India on January 26, 2015, celebrated its 66th Republic Day and showcased before the chief guest US President Barack Obama and the world its military might and cultural diversity with a splendid display of land and […]
BEIJING (TIP): Investigators have found that 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters or participated in activities deemed harmful to China’s security, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US does not consider the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, describing it as “an armed insurgency”. It called the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal: Nepal has stepped up security in the capital and put police were on alert, anticipating trouble both inside parliament and on the streets because of planned protests by the opposition against governing coalition […]
The Message in the town hall meeting delivered by Obama was to have been delivered by Modi. Politically, Modi had difficulty in telling his party and its affiliates to back off, a splintered India is not good for any […]
We are now in the second phase of the Modi government. The first phase consisted of positioning the brickwork for a five-year term. Key states had to be won in elections to buttress the Modi image […]
Take the message in the right spirit. It is not common for Indians to hear visiting dignitaries say anything more than platitudes. But then President Obama is not one of the usual guests who won’t say […]
Combining insecticide-treated bed nets with vaccines may not provide the best chance at eliminating malaria, finds a study. Currently, over 20 malaria vaccine candidates are in different stages of development but none are licensed for use. […]
CAIRO: Twenty-seven people were killed in four attacks in Egypt’s North Sinai and Suez, security and medical sources said, in some of the worst anti-state violence in months and after commemorations around the anniversary of […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israel was burying January 29 two soldiers killed in a Hezbollah missile strike that triggered Israeli fire on southern Lebanon, raising tensions between the bitter enemies to their highest in years. But […]
LONDON (TIP): Radical changes to the way sex offences are investigated have been hailed as a “huge step forward” by campaigners. New guidance to be issued to all police forces and prosecutors will require […]
BEIJING (TIP): Close on the heels of India inviting US President Barack Obama for its Republic Day parade, China on January 28 announced plans to hold a major military parade and inviting Russian President Vladimir […]
ROME (TIP): Lawmakers failed to elect a new Italian president on Jnauary 30 in balloting that tests Premier Matteo Renzi’s ability to rally his fractured party behind a candidate that is also acceptable to opposition […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): The EU agreed on Thursday to expand its sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s warring parties announced fresh truce talks to end a surge in fighting between Kiev and Kremlin-backed rebels. Former Soviet […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Like every year, the Indian government has announced the highly prestigious Padma Awards for the year 2015 on the occasion of Republic (26th January). Padma Awards, which are one of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior party leader Jayanthi quit Congress on January 30 after launching a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi. In a letter to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi she said after she was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): To successfully implement e-governance, the country must think about ‘mobiles first’ and give importance to mobile governance, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 30. Addressing the 18th National Conference on […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Andhra Pradesh sounded high alert and set up swine flu wards in government hospitals in Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur following the outbreak of H1N1 Influenza virus in the neighbouring Telangana where the toll reached 21. […]
JAMMU (TIP): Jammu and Kashmir may have a democratically elected government soon as both the Peoples Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party have arrived at a broad understanding over the issue of government formation […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States gave a clear signal January 28 that Russia will face further sanctions for what the White House says is Moscow’s role in fueling violence in eastern Ukraine. Following a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget proposes a roughly 7% increase in spending over mandatory levels set in spending caps known as “sequestration,” a White House official said on January 29. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has described the Afghan Taliban as “an armed insurgency”, while the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two militant organizsations. “The Taliban is […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A potentially historic blizzard could dump up to 90cm of snow on a large part of the US northeast, crippling a region that has largely been spared so far this winter, the […]
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (TIP): They were scheduled to commiserate Mumtaz Mahal’s death and celebrate Shah Jehan’s love for her. But Michelle and Barack Obama will instead be condoling the death of Saudi monarch King Abdullah and […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The 66th Republic Day of India was celebrated at the Permanent Mission of India to UN in New York, January 26. Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Permanent Representative of India to UN […]
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