WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Supreme Court reined in presidential power on June 26, ruling that President Barack Obama went too far when he filled senior government posts without seeking US Senate approval, but the justices […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): When it comes to the gender and ethnic diversity of its work force, Facebook’s record is on par with the rest of Silicon Valley. It’s overwhelmingly male, white and Asian. And white men […]
DENVER (TIP): Colorado gun laws that mandate background checks on private sales and limit ammunition magazines to 15 rounds are constitutional, federal judge Marcia Krieger ruled Thursday, June 26. The state’s Democratic-majority legislature passed the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): “Due to the recently released dates of the combined Budget and Monsoon Sessions of the Indian Parliament, the U.S.-India Business Council’s 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit has been postponed to October. Exact dates are […]
PARIS (TIP): The United States warned Russia on june 26it had only “hours” to prove it was helping disarm Ukrainian insurgents whose separatist drive has reopened a Cold War-style chasm in East-West ties. US Secretary […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The White House sent Congress a 2015 war-funding request on Thursday of nearly $60 billion, a drop of $20 billion from the current fiscal year after President Barack Obama decided to withdraw all […]
WASHINGTON (TIP) : Michelle Obama has come under some fire for allegedly using a racial slur during a recent interview. The First Lady of the USA was being questioned about her experience as a working […]
A total of 276 girls were taken from the Christian northeastern town of Chibok by the rebels in April. The majority of the schoolchildren remain missing, despite international pressure for their safe return — including […]
LONDON (TIP): Investigation reports unveiled to the public for the first time on June 16 confirming that renowned DJ and presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abuse patients in National Health Service hospitals across the UK for […]
BEIJING (TIP): A leading figure of a small citizen movement in southern China was released on bail on June 25, nearly one month after he was taken into police custody, his lawyers said. Wang Aizhong […]
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (TIP): The leader of a Pakistani Islamist organization that was labeled a terror group and slapped with economic sanctions by the United States denied having any links to militancy on June 26 and […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): One person was killed and two others injured when shots were fired at a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane landing at the Peshawar airport on June 22 night. The shots were fired at […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): US doctors treating Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala have ruled out lung cancer and diagnosed the 75-year-old with tuberculosis, a spokesman for the premier’s Nepali Congress party said on June 26. Koirala travelled […]
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said on June 25, as five days of […]
YANGON (TIP): Proposals by radical Buddhist monks to criminalize interfaith marriage in Myanmar face strong opposition from women’s rights groups in a tussle over the nation’s religious identity that has sparked international alarm. Buddhist nationalists, […]
CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 23 They are satiated with the sublime essence of the Lord, and they merge in celestial peace; in each and every heart, they see the all-pervading Lord. They alone are […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladesh tribunal on June 22 deferred the verdict on the chief of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, accused of war crimes during the country’s liberation war against Pakistan in 1971, at the last minute […]
A well-thought-through response combining intelligence, the internal security apparatus and mature political initiatives are called for. The design and execution of a response that is successful will need to ensure that the response itself does […]
Politics must not decide judicial appointments The BJP, which had often accused the UPA of weakening institutions like the CAG and the CBI, is doing exactly that being in power at the Centre. While its […]
All sorts of insects may want to set up residence in your wardrobe, find out ways to annihilate them Your favourite clothes can meet an untimely destruction no thanks to creepy crawlies or insects who […]
Language is a vehicle, not a destination. In government, it is a means, not an end. The Hindiwallahs fail to appreciate that, since promoting Hindi, for them, is an end in itself” says the author […]
Proper lighting: Lighting can make or break a room: Mood lighting is very essential part of decor. Invest in a nice table lamp. Even hanging lamps will add much magic to your room. A little […]
TEXAS (TIP): A K Mago, an eminent Indian- American has been felicitated by top American lawmakers for his contribution to strengthening Indo-US ties. A K Mago, the chairman of a Dallas-based business and investment consulting […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A renowned U.S. lawmaker inquired the State Department for the betterment of visa approval process for doctors from India and Pakistan. In a letter to the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Nearly four years after struggling to achieve its vision and watching it flop, Google, June 24, declared that it will try again. At the Google I/O conference for application developers, the company […]
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