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When Guru Nanak Appeared on the World Scene
Guru Nanak is the Founder of Sikhism, the youngest and the fifth largest religion of the world, with a following of around 25 million worldwide. It is a monotheistic faith founded in the Punjab region […]
Misc
Weekly Horoscope November 26 – December 2, 2018
By Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla Aries:Ganesha says you are prone to bouts of introspection and continued spirituality (from last period, I mean), pondering on what you’d like to make of your life. At the same time […]
Entertainment
NJSO presents Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert on Thanksgiving weekend
By Mabel Pais The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) presents screenings of the complete film Star Wars: A New Hopewith Oscar-winning composer John Williams’ musical scores performed live on Thanksgiving weekend, November 23–25. In the […]
United States
‘Passport Seva Kendras’ to be opened in each 543 parliamentary constituencies: V K Singh
The year 2017 registered a 19 per cent growth in passport related services NEW YORK CITY(TIP): The Indian government plans to open a ‘Passport Seva Kendra’ in each of the 543 parliamentary constituencies across the […]
United States
New York State Sen. Jose Peralta dies
NEW YORK(TIP):Sen. Jose Peralta, the 47-year-old Queens lawmaker, who lost his reelection bid, died of a heart attack on Wednesday, November 21 night, according to news reports. The Democrat was pronounced dead at 8 p.m. […]
United States
New Yorkers Brave Freezing Cold to Participate in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK CITY(TIP): New York City’s huge Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade marched on Thursday, November 22, despite frigid cold and strong winds that earlier threatened to ground the giant character balloons. From early morning, families […]
United States
IRS provides tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2019
NEW YORK (TIP): The Internal Revenue Service today announced the tax year 2019 annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes. Revenue Procedure 2018-57 provides […]
United States
World Vegan Vision Celebrates Thanksgiving at the Capitol
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi recognizes contribution of H.K. Shah & Malti Shah WASHINGTON(TIP): World Vegan Vision- formerly Vegetarian Vision Inc., a non-profit Organization established in 1992, celebrated Vegan Thanksgiving event at Capitol in Cannon Office Complex, […]
Misc
Kartik Purnima 2018: Date, Significance, Pooja Rituals and Prasad
Hindus across the country will celebrate Kartik Purnima on 23rd November, 2018. Kartik is the eighth lunar month as per the Hindu calendar and is considered the holiest month among all lunar months. This auspicious […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Woman Appointed Head of Sustainability Team for European Bank
LONDON(TIP): Indian-origin Nandita Parshad senior executive, has been announced as the head of consolidated new sustainable infrastructure group of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Ms.Parshad, currently Managing Director for Energy and Natural […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Elected Harvard Student Body President
BOSTON(TIP): Indian American Sruthi Palaniappan has been elected president of the powerful student’s body of the prestigious Harvard University. Palaniappan, 20, whose parents migrated to the US from Chennai in 1992, was elected as president […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Scotland Yard Cop Fired after Homeless Man Kicked Out of Station Dies
LONDON(TIP): An Indian-origin Scotland Yard police constable (PC) has been fired from her job without notice for failing to exercise reasonable care in her treatment and monitoring of a homeless man after ejecting him from a […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Professor at University of Kansas City Accused of Using Students as Servants
WASHINGTON(TIP): An Indian-origin professor in the US has been accused of exploiting his students and compelling them to do his personal work, media reported. Ashim Mitra, a pharmacy professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, […]
Indian Americans
Eight Indian-American women honored
WASHINGTON(TIP): Eight Indian-American women have been honored in recognition of their achievements in diverse fields ranging from politics and business to civil rights activism and astrophysics. Immigration lawyer Sheela Murthy, vice chairwoman of the Asian American […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin man arrested in US for sexual enticement of 11 year old girl
NEW YORK(TIP): A 22-year-old Indian-origin man in the US has been arrested and charged with sexual enticement of a minor girl through social media, authorities have said. Sachin Aji Bhaskar, a resident of New York’s […]
United States
Jamal Khashoggi Murder-CIA has tape of Saudi prince saying ‘silence Khashoggi’
ISTANBUL(TIP): A Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday, November 22, that CIA director Gina Haspel signaled to Turkish officials last month that the agency had a recording of a call in which Saudi Arabia’s crown prince […]
United States
Spiritual Science: Get Permanent Bliss
CHICAGO, IL(TIP): Dada Bhagwan, known as AM Patel in his former life before renunciation, found and then shared a part for eternal bliss and peace through Akram Vignan, A spiritual science. Each and every living […]
United States
Manduka halts production of Lord Ganesh yoga towels after Hindu protest
NEVADA(TIP): Global yoga gear company Manduka, headquartered in El Segundo (California), has announced not to produce yoga towels carrying reimagined images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh, which Hindus objected calling these “highly inappropriate”. Taylor of […]
United States
Amazon’s Recent New York Campaign Contributions Mostly to Members of Congress
NEW YORK(TIP): Gotham Gazette reports that before Amazon announced the placement of one of its next satellite “headquarters” in Queens, drawing mixed reactions from local lawmakers and significant overall pushback, the company’s campaign finance footprint […]
Spirituality
550 Saal Guru Nanak de Naal: Celebration, reaffirmation
As Guru Nanak’s teachings stand out for their relevance in the present times of divisive turmoil even 550 years after his birth, one’s head bows with humility to the Guru’s deep insight into the right […]
Featured
The Usurpation of Free Speech
The notion that the far right is being muzzled despite the inordinate media attention it has garnered — from print, television, radio and digital — is one that it has managed to project with great […]
Featured
How Modi and Jaitley Gamed World Bank’s Doing Business Rankings
BJP government adopted a competitive-exam strategy to improve India’s rankings, meeting minutes and official correspondence show. “The elaborate filing requirements of the Goods and Services Tax had hurt medium and small enterprises while demonetization had […]
India
Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, hero of 1971 Battle of Longewala, dies at 78
CHANDIGARH(TIP): Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri (retd), who is known as the hero of the historic 1971 Battle of Longewala, died on Saturday, November 17, in a private hospital in Mohali, his family said. He was […]
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550 Years of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the Founder of Sikhism
Guru Nanak Dev Ji(1469-1539),is the Founder of Sikhism, the youngest and the fifth largest religion of the world, with a following of around 25 million worldwide. It is a monotheistic faith founded in the Punjab region […]