The country is grieving the death of its celebrated Indo-Anglian novelist Khushwant Singh. He was 99 and passed away on March 20. Here’s a look at his story: On February 2, 1915, Khushal Sobha Singh […]
HANNOVER (TIP): Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn unveiled James 2025, a prototype of the interiors of what it called the car of the future, at the opening ceremony of Europe’s largest technology showcase, Cebit 2014, in […]
BANGALORE (TIP): In a major organizational rejig, Tesco, the world’s third largest retailer, has brought company veteran Glen Attewell from Seoul to head its captive global IT operations in Bangalore. Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (HSC) […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two Indian CEOs have been named among America’s most powerful CEOs under the age of 40 — who head publicly—traded companies with highest market values — in the Forbes magazine list that […]
NEW DELHI: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday placed an order for 42 Boeing 737 Max aircraft at a list price of $4.4 billion. The airline swapped existing orders for 12 Boeing 737 aircraft for the […]
In January 1954 the seemingly whimsical Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who was born on Russia’s border with Ukraine and married to a Ukrainian, transferred Russia’s Crimean region located along the Russian- Ukrainian border to the […]
“Having said that, what has amazed me most in recent days is the blanket refusal of the media to discuss the main agenda of Kejriwal’s latest outbursts: the Corporate Corruption”, says the author. The media […]
Ukraine threatens to become the Syria of Eastern Europe. And like Syria, civil war could ultimately decimate a vibrant and ethnically diverse society, and a rich civilisational legacy”, says the author. Ukraine threatens to become […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Seeking to check gold smuggling, the government, on March 6, tightened baggage rules, requiring inbound Indian passengers to provide details such as source of funds for importing the metal as well as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian e-tailer Flipkart has hit the $1 billion in sales– a feat that it has managed to achieve before its own target and in roughly the same time it took online giant […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) on March 6 laid the foundation stone for a bus-making facility at its existing plant in Oragadam, near Chennai. The new facility will become operational in the second […]
NAIROBI (TIP): Kenya’s two biggest telecoms operators, Safaricom and the local unit of Bharti Airtel, have made a joint bid for the smallest operator, Indian group Essar Communications’ Yu, the industry regulator said. The Communications […]
LONDON (TIP): Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning to invest 100 million pounds into a new factory in Saudi Arabia to make 100,000 cars a year to meet the booming demand in the […]
London (TIP): The price of gold is the highest it’s been in four months as tensions escalate over Russia sending troops into Ukraine. Traders often consider gold a safer investment in times of political or […]
Devyani Khobragade and her pending motion to dismiss charges based upon UN letter How Devyani was arrested and Richard family was evacuated to United States, with prior pending legal proceedings in India affecting them, remain […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Tech Mahindra, on Thursday, said it had signed an agreement BASF to acquire the IT and consultancy services business of the chemical giant in a bid to strengthen its presence in Western […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Online auction platform eBay is leading yet another round of funding for online marketplace Snapdeal, sparking rumors of a possible buyout. In 2013, eBay lead the first funding round that resulted in […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Infosys employees received an intranet notification on February 26, informing them that they are due for a 5-7 per cent salary hike in job levels up to project managers and senior project managers. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India has emerged as the biggest fleet owner of business aircraft in the Asia Pacific surpassing China with business houses and high net worth individuals (HNIs) acquiring aircraft. Even during the economic slowdown […]
BALI (TIP): Samsung launched the Note 3 Neo at the Samsung Forum in Bali on February 18. Priced at Rs. 40,900, the Neo is a cheaper version of the Note 3, which retails at around […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition. The world’s biggest social networking company said on Wednesday that […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Seeking to restrict gold imports, the Reserve Bank of India said nominated banks and agencies would not be allowed to import the precious metal in excess of their entitlements in the first […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Automobile manufacturers, on February 19, announced that they would pass on the benefits arising from the cut in excise duty announced in the Interim Budget to customers. The Vote-on-Account Interim Budget 2014-15 announced […]
“Both India and Pakistan gained from the US military intervention in Afghanistan, albeit in different ways. Both will face problems, though in diverse forms, after the US military exits Afghanistan”, says the author. In the […]
US diplomacy is a cynical mixture of principle and expediency. The world’s foremost power needs to project internationally that its policies are based on certain high principles so that its global hegemony is not seen […]
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