India-born Steve Rai has been appointed the new deputy chief constable of Canada’s Vancouver Police Department. Vancouver Police chief Adam Palmer announced yesterday that Mr Rai has joined the department’s executive team as the new […]
MIAMI (TIP): A programme that teaches university-age women how to avoid rape has shown some success in reducing the numbers of women in Canada who are sexually assaulted, according to a study. Previous research has […]
New York (TIP): Nestle has issued multiple statements some contradicting their own top executive in the last few days. It is yet to be ascertained whether Nestle’s decision to burn Maggi packets recalled from the […]
MIAMI (TIP): A programme that teaches university-age women how to avoid rape has shown some success in reducing the numbers of women in Canada who are sexually assaulted, according to a study. Previous research has […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s total foreign tourist arrivals jumped last year but the number of foreign women travelling to the country slipped during the same period amid concerns about safety of women following the December […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Crude oil futures fell on Thursday as the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast, ending a two-day rally triggered by a sharp US inventory drawdown. In its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects […]
PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): Authorities say a collision between a bus carrying Italian tourists and a tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania has left three people dead and many injured. The accident occurred today morning on Interstate 380. Monroe County […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, scored most in foreign policy in his first year in power. No one anticipated Modi’s natural flair for diplomacy, to which he has brought imagination and self-assurance. Modi has been more […]
LONDON (TIP): Two Indian cities -Imphal (ranked 32) and Srinagar (ranked 49) have been named to be at “extreme risk” of a terrorist attack, mainly aiming to cause mass casualty and destroy public transport networks. According […]
GENEVA (TIP): India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list. India is […]
NEVADA (TIP): Ratha Yatras (Hindu Festival of Chariots) have reportedly been planned in the three cities of Florida (USA). Starting with Clearwater Beach on May 10, this annual parade will reportedly be held on the […]
[quote_right]For a large country like India, which has the potential of becoming a big power in the future, strategic autonomy is a compelling choice. By virtue of its demographic, geographic, economic and military size, India […]
I have almost been a regular at the event of the events, the famous Noor Amrohvi poetical extravaganza, the annual mushaira. Noor is a consummate artist. A little crazy like most artists, he gives out his best […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world’s most scenic regions in the world into a desolation and devastation. [quote_box_right] More than 5,800 are confirmed dead as per […]
For two countries that Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls “natural partners” in a new global economy, Canada and India might appear to share a rather meek business relationship. Not even one per cent of Canadian exports currently […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan recently received a death threat from a purported Islamic State (IS) email account that is being accessed from across the globe. The governor received the […]
Max Schrems, the Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action lawsuit against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches, said ahead oft he preliminary hearing in Vienna on Thursday said he hoped to send a message to […]
Sacramento Kings’ Sim Bhullar became the first person of Indian descent to play in an NBA game. The Indian American makes history when he appeared in the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves for only 16 seconds […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): In the run up to general elections in the UK scheduled for early May, the 7.5-lakh strong Sikh community there has got a gift in the shape of a new law that allows […]
MUMBAI (TIP): It’s that time of the year again. The onset of a much-awaited spring in New York and a long, hot summer in Mumbai. The 16th Annual FICCI FRAMES conference on the Media & Entertainment (M&E) […]
Governments apologising for acts committed generations ago do give a veneer, even if superficial, of turning a new page on the blemished past, but there’s competing politics involved. For the large Punjabi community in Canada, the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Plans for a new high-speed transport corridor that could potentially link London and New York by rail and superhighway have been unveiled. The idea, dubbed the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development (TERP), would see a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Envoys of six leading world powers — US, Japan, China, Britain, Germany and Canada- hailed, March 14, India’s emergence as a major player at the “global high table” and complimented the new government for its […]
Detroit (TIP): A 25-year-old American man was rescued by the US Coast Guard after he tried to walk from Detroit to Canada across a frozen lake, officials said on Mar 12. The man was found […]
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian immigration officials have arrested a Pakistani man who they say was plotting to attack the US consulate and other buildings in Toronto’s financial district. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada said […]
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