A SPLENDROUS LOTUS WITH FOUR SUPERB PETALS For over 200 years, Western scholars have struggled to understand Hinduism, a faith whose followers seemed (to outsiders) to arbitrarily worship any one of a dozen Gods as […]
Washington: An Indian-origin philanthropist, Mohini Jain, has made a grant of USD 1.5 million to University of California (UC) Davis to advance studies in Jainism. Mohini Jain, a retired teacher, gave the gift which will establish the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): It was a double bonanza for Indian academics at #PurdueUniversity, Indiana. Indian American Karthik Kannan, a Professor at Purdue’s Krannert School of Management, was named to the 2017-18 class of Jefferson Science Fellows, […]
MISSOURI CITY (TIP): Shreya Bhadriraju, an Indian-American teen is among 60 students in the US who have been nominated for the 2017 Presidential Scholars program for exemplifying academic and artistic excellence. A student of Elkins […]
US President Donald Trump is yet to unroll the “America First” doctrine. But worryingly for India, Democrats are competing with him in imposing restrictions on low-cost foreign IT workers. Embed from Getty Images The US […]
Says she would trigger formal divorce talks with European Union by March-end Embed from Getty Images LONDON (TIP): British Parliament overwhelmingly supported a Bill, February 9, empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start crucial negotiations […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump said on Feb 2 that he’s having to make “tough phone calls” to stop countries taking advantage of the US after a diplomatic firestorm over the abrasive nature of […]
MANILA (TIP): The Philippine defence ministry on Feb 1 asked President Rodrigo Duterte to issue an order for the military to play a role in his war on drugs, including granting troops powers to arrest […]
Repeated antibiotic treatment not only can increase bacteria’s resistance to drugs but also help them reproduce faster, warns a new study. The finding that growth of bacteria can be stimulated by antibiotics underlines the importance […]
Imagine a scenario – You have to submit that critical report one week early. Your pulse races and blood pressure increases. What are you going to do? Before you face a sudden breakdown due to […]
In general, we are not seeing eye to eye with this dreadful disease. It need not be, if we educate ourselves and take of ourselves. Our guts are against us Our minds are against us […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Examining a Martian meteorite found in Africa, scientists have uncovered evidence of at least two billion years of volcanic activity on Mars. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, offer new […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Space travel may cause changes in gene expression and other biological markers in astronauts, a NASA study of twins has found. Scientists studied the genetic differences between astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent nearly […]
The government of Karnataka said on Thursday it welcomed a proposal from Apple Inc to begin initial manufacturing operations in the state, in a sign the tech company is slowly moving forward with plans to […]
You do not have to wander around on Twitter to find its multiple features, as the micro-blogging site has rolled out a new tab called Explore that consolidates Moments, search, trending hashtags and live video […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have developed a reconfigurable radio that could help air traffic controllers see in real-time the location of every plane in the air – even those flying across oceans. To design and develop […]
Snapshot Total expenditure of budget 2017-18 is 21.47 lakh crore Fiscal deficit at 3.2 per cent of GDP for year starting April 1. Remain committed to achieve 3% in following year Defence Expenditure excluding pensions […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley indicated in his Budget speech on February 1 that India’s education sector would take a reform path in 2017-18. From focusing on learning assessment in schools and revamping […]
A top official of the Pakistan government said on Wednesday that an FIR would soon be lodged against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, currently in house arrest under an anti-terrorism law. The crackdown on […]
A multiracial, multicultural group of Americans at No Frills Grill & Sports Bar in Fort Worth, Texas , February 3, 2017
On January 19th, 2017 ZEE TV Americas held a press conference/community event in New Jersey for the launch of 2 New Networks – ZEE ALWAN & ZEE AFLAM targeting the Arab audiences in the USA. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York City Democrats were at Queens College on January 21st, 2017 for the swearing in ceremony of Dr. Neeta Jain as the Democratic District Leader for Assembly District 25, Part B […]
Bharati Mukherjee, whose works examined the Indian American immigrant experience, died on Saturday, January 28, at the New York University Hospital. Mukherjee was suffering from rheumatoid arthritis in the past few years. She suffered from […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York will host the first outreach event of 2017 on 7th February in TV Asia in Edison, New Jersey. There will be a session ‘Ask […]
Award-winning Hollywood film producer and Wimbledon tennis player, Ashok Amritraj has been appointed the United Nations in India Goodwill Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Chairman and CEO of the Hyde Park Entertainment Group, […]
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