KATHMANDU (TIP): The Indian government may have agreed to ease the transit of some trucks into Nepal but the annual Dasain (Dussehra) festival this year will be a subdued affair in the Himalayan country. Food […]
KABUL: At least 15 Taliban militants and six security force members were killed in clashes as the Taliban seized a district in Afghanistan’s province of Herat, the authorities said on October 22. Afghan troops were […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): An earthquake of 5.3 magnitude was felt across Pakistan’s Punjab province on October 23, authorities said. The epicentre was 11 km north of Dajal town, Xinhua quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. […]
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Pope Francis on Thursday announced a new Vatican department on life and family issues, in his latest effort to streamline the central administration of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. It will […]
TORONTO (TIP): Welcoming the incoming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau whose Liberal Party was swept to power October 19 major Indo-Canadian organizations have urged him to fast-track the long-pending free trade agreement with India. Ajit […]
TEHRAN, IRAN (TIP): The Iranian government will begin fully implementing the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers “with good will,” and the work will be done while keeping in mind concerns voiced by Iran’s […]
BERLIN (TIP): Volkswagen is looking into whether earlier versions of its latest diesel engine model contained software capable of rigging emissions tests, it said on Thursday, potentially widening a scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After months of debate, the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India seem to be converging on the proposed monetary policy committee (MPC), which will have equal representation from both sides, […]
The slowdown in China’s economy, the world’s second largest, is sucking the growth out of North Asia and tilting some economies towards recession. As China undergoes a painful rebalancing of an economy that accounts for 16 […]
BENGALURU: Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay on Oct 21 batted for the participation of Pakistani players in Hockey India League and suggested the league authorities to siphon off some money for setting up academies to […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese media on Oct 22 trumpeted President Xi Jinping’s visit to Britain, running triumphant coverage of the trip at odds with Western accusations that London has sold out to the Asian giant. Editorial […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian students in London were the third largest revenue generator for the city last year, contributing £130 million. London mayor Boris Johnson’s first-of-its-kind analysis has found that Indian students paid £56 million in […]
MUMBAI (TIP): There is a new twist to the issue of rising bad loans in the banking sector. Under the new global accounting norms that banks have to adopt from April 1, 2018, the gross level […]
BEIJING (TIP): Communist China has overtaken capitalist United States in the richie rich list with 596 billionaires to America’s 537. The stunning jump has taken place in the last one year — spurred by the […]
Mumbai – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should play an active role in questioning the easy monetary policies, or so called quantitative easing measures, adopted by the developed economies rather than sitting on the sidelines, […]
SWEDEN (TIP): An undercover investigation has revealed doctors in Sweden are performing virginity tests on teenage girls against their will. Footage shot by reporters for the Swedish current affairs program ‘Kalla Fakta’ (Cold Fact) showed doctors […]
BRADFORD (TIP): Naveeda Ikram, a councillor in Bradford, was suspended by the party after an allegation was made about her to West Yorkshire Police. Ikram served as Lord Mayor of Bradford in 2011-12. She missed […]
LONDON (TIP): A British schoolgirl who admitted two terror offences of possessing “recipes for explosives” and a bomb-making guide was on Thursday spared a custodial sentence after she pleaded to a youth court to let […]
BEIRUT/AMMAN (TIP): Syrian troops and their allies, backed by Russian jets, attacked rebel-held towns north of the city of Homs on Thursday, targeting a long-held and strategic enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The […]
NAYPYITAW (TIP): Myanmar’s government and eight armed ethnic groups signed a ceasefire agreement on Oct 15, the culmination of more than two years of negotiations aimed at bringing an end to the majority of the […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINES) (TIP): A group of Western and Asian countries said Thursday that recent setbacks should not derail efforts that have brought a Muslim rebellion in the southern Philippines to the brink of a settlement, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistan under dictator general Zia-ul-Haq’s administration broke its promise on uranium enrichment in the 1980s, a series of newly declassified documents have shown amid reports that the US is considering a civil nuclear […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday slammed as an act of political revenge his summoning by a graft probe panel over not settling monies he owed to state-owned ITN television station. […]
As many as 293 patients of an Indian-American cardiologist around a small town in Indiana have filed lawsuits against him and two other doctors in his practice claiming that they performed needless procedures. The Indiana […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): German Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz launched in India SUV GLE that will be produced locally with starting price of Rs 58.90 lakh (ex showroom Delhi) to enhance its position in the market […]
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