Thank you for allowing me to share this evening with you. I’m delighted to meet these exceptional journalists whose achievements you honor with the Helen Bernstein Book Award. What happens to a society fed a […]
One year ago there was a tsunami of promises and dreams by the BJP before the elections. But once the BJP came to power it forgot everything. “Since then there has been a complete reversal […]
ISLAMABAD: In a strong reaction, Pakistan on Wednesday warned India not to mistake it for Myanmar. Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan made the statement in response to the Indian operation against militants in Myanmar and minister […]
India-born Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley’s high-profile female executives, has stepped down from her post of Chief Technology Officer at global IT giant Cisco after a significant restructuring of top management under incoming CEO […]
The results have been mostly positive for India and the surrounding region after Narendra Modi took office. Among other social achievements, Modi’s government has managed to enact important policy reforms, increase public investments in infrastructure, lower food […]
London (TIP): Hundreds of Sikhs marched through central London today, June 7, to mark the 31st anniversary of Operation Blue Star in 1984 The London march from Hyde Park to Waterloo Palace, was led by […]
American equities continue their trend of rewarding shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. The amount in buybacks is expected to reach a staggering $1.2 trillion by year’s end, surpassing the all-time high […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has seen a major fall in polio cases this year, officials said June 5, as a military operation has allowed vaccinators to reach areas previously off-limits because of militant attacks. The World […]
MYANMAR (TIP): Myanmar’s navy has briefly detained journalists who tried to reach a remote island where more than 700 migrants were being held after their ship was found drifting off the country’s southwestern coast. Some […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Four mild aftershocks were recorded in Nepal June 5, nearly five weeks after the country’s worst quake killed nearly 9,000 people. A 4.5 magnitude tremor was recorded at 5.38 pm with epicentre at […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Nine people including seven Afghan aid workers were killed when militants attacked a guesthouse in northern Afghanistan around midnight June 3, officials said. “Those killed in Zari district of Balkh province include […]
JAKARTA (TIP): Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra to the highest possible level, an official said June 5. Authorities raised the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on June 5 launched a (Pakistani) Rs 45 billion ($441,804,600) bus service network here with a commitment to revolutionize the transport and infrastructure system of the country. Launched […]
[quote_box_right]”The key to attracting much needed investment in the country is predictability and transparency in areas like tax and intellectual property. When these principles are consistently applied, business will boom for both the US and India as […]
It seems unlikely that ideas that have powered physics can also help us understand radical Islam. But let us not forget that the emergence of the so-called Islamic State has necessitated an urgent need for new […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has suffered at least$107 billion losses due to terrorism plaguing the country for well over a decade, according to official data. The data was part of the annual national Economic Survey issued […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Saturday clarified that British hotelier of Indian-origin Ranjit Singh Power has been murdered, but his body was yet to be recovered, rejecting initial reports that a body found in a Punjab forest […]
Two youths belonging to the Muslim community of a small Indian township south of Johannesburg have died allegedly fighting for the Islamic State, becoming one of the first South Africans to have died in Syria. […]
New Delhi (TIP): Narendra Modi will be travelling to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish country with which bilateral defence cooperation is on an upswing. No dates have been finalised for […]
ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA) (TIP): Deep inside a four-story marble building in St Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those who have been inside. Known […]
LONDON (TIP): The oldest university in the English speaking world has got its first ever female head. Professor Louise Richardson, currently the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, has been nominated as […]
LONDON (TIP): The British Queen on May 27 announced at the opening of the UK parliament session that businesses that employ foreign labour will have to pay a new visa levy which will be used […]
BEIJING (TIP): The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China passed the one million mark for the first time last year following a surge in the “innovative industries” sector, a study has shown. […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): At least five young women from Australia have successfully joined the Islamic State and are among over a dozen similar cases from Melbourne most of whom have a “romanticised” view of the dreaded […]
ADEN (TIP): Saudi-led coalition strikes against Iran-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen’s second city Aden today and ground clashes killed at least 40 Huthis and their allies, the city’s deputy governor said. Residents reported non-stop air […]
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