A little over three years ago I wrote in The Hindu that at a time when interest in India and India’s interest in the world are arguably at their highest, Indian scholarship on global issues […]
KABUL (TIP): Defense secretary Leon Panetta says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to meet in Washington. Panetta said at a joint news conference with Karzai that the meeting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A top UN official today claimed that some Taliban leaders, who issued fatwa against girls’ education during their rule in Afghanistan, have themselves sent their female children to schools run with the […]
KABUL (TIP): US defense secretary Leon Panetta, who has flown to Afghanistan for talks with President Hamid Karzai, says President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many US troops will after […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US and its allies have made only spotty and incremental progress in the Afghan war, with overall violence declining just slightly in the past year and widespread corruption continuing to hamper the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A majority of Pakistani parliamentarians and politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, are tax dodgers, a report on rampant tax evasion among the country’s political elite has revealed. The Centre for Investigative Reporting […]
LOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (TIP): South African President Jacob Zuma on Dec 13 honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend and who the president said is recovering from a lung infection. […]
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Asin, Himesh Reshammiya, Mithun Chakraborty, Raj Babbar Direction: Ashish R Mohan Genre: Action Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes STORY: Akela hai Mr. Khiladi, Ms. Khiladi chahiye. It’s that simple, really. MOVIE REVIEW: […]
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (TIP): Somber confidants of President Hugo Chavez say he is going through a difficult recovery after cancer surgery in Cuba, and one close ally is warning Venezuelans that their leader may not make […]
LONDON (TIP): A nurse at the hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine was found hanging in her room after being duped by a hoax call from an Australian radio station, an inquest heard on […]
SEOUL (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans held a mass rally on Friday to celebrate the nuclear-armed state’s rocket launch, as its youthful leader vowed new launches in defiance of US-led outrage. Days before […]
BAMAKO (TIP): The troubled nation of Mali swore in a new interim prime minister on Thursday, just days after soldiers behind this year’s military coup arrested his predecessor and forced his resignation. Diango Cissoko officially […]
BEIJING (TIP): A day after China’s top leader Xi Jinping asked the People’s Liberation Army to intensify its “real combat” awareness and “military readiness” in view of its tension with Japan over disputed islands, Japan […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Whites could become a minority in the US by 2043, losing for the first time their majority status ever since the nation came into being, latest projections released by the Census Bureau […]
LONDON (TIP): News Corporation’s UK newspaper unit, embroiled in the aftermath of a phone hacking scandal, lost another highranking executive on Wednesday when the editor of The Times of London announced he would quit. The […]
Communicable diseases like malaria, cholera and polio have become manageable due to recent advancements in medicines. However, a new breed of diseases has developed, called ‘Lifestyle diseases’ such as heart disease, some cancers and diabetes, […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months, the government announced, a move likely to ease fears of Afghans living in Pakistan that […]
MADRID (TIP): Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and buildings linked to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt requested Spain’s help under UN anti-corruption […]
Looking to set a mood? Just try turning on a lamp. The right type of lighting can create atmosphere, define spaces and spotlight prized possessions. The wrong type can make you sleepy, cause headaches and […]
CAIRO (TIP): The latest crisis to sweep Egypt has inflicted considerable damage and now threatens the country’s transition to -democracy. The rules of political competition have not been followed and politics has veered towards violence, […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The hype around Gujarat elections 2012 had drawn an impressive voters turnout on December 13 in the first phase of elections—across Saurashtra and South Gujarat. Till 6 pm on December 13 the election […]
PALANPUR (TIP): Continuing his veiled attack on chief minister Narendra Modi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said only one man is shining in Gujarat while others have been rendered insignificant. Unperturbed by Modi’s attacks on […]
RAJKOT (TIP): Reacting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi invoking Mahatma Gandhi in his election speeches, chief minister Narendra Modi scoffed at the Gandhi scion for narrating the historical anecdote of how Motilal Nehru found Gandhiji […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Election Commission of India has reprimanded Gujarat Congress chief Arjun Modhwadia for equating chief minister Narendra Modi with a monkey and a dog. The poll watchdog has also reproached the Congress leader […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on December 13 turned down Mulayam Singh Yadav’s plea to end CBI’s long and meandering probe into his family’s alleged disproportionate assets, although it handed the Samajwadi patriarch a […]
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