MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan cut key interest rates — for the first time in almost two years — by 25 basis points about a fortnight ahead of the monetary policy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bank of America Corp, the second-largest US bank by assets, reported a 14 per cent fall in quarterly profit as revenue from fixedincome trading fell. Bond trading revenue plunged 21 per cent to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Anglo-Dutch Shell and GDF Suez of France are to take 26% stake each in a floating facility for importing liquid gas that state utility Gail is proposing to put up off the […]
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (TIP): The Indian economy is expected to catch up with China by 2016-17 and is expected to grow 6.4% in 2015 on the back of reform measures unveiled by the new government, the […]
Imagine garments that preserve most of our body heat – there will be no need of heating up our homes. In Northern India, this would be used in winters but in temperate countries in Europe […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): DNA strands can act as a glue to hold together 3-D-printed materials that could someday be used to grow tissues and organs in the lab, a new study has found. Researchers from the […]
BHOPAL (TIP): After its successful Mangalyan mission, Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is gearing up for four satellite launches this year. Among them, IRNSS-1D will be the first, which would put in place India’s own […]
TORONTO (TIP): A next-generation cheaper, lighter and more powerful rechargeable battery for electric vehicles is one step closer to reality. The discovery of a material that maintains a rechargable sulphur cathode helps to overcome a […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his first media appearance since quitting the Test captaincy a fortnight ago. The occasion was the unveiling of India’s new ODI jersey for the World Cup, which the team […]
BERN (TIP): Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has said his wife is a competitive individual who fights for every point even in friendly knock-ups against him during holidays. Federer’s wife Mirka played the game professionally, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): After lending strong support to her cause, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar met Commonwealth Games silver-medallist woman boxer L Sarita Devi, who is serving a one-year ban for her emotionally-charged protest at the […]
“The Taliban attacks within Afghanistan reached unprecedented levels in 2014. Moreover, while Washington proclaims that any process of “reconciliation” between the Taliban and the Afghan Government will be “Afghan led and Afghan driven,” the reality […]
One of the most essentialcomponents of a healthyrelationship is trust. Lack oftrust makes one an intruder in his orher partner’s life.And needless to say, the person endsup eating into the other’s space, whichleads to quarrels […]
Supplements to boost probiotics — the helpful microorganismsthat reside in our bodies — can alter theway people process emotional information andease anxiety and depression, new research suggests.Gut bacteria may also affect the immune system,which could […]
Headache could be the onlysymptom of brain tumour inmany cases, say researchers,suggesting that CT scans and otherneuro-imaging tests for people withheadache could prove to be helpfultools in spotting the deadly disease.The suggestions come in view […]
Asystematic review and meta-analysis ofrandomised controlled trials has concluded thatthe popular mind-body practice of yoga can be apotential therapy for cardiovascular disease andmetabolic syndrome.Out of 1,404 records, 37 randomised controlled trialswere included in the systematic […]
Female sex hormones called oestrogens can worsenallergic reactions in women, says a study.”Women are more likely to suffer lethal allergicreactions because the female sex hormone makes thecondition worse,” says a Telegraph report, quoting thestudy by […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Newly-appointed captain Virat Kohli became the highest Indian run getter in a Test series in Australia after notching up an unbeaten 140 in the fourth and final cricket match of the ongoing series […]
On the western coast of India, the state of Gujarat is the “Jewel of the West” in India. In Gujarat, one of India’s most industrialized and prosperous states, you find the modern milieu and the […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Global medical tourism market will rise to $ 32.5 billion by 2019 on account of rising healthcare costs in developed countries, like the US and improved standards of healthcare technology and services in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Spread across diverse sectors, nearly 38,000 new firms have been registered in the first eight months of the new companies law coming into force in April last year. Out of the total […]
NEW DELHI(TIP): Using its enhanced powers, capital markets regulator Sebi has managed to recover dues in more than 100 cases over the past one year out of the 500 cases in which attachment orders were […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Tata Group is set to launch its full-service Vistara airline on 9 January, more than 60 years after the Indian government nationalised the group’s airline business and following two previous aborted attempts to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a relief to Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, the Supreme Court on January 9 set aside the order of the special court summoning […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced, January 8, the launch of the 2015 Community and Citywide Education Council elections and encouraged parents across the city to participate and have […]
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