NEW DELHI (TIP): As Dhaka reeled under another terror attack at the biggest Eid gathering in the country, Bangladesh government believes this is an attempt to destabilize the Sheikh Hasina government in the garb of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States on July 6 sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time, citing “notorious abuses of human rights,” in a move that diplomats say will incense the nuclear-armed […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The July 21 election in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is one of the challenges PM Nawaz Sharif faces upon his return from London after undergoing a heart surgery. The region has traditionally voted for […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Hindu priest was hacked to death on July 1 at a temple in Bangladesh, police and senior administrative officials said. Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, has seen a surge […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The International Monetary Fund cleared payment of $501 million for Pakistan taking the total amount given to the country to $6.1 billion in the last few years. In a statement, issued after the […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will never compromise on sovereignty, President Xi Jinping said on July 1 ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims, as he marked the Communist Party’s 95th anniversary. “No foreign […]
Pfizer Inc will invest $350 million to build a biotech center in China, the latest in a series of moves by pharma industry giants to set up shop in the world’s no. 2 drugs market with […]
TAIPEI (TIP): A strike by staff from Taiwan’s largest carrier China Airlines left 20,000 passengers without flights on June 23 in the first industrial action by cabin crew in the island’s aviation history. The airline […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on June 23 thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his government’s support for Islamabad’s bid at membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). However, Hussain’s comment flies straight in […]
BANGKOK (TIP): The Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (CRSP) on June 23 urged Myanmar’s state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on an official visit to Thailand, to recognize the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A high-profile Pakistani cleric who posed for selfies with a controversial model famed for her suggestive photos has been suspended from a senior government committee, the country’s religious affairs ministry said, rebuking him […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Five Nepalese guards, injured in a suicide attack in Kabul two days ago, are under treatment at the city-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, hospital authorities confirmed on June 23. “We have received five […]
DHAKA (TIP): Police in Bangladesh on Sunday shot dead an Islamist militant wanted for the killings of several liberal bloggers and gay rights activists, a senior official said. The militant, identified as Sharif, one of […]
LONDON (TIP): A nearly 10-kilometre wide crater on Mars has been named after one of the villages worst hit by the devastating earthquakes in Nepal last year. The International Astronomical Union has named the crater after […]
The US Senate has passed its draft of the National Defence Authorisation Bill, including a provision to set up a new fund to reimburse Pakistan for its efforts in the war against terrorism. The Senate […]
BEIJING: China is developing a supercomputer capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second that will be operationalised by 2020, a top official has said. According to the national plan for the next […]
LAHORE (TIP): The Jaish-e-Mohammed leader who gave directions over phone to the terrorists during the attack on the Pathankot airbase has reportedly managed to flee to Afghanistan from Pakistan, an official said. “The alleged JeM […]
TARIN KOT (TIP): The Taliban are using young boys as sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of “bacha bazi” —paedophilic boy play — to infiltrate […]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL (TIP): A general strike called by a small communist party demanding that the government release its supporters detained after previous protests has shut down schools, markets and transportation in Nepal. Police says 28 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After reciting all his morning shlokas and mantras, 70-year-old Ananda Gopal Ganguly , bowed before the multi-armed, lion-mounting Goddess Durga, walked out of the temple, climbed his bicycle and pedalled slowly through […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): An influential lawmaker of Pakistan’s ruling coalition has been booked for allegedly verbally abusing and trying to physically attack a woman rights activist during a live TV debate on honour killing. The ugly […]
SINGAPORE: A mobile app exploring Sikhs’ history in Singapore has been launched in Singapore, according to media reports. Partially funded by the National Heritage Board, the Sikh Heritage Trail app was developed by Ishvinder Singh, a […]
KUALA LUMPUR: A teaching module published by a leading Malaysian university which depicted Hindus in India as unclean and dirty has generated a controversy and outraged the minority community in the Muslim-majority country. Slides from the […]
Apple’s annual developer’s conference, WWDC 2016, is taking place on Monday, June 13, and it’s one of the biggest events on the tech-calendar each year. Like many others, Indian-Origin Australian girl Anvitha Vijay is there with […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on June 9 accused India of using the Pathankot terror attack as an “excuse” to derail the bilateral dialogue process and said that talks are the best way forward to resolve outstanding […]
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