NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio named January 21, the new heads of the Department of Small Business Services and the Health and Hospitals Corporation, pledging to deepen each agency’s connections to neighborhoods […]
KIEV (UKRAINE) (TIP): Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on January 22 to call early elections within 24 hours or face more popular rage, after at least two protesters were […]
BANGUI (TIP): Seven people died in inter-religious attacks and reprisal killings in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on January 22, a human rights campaigner said, underlining the challenge the new interim president faces in restoring […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations hosted the traditional Republic Day reception on Thursday, January 23, with President of the General Assembly John Ashe. Permanent Representative Ambassador Asoke […]
MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Peace talks intended to carve a path out of Syria’s civil war got off to a rocky start on January 23 as a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad’s future threatened to […]
LONDON (TIP): A university in the UK has become the first public varsity in the world to allow students to pay their tuition fees with the digital currency bitcoin. Students at Cumbria University attending two […]
LONDON (TIP): Five terror suspects, including the one who allegedly plotted a Mumbai style attack in London, are set to be freed within days. Restrictions on their movements under the Terrorism Prevention Investigation Measure (T-PIM) […]
Varnished wood is considered to be one of the most popular surfaces available in furniture. Rooms with varnished woodwork not only look elegant, but it is also considered stylish, but it needs special care. Cleaning […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ennore Port Limited (EPL), Chennai and Ford India Private Limited have signed an agreement for export of Ford cars though the Ennore port for a period of 10 years. Speaking on the […]
Getting a head massage is one of the best ways to release every day stress and anxiety. It also helps relieve headaches. Here are some of the advantages. 1. It relaxes and calms your mind […]
BENGALURU (TIP): After Facebook’s acquisition of Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs earlier this month, it’s Google that has now bought a three-year-old startup that had two Indians — Vish Ramarao and Naveen Jamal — as co-founders […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has instructed advancing the planned commissioning of 100,00 Megawatt (Mw) of solar power generation capacity to 2027, against the originally envisaged target of 2031. The long-term target for […]
India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country, the world’s mostpopulous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies. With the world’s seventh largest military expenditure, […]
Bored of doing the standard sit ups? Here’s how to sculpt sixpack abs with interesting crunches Doing the basic sit-ups to firm your abdominal muscles is not a bad choice. But if you find yourself […]
Asalute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on January 26, 1950; 894 days after our country became a […]
Do not panic if you have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure. Besides regular exercise, one can control it with diet low in sodium and fat. So here are some of the top foods you […]
Nothing beats cold in the winter like a piping hot cup of ginger tea. With its high levels of Vitamin C, magnesium and other minerals, ginger root is extremely beneficial for health. Once made into […]
Statistics mentioned above indicate that while progress has been made, measures have been far from adequate. We therefore need to upgrade our education system so that illiteracy can be completely uprooted from India. No matter […]
DEFENSE With personnel strength of 1.1 million soldiers (6 regional commands, a training command, 13 corps, and 38 divisions), the Indian Army has kept the nation together through various crises, including four wars since Independence, […]
LONDON (TIP): Spanish scientists have discovered why beer transforms from liquid to foam when one bottle is bumped against another. Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ( UC3M) and colleagues got the idea for […]
LONDON (TIP): A new app for Google’s hi-tech wearable computing gadget, Glass, would reportedly change the way people have sex, or more appropriately “view it”. The ‘Sex with Glass’ app has been designed to enhance […]
LONDON (TIP): Internet security firm SplashData has released its list of the worst passwords of 2013. King of terrible passwords, ‘password’, has finally been unseated from its throne. It has been displaced by ‘123456’ as […]
LONDON (TIP): Scientists in the UK have created the fastest ever real-world internet connection, using commercial-grade fibre optic lines to clock up speeds of 1.4 terabits per second. It’s believed to be the fastest speed […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists have developed a new biodegradable battery that runs on sugar and can work for long hours without charging. In as soon as three years, the new battery could be running some of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): People who are less patient tend to move their eyes with greater speed, says a study. “It seems that people who make quick movements – at least eye movements – tend to […]
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