COIMBATORE (TIP): The Union government’s decision to deregulate diesel prices will significantly improve the country’s finances as the oil subsidy will come down by Rs 15,000 crore, India Ratings & Research has said. The cut […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Virgin took full control of budget carrier Tigerair Australia, buying the remaining 40 percent it did not already own for Aus$1 (88 US cents) from its Singaporelisted parent. The deal was revealed as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Faced with 5-fold rise in gold imports that is pushing up the current account deficit, finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government would look at re-imposing curbs on gold imports after Diwali. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): IDBI Bank said it has raised Rs 2,500 crore Basel III-compliant additional tier-I (AT-I) bonds. The Rs 2,500 crore bond issue includes an initial size of Rs 1,500 crore, with an option to […]
WELLINGTON (TIP): An international team of scientists drilling a 1.3-km deep hole into the Alpine Fault in New Zealand’s South Island say they are already gaining valuable insights into the Earth’s crust less than a […]
LONDON (TIP): Doctors have found a new way to treat epilepsy – through the cheek. For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A comet from the outer reaches of the solar system made a rare, close pass by Mars where a fleet of robotic science probes were poised for studies. Comet Siding Spring passed […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have successfully used an iPhone app for imaging the inside of the eye of immobile and paediatric patients. The team used the iExaminer smartphone system and an iPhone to image 28 paediatric […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Making their first appearance in the WTA Finals, Sania Mirza and Cara Black started their campaign on the right foot by serving past Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears to book their semifinals berth […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Maria Sharapova finally got a win at the WTA Finals on October 24 but it wasn’t enough to stop her crashing out of the tournament and blowing her opportunity to be crowned year-end […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Rattled by the International Boxing Association’s decision to provisionally suspend boxer L Sarita Devi for her protest at the Asian Games, the IOA will hold a meeting with sports ministry officials on October […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sardar Singh will lead a 21-member Indian men’s hockey squad for the four-match Test tour of Australia to be held in Perth from November 4 to 9. Post bagging the gold medal […]
OTTAWA (TIP): An unarmed Canadian military guard was shot in Ottawa Wednesday, October 22 morning by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam and a selfdeclared jihadist whose alleged photo was posted hours after the shooting […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Craig Spencer, a 33-year-old Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned from Guinea, became the fourth person ever diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil on Thursday, October 23 night. He was rushed […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The five-day Indian festival – Diwali – symbolic of victory of good over evil was celebrated , from October 22 , the world over with great enthusiasm Amid chanting of Vedic mantras and […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister of Haryana after it secured a majority in the Assembly elections for the first time in the state. Khattar, a […]
Here are two unique pictures that capture the love affair between the United States and India. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney decided to don an Indian Saree at the Indian Ambassador S. Jaishankar’s dinner reception to […]
As Indian-Americans and friends of India and Indians, Ravi & Ranju Batra welcome India’s PM Modi to New York and UN on 9/27/14, after he had visited the 9/11 Memorial and just walked off the […]
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz helped kick-off Queens Restaurant Week 2014 by enjoying a delicious lunch with Assembly member Michael Miller (front l.), City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley (front r.), Queens Economic Development Corporation executive director […]
The untiring work of Vijay Jolly, the global convener of OFBJP has been appreciated by PM Modi. Jolly has traveled far and wide to set up organizational wings all over the world. His effort has […]
A new Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Fresh Flower Garland was set , August 26 afternoon in Queens by New York City Councilman Jimmy Gennaro Ashrita Furman, holder of 206 current Guinness Records, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The UN General Assembly, on October 2, celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday as the International Day of Non- Violence. On 15 June 2007 the United Nations General Assembly had voted to establish October […]
NEW YORK/ TROY, MI (TIP) The Dasvandh Network (DVN) is encouraging donors to give during the second annual Dasvandh Week (November 8th-16th) via online donations (www.dvnetwork.org) or in Gurdwaras throughout the country. This year’s goal […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Sikhs For Justice plans to submit a report to UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon on the genocidal violence against the Sikh community, on 7th November, on the 30th anniversary of November […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Nartan Rang Dance Academy of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan organized its 3rd annual Navratri celebration on Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Garden City, Long Island. With the melodic […]
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