Suicide prevention charity Samaritans has launched a service to help people spot whether their friends could be at risk of taking their own lives. Users of Twitter can set up Samaritans Radar to monitor their […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Dr G Satheesh Reddy, eminent scientist and Director of DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat, has been conferred the prestigious fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London for his outstanding contributions in the field of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Cleaning products and air fresheners, which provide a pleasant smell to your house, may also spike indoor aerosol levels and hamper the quality of air, a new study has warned. “Some of the […]
LONDON (TIP): Not even a third world war or a lethal pandemic, leave alone a one child policy globally, will be able to slow down the planet’s rocketing population rise, scientists say. New multi-scenario modeling […]
CHENNAI (TIP): The mind games have well and truly begun.With a week to go for the duel between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, the pre-match war of words are already on. Known to be unabashedly […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Badminton queen Saina Nehwal put aside her racquet and walked on to the greens to try her hand at golf at the Delhi Golf Course here on Thursday. The 24- year-old Hyderabadi […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after sports ministry made it clear that athletes who remain unavailable for national duty would not get financial aid from it, top tennis star Leander Paes said his commitment should […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Ever since Pankaj Advani broke onto the scene as a precocious talent in 2003, he has made winning a habit. Having taken over as the torchbearer of cue sports from Geet Sethi, the […]
Every big idea has a small beginning. Gift of Life has been no exception. In 1974, Rotary District 7250 brought a little 5-year old named Grace Agwaru on an intercontinental voyage from Uganda to New […]
20 percent of infant mortality is due to Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD). Poor children have no access to quality medical care and cannot afford high cost of surgery. 3000 children (India, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, El […]
NEW FDELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the ‘Run for Unity’ here on Friday, October 31, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is being commemorated as Rashtriya […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on Friday, October 31 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The mega ceremony is likely to be attended by Prime […]
NEW DELHI/BERNE (TIP): In a fresh threat to the flow of information about Indians holding accounts in foreign banks, Switzerland on Thursday, October 30, said that information exchanged with India under its tax treaty can’t […]
How to Illuminate Your Inner Self Deepavali or Diwali means “a row of lights”. It falls on the last two days of the dark half of the Hindu month of Kartik. Mythical Origins of Diwali […]
Diwali is also celebrated outside of India mainly in Guyana, Fiji, Malaysia,Nepal,Mauritius, Myanmar,Singapore,Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago,Britain, Indonesia,Japan,Thailand, Africa,Australia and the US among the Hindus across the world. Diwali celebrations in Britain The Indians are […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, held on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at the Consulate’s Ballroom, a private screening of Daryl Hawk’s photo-essay on his travels from Leh to Ladakh […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Diwali was celebrated for the first time at Queens Borough Hall in New York under the leadership of the Queens Borough President Melinda Katz on October 14, 2014. American Hindus, Muslim, Sikhs, […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): County Executive Mangano joined with prominent manufacturing company leaders and members of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) who celebrated the growth of manufacturing jobs. LIFT is a non-for-profit economic development organization […]
By Dr. Amrik Singh NEW YORK (TIP): A few months after her speech in University of Kerala accusing Mahatma Gandhi for propagating and rationalizing caste violence, Booker Prizewinning author Arundhati Roy joined in a Panel […]
India was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the term 2015-2017 in a keenly contested election held today (21 October, 2014) in the UN General Assembly in New York. Other countries […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Punjabi community is glad that a man with Punajbi origin-Bobby Kalotee- is seeking election for New York State Lt. Governor’s position. The Punjabi community already feels a lot proud that Punjab has […]
Right environment to turn the heat on Islamabad Pakistan’s military adventurism on three fronts across its borders with India, Afghanistan and Iran has created just the right environment to turn the heat on Islamabad and […]
Prof I.S.Saluja India is a country of festivals and festivities. Our forefathers made sure that we have occasions to come together and celebrate. I do not think any other country in the world can match […]
It can be considered the biggest strategic failure of Indian diplomacy that even after more than six decades, India has not found a way to neutralize the malevolence of a neighbor one-eighth its size”, says […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, hosted its Eighth Media-India Lecture Series 2014 – 2015 on the Civilizational Message of Indian Art by art historian, photographer and film-maker Benoy K […]
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