VADODARA (TIP): Australian firms will invest US $100 million in Vadodara region between Surat and Ahmedabad. This investment will generate close to 10,000 jobs. This was claimed by New South Wales (NSW) Labour Party secretary […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka is keen to engage all diaspora groups including Tamils in reconciliation efforts, foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera has said stressing the new government does not want the country to return to another […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): A Malaysian tanker carrying nearly 7.5 million litres of petrol has gone missing with 22 crew members on board in the waters off southern Johor state’s east coast. Officials said the MT […]
You have asked the rich and affluent people of India to waive off their share of subsidy on gas cylinders used by them in their homes and help in nation building. I, for one would […]
A senior Cambridge University academic working with Tata Steel has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list along with 17 other Indian-origin people who received in various fields. Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi […]
The US Department of Labor has opened up an investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, indicating that there could be tougher regulations ahead for onsite workers. As the campaigning […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reserve Bank on June 11 said Rs 7,940 crore earmarked for recapitalization of PSU banks in the current fiscal is not adequate and has asked finance ministry to increase the quantum […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan ordered international children’s aid agency ‘Save the Children’ to shut down its operations in the country as authorities today said no NGOs “working against the country” will be allowed to continue. The charity’s […]
DHAKA (TIP): A Bangladeshi photojournalist has been arrested over his alleged role in the murder of an “atheist” blogger who was hacked to death last month by masked machete-wielding assailants, police said on June 10. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will sign the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement in Thimphu on Monday to facilitate transportation of both people and goods among the four Saarc member countries. Minister for Physical Infrastructure […]
KABUL (TIP): They call it the “mini-Pentagon” — a white marble building in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital built with US funds to serve as the headquarters of a modern military more than a decade […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on June 12 attacked the “irresponsible and imprudent” statements from the Indian political leadership and vowed to protect his country’s “vital interests at all costs”. Addressing a conference […]
KIEV (TIP): Ukraine’s premier warned Friday that Kiev would freeze its debt repayments if no immediate deal was found with private lenders because it had to fund its escalating campaign against pro-Russian fighters. Prime Minister […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities have detained nine people for spreading rumors on the Internet that several military officers were involved in protests and for damaging the military’s image, the military’s official newspaper said on June […]
LILLE, FRANCE (TIP): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was cleared of pimping charges on June 12 in France, putting an end to four years of legal drama that began with a sexual assault […]
The chances of India becoming top emerging country of the Brics grouping are “extremely good” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tech giant Cisco’s Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Wednesday. “We made a big […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea’s health ministry on June 13 reported 12 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the total to 138, and said a 14th person has died in the outbreak. The […]
MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexico’s supreme court has ruled it is unconstitutional for Mexican states to bar same-sex marriages. But the court’s ruling is considered a “jurisprudential thesis” and does not invalidate any state laws, meaning […]
LONDON (TIP): British actor Christopher Lee, who devoted his long career to portraying horror film villains and later appeared in the blockbuster ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ series, has died at the age […]
BEIJING (TIP): Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met China’s president and Communist Party chief Xi Jinping on Thursday – a move closely watched in India and the US because her National League for […]
BERLIN (TIP): Germany’s chief prosecutor has dropped a probe into the alleged tapping of chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by US intelligence agencies, his office said on June 12. “The chief federal prosecutor has closed […]
PUNE (TIP): German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on June 11 rolled out its sixth locally assembled model, the GLA Class of SUVs, and also formally commissioned the third assembly line at its plant near here. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Equity mutual funds are in an overdrive as they witnessed addition of nearly six lakh investor accounts or folios in the first two months of the fiscal, mainly on account of strong […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as there is no official confirmation yet on the casualties suffered by NSCN(K) and other insurgent outfits in June 9 Army crackdown on their camps in Myanmar, intelligence reports with the […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, the Indian mission here has organised a curtain raiser for the event in front of Victoria’s Parliament house where several people gathered and performed […]
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