BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand on August 20 said it will hold religious rites from five different faiths, including Hinduism and Sikhism, in memory of the 20 people who were killed in the devastating bombing at the […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal police Tuesday fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing one during protests against a proposed new constitution, as deepening discord spurred lawmakers from a regional party to resign from parliament. National police […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysian police have arrested 10 people, including six security forces personnel, suspected of having links to Islamic State terror group after conducting raids in the capital and five other states, preempting their […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In a statement to The Indian Panorama, Air India Regional Manager for Americas, Rishi Kant Singh said that Air India launched direct flights between Varanasi and Sharjah on August 17. This will […]
Birla Corp. Ltd on Monday said it had agreed to acquire two cement assets from the local arm of Lafarge SA with a combined production capacity of around 5.15 million tonnes (mt) for a total […]
Abu Dhabi/Dubai: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has agreed to increase its investment in India to Rs 5 lakh crore (US$ 75 billion). India and UAE have also signed a strategic partnership in the energy sector […]
Australia’s FAL Food and Beverages, which makes the Coco Joy, Juiced Up and Aqua Hero beverages, on Monday said it would set up its first Indian factory within three years, which will serve several countries. […]
Reliance Jio is set to launch 4G-enabled handsets in the second week of September, ahead of the formal launch of its 4G services. The handsets, priced between Rs 5,000 and Rs 25,000, will see a […]
LONDON (TIP): A group of over 20 men stormed a gurdwara here and stopped an inter-faith wedding between a Sikh bride and non-Sikh white groom. Members of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Southall, […]
LONDON (TIP) Diana, princess of Wales thought US presidential candidate Donald Trump gave her “the creeps” after he attempted to woo her after her divorce from Prince Charles. The BBC TV presenter Selina Scott, who […]
HELSINKI (TIP): Swedish prosecutors on Aug 13 dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still want to question him on accusations of rape made after his visit to […]
BEIJING/NEW DELHI (TIP): China set the reference rate for its currency more than one percent lower against the US dollar on August 13, the operator of the national foreign exchange market said, its third consecutive […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s retail inflation cooled to a record low in July and annual growth in industrial production hit a four-month high in June, bringing cheer to investors fretting that gridlock in parliament is […]
KOLKATA (TIP):The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd, East Zone, has got into medical tourism in a big way. The Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) is targeting people from Kolkata, Guwahati and other parts […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): A day after devaluation of the Chinese yuan, the government on August 12 announced a 2.5%increase in customs duty on flat and long steel products, amid a growing clamour for protectionism from […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has all along been appreciative of the struggles and achievements of NRIs. His close association with a number of NRIs all across the world is well known. There is no country in […]
BERLIN (TIP): Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons in recent days, the German defence ministry has said. The allegations, deemed “plausible” by a US […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The India-Pakistan NSA-level dialogue which is meant to address “all issues connected to terrorism” is all set to take place as proposed by India on August 23-24. While Indian officials said they […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan’s high commissioner to India Abdul Basit said on August 14 his country will not “abandon” Kashmiris in their “legitimate struggle” for freedom. “Aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir could neither […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Six militants who plotted and aided Pakistan’s worst ever terrorist attack at a Peshawar school are set to be hanged after Army Chief General Raheel Sharif confirmed their death sentences. The men, belonging […]
KABUL (TIP): An apparent suicide car bombing at a busy roundabout near the entrance to Kabul’s international airport on Monday killed at least four people and wounded another 15, officials said. A huge plume of […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The Maldives has arrested seven foreigners who left the country illegally by trawler and were headed for a US military base on Diego Garcia, a minister said on August 11. The foreigners were […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude on August 10 jolted several parts of Pakistan. The epicentre of the quake was in the border region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan at the depth of about […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]NEW YORK (TIP): Lilly Singh, who has more than 6 million subscribers on YouTube and nearly 800 million total views, is an Indo-Canadian comedian and rapper making her on of the biggest star of Indian […]
DHAKA (TIP): Detectives in Bangladesh’s capital have arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of a secular blogger by suspected Muslim militants last week. Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Muntasirul Islam said Friday they picked […]
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