YANGON (TIP): Myanmar on July 30 ordered the release of thousands of prisoners including 210 foreigners, officials said, the latest in a series of amnesties under the reformist government that have seen sentences quashed for […]
Despite the cordial meetings between PM Modi and President Xi’s and their photo ops on the sidelines of the BRICS and SCO summits, India has been drawing the red line with China on its concerns. Official […]
Perhaps, it was one of the worst experiences of my life, if not the worst experience, that I had a horrible lunch at Haveli restaurant on Queens Blvd in Queens, New York. This incident occurred about […]
Exposing the development bluff, heavily dependent on the huge grants of money that makes little difference to the lives of the poor, Anshu Gupta, the CEO of Goonj, has creatively transformed the currency for development by […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Borrowing from their portfolio of restaurants, the folks at Mehtani group have launched their very popular drinks menu at the Ming & Moghul Restaurants in Edison. The Moghul restaurant was started in […]
ALBANY, NY (TIP): As part of a wider investigation into energy service companies, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that claim forms have been sent to more than 25,000 current and former New York […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): New York City Council Members I. Daneek Miller and Rory Lancman introduced, July 23, the Commuter Van Reform Act (CVRA), a package of two bills that will create minimum information […]
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): India has the potential to become a multi-trillion dollar economy with a per capita income of about$40,000 by 2050 if it manages to grow at seven per cent annually for […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Leading food company Britannia, known for their baked goods and biscuits has signed up as the presenting sponsor for the 2015 MetLife South Asian Spelling Bee. After months of hard work […]
RAMESHWARAM (TIP): This small temple town, with a population of just about 50,000, turned into mini India as one of the country’s most loved sons was laid to rest with full state honors on Thursday, July […]
LONDON (TIP): Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism on July 31 for saying a “swarm” of migrants was trying to come to Britain, as authorities in France struggle to stop them crossing the Channel. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Oxford English Dictionary has launched a search to find the first recorded use in English of the word ’email’. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which began tracking the English language in 1857, […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Turning the tables on Islamic State online recruiters, three Chechen girls allegedly swindled over $3,000 by conning them into giving money on the pretence that they would use it to travel to Syria […]
LONDON (TIP): London is the third most expensive city to live in, coming just behind super-wealthy cities in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. According to figures from Expatistan, which uses crowdfunded data to create a […]
BEIJING (TIP): The system of electronic visas for Chinese citizens, which was promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing last May has come into effect on Thursday. This will help Chinese, who are not […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): With its biggest orbit manoeuvre since 2006, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is preparing for the arrival of NASA’s next Mars lander called InSight next year. The Mars orbiter will be engaged in […]
Scientists may have finally discovered why pendulum clocks synchronise when placed nearby. After 350 years two Portuguese researchers believe that pendulum clocks eventually swing together because of sound pulses that travel through the wall from clock to […]
A 3D-printed unmanned ae rial vehicle (UAV) was successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and it landed safely on a Dorset beach after covering a distance of around 500 metres. Weighing 3kg and measuring 1.5m, the airframe was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a different approach for rainfall forecast, scientists of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have used variations in sea temperatures to predict […]
LONDON (TIP): Writer’s block may soon be a thing of the past, as scientists are developing a smartphone app that aims to measure and boost the mind’s creative ability . Scientists aim to uncover the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The two burials on Thursday July 30 represented the spectrum of what is the best and the worst of India. Millions mourned the death of one of the country’s favourite sons, former President […]
PATNA (TIP): After declaring a war on his principal rival, Nitish Kumar, at his earlier rally held last week in Muzaffarpur, a northern town known as the ‘political capital’ of Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now seems to be Principal campaigners – Modi and Nitish pumping in […]
NEW YORK (TIP): This man, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll published Thursday, July 30, is found by 58%American voters as not honest and not trustworthy. Yet, the guy leads his rivals in the […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Indian nationals living in New Zealand are being targeted by callers posing as immigration officials demanding money, prompting authorities to warn Indians not to fall into their trap. The scammers have been using […]
Shakespeare may as well had APJ Abdul Kalam, an outstanding human being, teacher, scientist, thinker and much more, in mind, when he penned these words in Julius Caesar in which Antony pays tribute to the slain Caesar. […]
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