LONDON (TIP): Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, who won the Man Booker prize in 1997 for “The God of Small Things,” is among the contenders for this year’s Man Booker Prize for fiction. On a longlist […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Hemalee J. Patel, a lawyer and involved Brooklyn community member, is running for civil court judge in the 6th municipal district in Brooklyn, reports Kings County Politics. The district includes Northern Park […]
BOSTON (TIP): An Indian American student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is getting the attention of the world for her invention of a smart device that can prevent women from sexual assault. Manisha Mohan, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Dr. Rohini Anand, senior vice president corporate responsibility and Global Chief Diversity Officer for Sodexo, a leading provider of sustainable, integrated facilities management and food service operations, has been appointed as […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): Google’s Indian American CEO Sundar Pichai is joining parent company Alphabet’s board, according to an announcement on July 24 from the company. “Sundar has been doing a great job as Google’s CEO, […]
BOSTON (TIP): Indian American Anantha P. Chandrakasan, the Vannevar Bush Professor and head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), has been resumed charge as dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, from […]
KANO, NIGERIA (TIP): At least 33 people were killed in clashes between cattle herders and farmers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state, a police chief told AFP Thursday. KANO, Nigeria: At least 33 people were killed in clashes between […]
ADEN (TIP): An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN statement and witnesses said July 19. The attack on Tuesday afternoon hit a group […]
BERLIN (TIP): Swiss police say they’ve formally identified two bodies found on an Alpine glacier as those of a couple missing for nearly 75 years. Valais canton (state) police said Wednesday that forensic experts using DNA analysis identified the […]
KOS (TIP): A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands early morning on july 20, damaging buildings and a port, killing at least two people and causing more than 100 injuries, authorities said. The island of Kos was nearest to […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is putting gifts received from world leaders on display at Buckingham Palace, with the eclectic collection including presents from the likes of Nelson Mandela and John F. Kennedy. A remarkable array of over 200 gifts will […]
SOUTHAMPTON (TIP): Water was thrown over two women standing outside a mosque in an apparent fake acid attack which police are treating as racially aggravated assault. The women, who were wearing traditional head coverings, were attacked as they waited outside the Bashir […]
ARBIL (IRAQ) (TIP): The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to go back and trade in the stability of their new lives. “There’s no security, no […]
PARIS: France’s top military chief resigned after a war of words with Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts that tested the new president’s authority. The row between Macron and General Pierre de Villiers erupted last week when the chief of staff told […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s hopes of getting western support for its stance against India dimmed as Chinese negotiators suffer a serious setback during annual US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington on Wednesday. Negotiations between the two sides got into a deadlock as American […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Facing attacks over lynching incidents, the government on Thursday asserted that killings in the name of cow “sentiments” was unacceptable and said the state governments should take stern action against those indulging in such violence. Finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was replying to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): BSP supremo Mayawati’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha has been accepted by Chairman Hamid Ansari. Officials said Mayawati had submitted a fresh resignation letter as per the prescribed format, which was accepted by Ansari today Accusing the BJP and the Chair of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has has travelled 49 countries in the last three years during which India signed a number of agreements on a range of topics, the government today said. In a written response to a question in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notices to actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife, Gauri Khan, for alleged violations in Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to the tune of Rs 73.6 crore and asked them to […]
Beijing ‘threatens security’ at tri-junction ? In the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said China intends to unilaterally change the status of the trijunction with Bhutan, posing a challenge to India’s security On the standoff at Doklam, she referred to the written agreement between India, […]
HIGHLIGHTS ? Indian DGMO Lt-General A K Bhatt told his Pakistani counterpart to exercise “strict control” over his troops ? Lt-Gen Bhatt said Pakistan army had deliberately targeted villages and also fired at kids in Nowshera sector […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a major upgrade to its defences, the Indian Army has signed a MoU with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to raise one regiment of the advanced Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles (MRSAM). The army […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, July 21, said it would take a decision to list for early hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land dispute […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With Ram Nath Kovind winning the presidential elections on Thursday, it is time to bid farewell to outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, who will move out of the Rashtrapati Bhawan officially on July 25, making way for Kovind to take […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India completed the process of its civil nuclear agreements, as the landmark India- Japan civil nuclear agreement entered into force on Thursday, July 20. Foreign secretary S Jaishankar and Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu exchanged diplomatic notes, marking operationalisation of […]
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