NEW YORK, NY (TIP): UN Women is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a global study to analyze the depiction and representation of female characters in family films. The Geena […]
OSLO (TIP): Norwegian leaders joined with ambassadors and representatives of 21 nations for the dedication ceremony of the statue of “Dreamer of World- Peace” Sri Chinmoy and The Eternal Peace-Flame at the worldfamous Holmenkollen ski […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): CEOs representing top American technology companies including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco have hailed the passage of the comprehensive immigration reform bill by US Senate, arguing that this would give a big boost […]
The fast developing situation in Egypt and the rapid ouster of President Mohamed Morsi has puzzled many and belied the expectation of those who thought that the revolution started two and a half years ago […]
While millions of Mohamed Morsi’s opponents continue to celebrate his ousting, they ignore the long term fallout of the army’s intervention on state and society. The soft coup is fraught with risks and widens the […]
Agender-insulted Tunisian lit himself up and ignited the Arab Spring. Social media (SM) gave it wings. Egypt’s Morsi and the Brotherhood came to power in Tahrir q e and caused the unhappy ending of our […]
New Yorkers must be grateful to Governor Cuomo for announcing on Ju ly 2 the formation of the “Commission to Investigate Public Corruption” under the Moreland Act and Executive Law Section 63(8) to probe systemic […]
Eddie Snowden has unleashed into the sunlight a core shadowy principle of statecraft, which Ronald Reagan in the midst of his warm engagement with Mikhail Gorbachev seeking to end the Cold War and the falJ […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Statue of Liberty, a beacon of hope for waves of immigrants at the turn of the century – and these days a destination for waves of tourists – reopened to the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), on July 2, sued the NYC Board of Elections (“the Board”) for failing to comply with the language assistance provisions (Section 203) of […]
WASHINGTON D.C.(TIP): The American India Public Affairs Committee (AIPACom) organized a reception in honor of Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C. on June 27th. Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee; Joe Crowley, Chair, India Caucus; […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): New York City Comptroller John C. Liu has rejected contracts by the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) engaging Aguila Inc. to operate shelters in the South Bronx and West 95th Street […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A top-level commission armed with subpoena power and the authority to investigate anything and everything is about to examine New York’s often sordid brand of politics and government. And because the state’s […]
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall examines some of the guns turned in, Saturday, June 29th at gun buy back event funded by her office with the support and cooperation of the NYPD and Queens District […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The United States celebrated the 237th anniversary of independence from British rule. Americans traditionally celebrate the Independence Day holiday with parades, picnics, fireworks, sports and concerts. Fourth of July decorations feature the […]
CAIRO (TIP): Mohammed Morsi, in office only a year as the first democratically elected leader of Egypt, was rousted from power by the military July 3 as a euphoric crowd in Tahrir Square cheered his […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Spelling trouble for the Narendra Modi government, the CBI on July 3 held that 19-year-old Ishrat Jahan was killed in a “fake” encounter in 2004 and chargesheeted seven police officers in the case, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Alleging that the Jet- Etihad deal was being rushed through and the government agencies were not allowed to examine it in all its ramifications, the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, July 5, signed the ordinance on food security after due consideration. The bill would now go before the Parliament when it convenes for the Monsoon Session. Brushing […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The US would support India in its much-awaited Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) slated for lift off from Sriharikota in October-November 2013. “Nasa is providing the deep space navigation and tracking support […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Google India has tied up with Getit Infomedia to help SMEs in the South to go online. Google’s Global Channel Sales Managing Director Todd Rows said that the company has so far tied […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): European leaders agreed on new steps to fight youth unemployment and promote lending to credit-starved small business on Thursday after deals on banking resolution and the long-term EU budget gave their summit a […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reliance Industries is expanding its presence in the real estate sector in Africa. In its second major foray, the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries has acquired 10 prime plots of land in Kenya’s capital, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): US-based Customers Bancorp Inc (CUBI) has agreed to invest $51 million (about Rs 300 crore) in various securities of banking licence aspirant Religare Enterprises Ltd. The investments will take place through a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP)In a fresh attempt to provide a push to the infrastructure sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday set a target to roll out projects worth Rs 1.15 lakh crore in public-private-partnership mode by […]
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