ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 17 people have died in the last four days after consuming toxic liquor in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media report said on friday. Around 150 people have been arrested in connection with […]
BEIJING (TIP): Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters cancelled planned talks with the government on electoral reforms on October 3 after violent scuffles broke out in the city’s Mong Kok district after a large group of people […]
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Sweden’s new centre-left government will recognize the state of Palestine in a move that will make it the first major European country to take the step, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday. […]
DONETSK, UKRAINE (TIP): Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian insurgents for control of a strategic airport in the restive east on Friday and traded blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into […]
HONG KONG (TIP): Hong Kong police have arrested eight suspected members of triad criminal gangs over clashes at ongoing pro-democracy protests, after attacks by groups including Beijing supporters left demonstrators injured and bloodied. The announcement, […]
YUMURTALIK, TURKEY (TIP): Khaled Baki phones the number of a fellow Kurdish fighter and gets through to the Islamic State militants who say they beheaded her. Baki’s friend, one of the Kurdish forces’ many female […]
New York needs Preet Bharara to stay on as US attorney and keep fighting corruption Preet Bharara remains New York’s best and only hope for uprooting corruption in politics and business. Yet he’s being touted […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The United States and Pakistan have questioned several of India’s farm trade policies, including its land holding laws and the subsidy mechanism at the World Trade Organization, which is the latest assault […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates topped Forbes’ latest list of the 400 richest Americans for the 21st straight year. The list, released on Monday, was largely unchanged for 2014 and showed the rich […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Toyota said it was recalling about 690,000 Tacoma pickup trucks in the United States to fix a suspension system flaw that could result in vehicle fires. The safety recall covers model years 2005-2011 […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has hinted at increasing the ceiling for foreign investment in government debt. The governor, however, ruled out India being part of JP Morgan bond indices […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With auto industry continuing on the revival mode, major car makers including Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota and M&M reported good domestic sales growth in September ahead of the festive season. Others […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) Still revelling in India’s triumph against Pakistan in the Asian Games hockey final, “The Wall of Indian Hockey” goalkeeper PR Sreejesh said that he had entered the field with an intuition to […]
By S Nihal Singh “Behind the new approaches being made by the two countries to revive the elan of earlier years are the geopolitical realities of Asia and the balancing of the great power status […]
The Prime Minister’s call for making India a manufacturing hub and creating jobs should boost small and medium enterprises as well By Charan Singh Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign is creating waves […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An ultra-light electric car built by students at a US university has set a new land speed record in its class, besting the previous mark by nearly 80kmph. Electric Blue, an E1 streamliner […]
At the star-studded launch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious programme, attended by the likes of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Group chief Cyrus Mistry and Aditya Birla Group’s Kumar Mangalam Birla, industry leaders […]
Ever wondered how these Hollywood beauties always look so stunning? Age and motherhood simply doesn’t seem to affect them at all. Madonna is over fifty, has delivered two kids and still continues to give every […]
COIMBATORE (TIP): The Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to cancel all but four coal blocks allocated since 1993 could adversely affect the nascent economic recovery, India Ratings and Research has said. The impact of this ruling […]
CAIRNS (TIP): International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde on Sunday backed a reform of the multilateral body, which will give more say to countries like India and China in running the agency. “International institutions […]
DETROIT (TIP): General Motors is recalling 221,558 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala sedans because the brake pads can stay partially engaged even when they’re not needed, increasing the risk of a fire. The recall involves […]
Mukesh Ambani retains top slot with net worth of $23.6 bn SINGAPORE (TIP): For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on September 25 said it has begun the process of reviving five ailing PSUs and is working on one-time settlement involving voluntary retirement scheme entailing a cost of Rs 1,000 […]
MUMBAI (TIP): US-based Merck and Sun Pharma have entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement for Merck’s dermatology molecule, tildrakizumab, which is under phase 3 registration trials. Tildrakizumab is being developed for the treatment of […]
EDINBURGH (TIP): Voters in Scotland rejected independence from Britain in a referendum that had threatened to break up a 307-year union, according to projections by the BBC and Sky early Friday, September 19. The outcome […]
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