A bipartisan group of more than 40 US lawmakers have appealed to the International Basketball Federation to end an “outdated and discriminatory” policy against Sikh players over turbans. “Sikhs participate in a wide variety of […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American couple has donated $100,000 to a top American university to support graduate students studying Sikh and Punjabi culture there. The endowment by Harkeerat and Deepta Dhillon to University of California, Riverside, will […]
Washington, Aug 25 : An Asian-American student has filed a complaint over being unfairly rejected by Columbia University and Cornell University, prompting a coalition to seek a probe over allegedly discriminating against him and an […]
Dr. Eboo Patel, a former member of President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, for the Religion and Culture Lecture along with other spiritual leaders from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faith traditions […]
A revamped scholarship programme for children of NRIs and Persons of Indian Origin to pursue under graduate courses in Indian universities and institutions was on Wednesday announced by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Under the […]
DUBAI: An Indian businessman here has announced a cash prize of Rs. 50 lakh for India’s silver-medalist ace shuttler P V Sindhu and Rs. 25 lakh for wrestler Sakshi Malik for winning the bronze medal […]
Twelve people were killed in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, a spokesman for the Chief of Kabul Police told CNN on Thursday, August 25. Seven students, three policemen and two […]
NEW YORK: Top economist and RBI’s former deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been named senior fellow at the prestigious Yale University’s institute for global affairs. Mr Mohan will join the 2016-2017 class of 15 Senior […]
Renu Khator, Indian American woman academic, will be inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame for making significant contribution for the benefit of the US’ second largest state. Ms Khator, 61, Chancellor and President […]
SARANGPUR, GUJARAT, INDIA (TIP): Millions of tearful devotees gathered for the cremation rites of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, one of India’s most commonly known Hindu ascetics revered by millions around the world. The fifth […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): For the first time after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, a video of the group has surfaced on social media featuring two militants one of whom is likely his successor. […]
LONDON (TIP): New research in Britain has claimed there is very little difference in the way male and female brains function, overturning the notion of ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus’ as propagated […]
BEIJING (TIP) : The Chinese government banned urine therapy last March, but there are signs that the number of its practitioners are growing, state media said. The concept of drinking one’s own urine as a […]
People who are married, or cohabitating, generally tend to drink less both in amount and frequency, a new University of Virginia study indicates. The findings also show that singles are more inclined to drink more often, […]
If a married couple wants divorce by mutual consent, it is not a court’s business to deny them judicial separation by insisting on knowing the reason for their decision, the Madras high court has said. Noting […]
Hypertension on the high? Here are top 10 tips to get it down and keep it down. Seven in 10 adults are at a greater risk of stroke or heart attack because their blood pressure is […]
Cellulite affects more than 85 per cent of women, representing all shapes and sizes. It is made up of free-floating fat cells that are deposited just beneath the skin. It has a distinct appearance, like […]
A wearable device developed by Arizona-based research firm Brain State Technologies could help improve sleep and thereby lower the risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suggests new research. Recent studies show that sleep disturbance is […]
BERLIN (TIP): Scientists are preparing to unveil a new planet in our galactic neighbourhood which is “believed to be Earth-like” and orbits its star at a distance that could favour life, German weekly Der Spiegel reported […]
Eastman Kodak company, known for its films and cameras, on Thursday forayed into the HD LED TV business by entering into a partnership with Noida-based Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SSPL). SPPL, which manufactures TVs under the […]
While the night of September 1, 1856 sent shock waves among telegraphers after telegraph systems went haywire across the world a few hours after English astronomer Richard Carrington recorded the ‘first and largest’ solar flare to […]
Heard of “virtual meetings”? With a new drone with a projector, this will soon be possible. US tech giant Google has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an “unmanned aerial […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA, the US space agency is set to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth on September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The […]
COIMBATORE: ICICI Bank on Thursday unveiled a payment service that uses a smartphone keyboard. Christened ‘iMobile SmartKeys’, this feature enables ‘iMobile’ users to make quick and secure payments on any mobile application including chat, messenger, email, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), the largest shareholder in Bharti Airtel, is consolidating its equity in the country’s top mobile operator by buying out Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek’s holding for $659.5 million (over Rs […]
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