase by almost 50 percent, a study […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook is building a mobile app that will send breaking news alerts straight to your phone. The app will ask users to choose which publications they want to receive notifications from, and […]
ATHENS (TIP): Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on August 20, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s creditors for a better bailout […]
SHANGHAI (TIP): Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared the city’s potable water was […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Islamic State militants have demolished a monastery in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Thursday, in a strategically located town the jihadist group wrested from government control earlier this […]
BERLIN (TIP): German lawmakers overwhelmingly approved another bailout for debt-ridden Greece on Wednesday, August 19, removing the last major obstacle for Athens to receive an emergency infusion of funds to avoid an imminent default, a […]
BEIJING (TIP): Millions of Chinese couples and love seekers celebrated Qixi, the Chinese valentine day on Thursday, in a variety of ways. The occasion also saw some headline grabbing events including famous pop singer, Jon […]
CHICAGO (TIP): A US mother in Ohio admitted killing her three young sons in separate incidents over the past 13 months because her husband paid more attention to the boys than a daughter, police said. […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Pyongyang has asked the UN Security Council to hold an urgent meeting to discuss joint US-South Korean military exercises, the North Korean mission to the United Nations said. North Korean Ambassador Ja […]
LONDON (TIP): Two treasure hunters have claimed to have found a mysterious Nazi train which had disappeared on its way to Germany from Hungary in 1945 carrying guns, gems and other valuable items, including paintings […]
FUKUSHIMA (TIP): A retired Israeli medical professor thinks she has discovered a meth od for vaccinating against the effects of a nuclear fallout, and has been slowly poisoning herself in a bid to prove it. […]
LONDON (TIP): King’s College London has come out in open support of re-introducing post study work visa for Indian students in the UK. Recent data showed that the number of Indian students coming to study […]
Twenty one year old Hardik Patel is emerging as the unlikely new leader from Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has built up a new fan following, comprising of people in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Iran has asked India to pay within two months $6.5 billion in past oil dues, partly in rupees and rest in dollars or euros, a top official said. “The payment will be […]
DUBAI (TIP): There are about 700 flights every week from India to the Gulf region, the largest to any foreign region, and yet it took 34 years for an Indian Prime Minister to visit it, […]
PATNA (TIP): Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “auction PM” and not “action PM” over the way he announced the Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar, the Congress today said people will […]
New Delhi (TIP): The CBI has sent documents related to former IPL boss Lalit Modi, being probed for alleged money laundering in conduct of the T- 20 cricket tournament, to Interpol for issuance of a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The sudden arrest and immediate release of Kashmiri separatist leaders who are to meet Pakistan national security adviser Sartaj Aziz here introduced an intriguing element into the scheduled talks he will have […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior BJP leader and former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday called for declaring Pakistan high commissioner as persona non grata for “crossing all lines” of diplomatic etiquette by indulging in provocative […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Inching close to nailing controversial businessman Lalit Modi, the CBI has sent documents related to the former IPL boss, being probed for alleged money laundering in conduct of the T-20 cricket tournament, […]
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