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10 Glasses Of Water A Day Cuts Flab
We have all heard this advice innumerable times. Drink eight to 10 glass of water a day. Experts say that if you are overweight or tend to get most of your calories from processed and […]
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United States
Skilled Immigrants Would Boost Up US Economy: Indian-Americans
WASHINGTON (TIP):The US must find waysincluding granting moreH-1B visas to attractskilled immigrants toboost its ailing economy,top Indian-Americanexperts have toldlawmakers. “If you look at all thedata, every single studythat’s been done, it showsthat when you bringskilled […]
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Coffee As Effective As Other Drugs
A cup of coffee can be as effective as some commonly used performance enhancing drugs, a new study has revealed. Victoria University researchers Simon Outram and Bob Stewart examined existing research on the risks and […]
United States
Marco Rubio Becomes First Hispanic To Give GOP Response To State Of The Union
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sen. MarcoRubio, R-Florida, will make history onFebruary 12 when he will give his party’srebuttal to President Barack Obama’sState of the Union address. He’ll becomethe first Hispanic to ever give the GOPresponse to the […]
Business & Economics
Starbucks expects India to be among top 5 global markets
NEW DELHI (TIP): US coffee chain Starbucks, which opened its seventh store in the country on Wednesday, expects India to be among the top five global markets for the company in the long term. John […]
United States
NSF Director Subra Suresh Named Carnegie Mellon University President
WASHINGTON (TIP): PresidentBarack Obama’s top Indian-Americanscience official, Subra Suresh, hasresigned as director of the NationalScience Foundation (NSF) to becomethe president of Carnegie MellonUniversity (CMU).Obama had appointed Suresh in 2010as head of NSF, a $7 billionindependent […]
Business & Economics
Indian Potash in deal with Belarusian company
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) has signed a contract with Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) to import 1 million tonne of muriate of potash (MOP) at $427 a tonne this calendar year. The pricing […]
India
Anna Hazare’s Magic Is Working!
CVC reports a 100 per cent jump in corruption complaints in 2012 NEW DELHI (TIP: It’s a record thatwill bring a smile to the faces of AnnaHazare and likes. Their anticorruptionagitation might not havebrought down […]
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Net direct tax collections figures for April-January 2012-13 up by 12.49 per cent
NEW DELHI (TIP): Gross Direct Tax collection during April-January of the current fiscal (F.Y. 2012- 13) was up by 7.02 percent at Rs. 4,55,125 crore as against Rs. 4,25,274 crore in the same period last […]
Business & Economics
Indian manufacturing & natural resources industry to spend Rs 40,800 on IT in 2013
CHENNAI (TIP): Indian manufacturers and natural resources companies will spend Rs 40,800 crore on IT products and services in 2013, an increase of 9.1% over 2012 revenue of Rs 37,400 crore, according to Gartner, Inc. […]
India
Kejriwal’s Party To Launch Its Own News Channel
Channel will fight for the rights of common man NEW DELHI (TIP): Social activist Arvind Kejriwal’sAam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its decision tolaunch its own news channel to focus on common issuesand propagate the […]
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Tata Advanced Materials in pact with Strongfield Technologies
BENGALURU (TIP): Tata Advanced Materials Ltd (TAML) has signed an MoU with UK-based Strongfield Technologies Ltd, manufacturer and supplier of high-tech components and equipment for defence and space applications. The MoU also facilitates the design, […]
India
4-Nation Gas Pipeline Plan Gets Fresh Push
NEW DELHI (TIP): Aiming to speedup implementation of the ambitiousTurkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline, theUnion Cabinet on February 7approved the setting up of a specialpurpose vehicle to build the 1,680-kmpipeline that terminates at Fazilka inPunjab.Tapi […]
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Chaos ahead of us as solar ‘megastorm’ is brewing?
LONDON (TIP): A solar ‘megastorm’ , expected to hit Earth in the near future, could knock out the planet’s communication satellites, cause power cuts and disrupt crucial navigation aids and aircraft avionics , experts have […]
India
India Working On Agni-VI Missile, To Be In World’s Elite Nuclear Club
NEW DELHI (TIP): India onFebruary 7 said it is developing a longrangenuclear-capable Agni-VIballistic missile that would carrymultiple warheads allowing oneweapon system to take out severaltargets at a time.”Agni-V is a major strategic defenceweapon. Now we […]
India
Sc Pulls Up Cbi In Babri Masjid Case
NEW DELHI (TIP): CBI’s submission in the BabriMasjid demolition case that senior BJP leader LKAdvani and others had committed a ‘national crime’drew a sharp reaction from the Supreme Court whichasked the agency not to use […]
India
Chinese Presence At Pak Port A Matter Of Concern: Antony
BANGALORE (TIP): Pakistan’s decision to hand overthe strategic Gwadar port to China is a matter of“serious concern” for India, Defence Minister AKAntony said on February 7.“Chinese are now constructing that port on Pakistan’srequest. In one […]
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Avoid overdose of paracetamol to cut death risk
LONDON (TIP): The number of deaths and liver transplants, due to overdose of paracetamol — a drug commonly popped by Indians for fever and cough, has fallen by a whopping 43% in England and Wales, […]
India
FIR Against Union Minister For Vandalism Outside DM’s House
KOLKATA (TIP): An FIR was filedtoday against Union minister of stateAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury after theCongress supporters vandalised theofficial bungalow of Murshidabaddistrict magistrate Rajiv Kumar.They had assembled at the spot tosubmit a memorandum againstsuperintendent of police […]
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To fight germs, Australia bans kids from blowing out candles on b’day cakes
MELBOURNE (TIP): The iconic tradition of blowing out candles on birthday cakes may soon be passe — at least for Aussie kids! Australian children are to be banned from blowing out candles together on birthday […]
Europe
70 Held In Crackdown Against Self-Immolation Protests In Tibet
BEIJING (TIP): Stepping up itscrackdown against self-immolation protestsin Tibet, China has detained 70 suspects fora string of suicides in November last year,coinciding with the once-in-a-decadeleadership change in China’s rulingCommunist Party.A total of 70 people have […]
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Here’s Rex: World’s first bionic man is worth $1m
LONDON (TIP): Man has once again played God. The world’s first bionic man Rex, created using nearly $1 million-worth of state-of-the-art limbs and organs — synthetic blood from Sheffield University, prosthetic legs and ankle from […]
Europe
Japan Protests Over Russian Jet Incursion
TOKYO (TIP): Japan on Thursdayprotested against what it said was aviolation of its northern airspace bytwo Russian fighter jets engaged inwhat may have been a calculatedrebuke of Japanese territorial claims.The brief incursion, whichprompted Japan to […]
Europe
Top Jamaat Leader Jailed For Life In Bangladesh; Riots Follow
DHAKA (TIP): A top leader of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was today sentenced to life by a special tribunal here for “crime against humanity” committed during the 1971independence war against Pakistan,sparking riots that claimed at least […]
Europe
Japan Expects Small Tsunami After Solomon Islands Earthquake
TOKYO (TIP): Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA)said on Wednesday it expects a 20 cm (8 inch) tsunami toreach the country at around 4.30pm (0730 GMT) after a strong earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands earlier in […]