TORONTO: In a possible “targeted attack”, a 20-year-old Indian-Canadian has been shot dead inside a car in Canada’s Calgary city, media reports said. Steven Sharda was discovered with fatal gunshots in a car on July 11 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid heightened tension along their border resulting in casualties on both sides, India on July 16 warned Pakistan of “effective and forceful” response to unprovoked firing and cross-border terrorism. India’s blunt message […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Earthquake-hit Nepal is planning to train 50,000 workers in a bid to carry out massive reconstruction works, the biggest skill development programme as the country braces for the slowest economic growth rate in […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan official says Taliban gunmen killed eight people in an ambush in a province east of the capital, Kabul. Sarhadi Zwak , a spokesman for the governor of Laghman Province, says the […]
DHAKA (TIP): A leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party was sentenced to death today by a special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh for commiting murders and rapes, including that of Hindu women, during the independence war […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): China on July 17 pledged to provide$10 million to all-weather friend Pakistan for the rehabilitation of people displaced due to military operations in the restive tribal region, officials said. The agreement to provide […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid staring crisis of a total washout of the Monsoon session by the opposition, the government has decided to call an all party meeting on Monday, July 20, to break ice and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Supreme Court-appointed panel suspended IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for two years on July 14 after their officials were found guilty of illegally betting on games, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 15 launched his pet project Skill India Campaign in New Delhi on the occasion of the first ever World Youth Skills Day which included the launch […]
BEIJING (TIP): The Chinese authorities informed the Indian embassy on July 16 that the Indian detainee held for “links to terror group” along with eight others was being charged for violating criminal laws that could […]
ATHENS (TIP): Greece got a triple dose of good news on Thursday, when creditors agreed to open talks on a third bailout package, to give the country an interim loan to cover its debts, and […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Islamic State militants have punished at least 94 people including five teenagers, accusing them of violations during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a rights group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on July […]
HRABOVE, UKRAINE (TIP): Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago began a procession to the crash site on Friday, while the Australian prime […]
LONDON (TIP): An eccentric American showman wanted to buy the 16th Century Stratford-upon-Avon house where British playwright William Shakespeare was born and have it shipped, brick by brick, to New York in the 1800s. Showman […]
Spending more leisure time sitting is linked with 10 percent higher risk of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancers in women, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. “The higher risk was present even after […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa’s New Horizons probe has discovered a stunning mountain range on Pluto with peaks jutting as high as 11,000 feet above the surface. The data suggests that the Pluto’s surface was formed no […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The US military is developing a next-generation hypersonic jet plane that could fly at up to five times the speed of sound – faster than a bullet. The jet that could take […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major food borne pathogens and can be used as a chemical-free food preservation method, a new study has found. The team, led by Yuk […]
BEIJING (TIP): An indigenously-developed mind-controlled car that would do away the use of steering wheel or accelerator was unveiled for the first time in China. Developed by a research team from Nankai University in Tianjin […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and US-based aircraft maker Boeing on Wednesday signed a strategic framework agreement here to collaborate in the sphere of aerospace and defence manufacturing as well as explore the […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Japanese auto major Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) expects its newly launched third generation Honda Jazz to rev up the company’s sales and help it register a double digit growth in FY16 surpassing […]
ATHENS (TIP): Greece’s parliament early on Thursday strongly approved a bill of tough reforms demanded by the country’s creditors in return for a new bailout, according to official results. A final count showed 229 lawmakers […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): In 1999, Infosys brought global attention to Indian IT when it listed on the Nasdaq. It was then software services. Sixteen years later, an Indian software product company, InMobi, has created a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): E-commerce major Snapdeal today re-launched Shopo, a mobile-based open marketplace which will allow small businesses to list their products without paying any commission. Snapdeal had acquired Shopo in mid-2013 for an undisclosed amount. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A leading Mumbai businessman, once interested in buying an Indian Premier League franchise today wants nothing to do with the glamorous cricket league. He believes IPL is bringing bad luck to team owners. […]
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