LONDON (TIP): Indian youngsters in UK face real time risk of being radicalized by Islamic terrorist organizations and handlers, says Britain’s House of Commons. Keith Vaz, Britain’s longest-serving Indian-origin MP who was recently re-elected as […]
MAIDUGURI (TIP): Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said on […]
SEOUL (TIP): Four workers were killed and two others were missing July 3 when a waste water storage tank exploded at a chemical plant in the South Korean industrial city of Ulsan, authorities said. The […]
BEIJING (TIP): A magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook buildings in China’s far western region of Xinjiang on July 3, sending people out onto the streets, but there were no immediate reports of casualties from the sparsely […]
RIYADH (TIP): Saudi Arabia on July 2 officially opens a billion-dollar aviation gateway aimed at Muslim pilgrims, in the kingdom’s first airport privatization. Local media said King Salman would inaugurate the Prince Mohammad bin Abdul […]
BEIJING (TIP): Hong Kong is unlikely to follow the US example of allowing gay marriages, its Equal Opportunities Commission has said. The political system in the city, which is witness to pro~democracy agitation, is not […]
LONDON (TIP): Grappling with a 150-million-pound budget deficit, the BBC on Thursday announced it is axing more than 1,000 jobs, as senior management services are sacrificed in a massive drive expected to save 50 million […]
Rome July 1 (TIP): Italy has decided to enter into international arbitration with India over the case of two Italian marines accused in the 2012 shooting of two Indian fishermen. The foreign ministry said on […]
Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the Canada Open women’s doubles title after upstaging the top-seeded Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in the summit clash here. The third-seeded Indian pair […]
New York (TIP) July 1: The M&A Advisor, a New York-based advisory firm offering intelligence about merger and acquisition activity, recognized the winners of the 6th annual “40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Awards” on June 29th, New […]
“Canada and India share extremely strong relations. Now, we are focusing on trade and agricultural technology in India,” said Nadir Patel, High Commissioner for Canada to India. He was speaking at a special session ‘India-Canada […]
CHANDIGARH: Nadir Patel, Canadian high commissioner to India, highlighted possibility of greater educational collaboration with not just Indian students studying on Canadian campuses but also vice versa coming true. “At present we have 46,000 Indian […]
Pakistan’s Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday, June 30, discussed with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif India’s alleged involvement in funding terrorism in the country, a media report said. According to Dawn Online, the two […]
With Greece witnessing a full-blown economic crisis, India’s software and engineering exports may take a hit and the country may also face larger capital outflows due to a weaker euro, industry and government officials warned […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): A Singaporean woman of Indian-origin, who tortured her Myanmarese maid over a period of three months, burning her with a heated metal ladle and beating her with a grinding tool, was jailed for […]
LONDON (TIP): One in every four births in UK in 2013 happened to mothers born outside the UK. Britain has seen its population grow by almost half a million last year to 64.5 million. Net […]
TOKYO (TIP): Fancy a meteor shower racing across the night sky to mark your birthday? One Japanese start-up is hoping to deliver shooting stars on demand and choreograph the cosmos. And, say scientists, it’s not […]
WINNIPEG (TIP): Police in the Canadian city of Winnipeg apologized on June 22 after a lewd conversation about sex was broadcast from the loudspeakers of a police helicopter to a neighborhood below. Officers on a […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has admitted for the first time that one out of every 100 Chinese is a drug user. It said that the total number of drug users could be 14 million, which comes […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israel’s prime minister says world powers can still insist on a better deal with Iran over its nuclear program as the negotiators’ self-imposed deadline rapidly approaches. Benjamin Netanyahu told a graduating class of […]
LONDON (TIP): The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has reportedly re-entered the Syrian town of Kobani, just months after being pushed out from the city after a long battle with Kurdish troops. Several […]
BEIJING (TIP): China says Southeast Asia’s lawless `Golden Triangle’ region remains the overwhelming source of the heroin and methamphetamine used in the country. A Cabinet report on China’s drug situation released Wednesday underscores the threat posed […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): The leaders of Germany and France warned Greece that it must reach a debt deal with its creditors at “decisive” talks on June 20 to avert default and a possible euro exit. Angela […]
COLOMBIA (TIP): A Honduran woman carrying 1.5kg (3.3 lbs) of liquid cocaine in her breast implants was arrested at the airport in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday, police said. Paola Deyanira Sabillon, 22, was attempting […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Afghanistan’s once-thriving Sikh community is dwindling fast as many choose to leave the country of their birth to escape what they say is growing intolerance and discrimination. Once boasting as many as […]
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