LONDON (TIP): Earthquakes are rocking Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic. Iceland’s Met Office says two earthquakes measuring over magnitude 5 shook the […]
BEIJING (TIP): In a rare public admission of Pakistani links to militancy in China’s Muslimmajority Xinjiang province, the official media on August 27 said that the co-founder of al- Qaida linked East Turkestan Islamic Movement […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The government has put payments made by Indian companies to foreign vendors and routed through Indian banks under the scanner after the Supreme Courtappointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money and the […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India announced simplified ‘know your customer’ (KYC) norms for low-risk customers ahead of the launch of the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana on Thursday. Under the new norms low-risk […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on August 27 notified the liberalized FDI norms for the Railways, permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment through automatic route in several areas, including high speed trains. Other segments […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): It’s a deal that’s left everyone unhappy, except perhaps the few corporate honchos who executed it. Americans are upset that Burger King, their beloved fast food franchise, is decamping to Canada. Canadians are […]
PARIS (TIP): Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was put under official investigation for negligence in a French corruption probe that dates back to her days as France’s finance minister. After a […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani ministers and opposition politicians met antigovernment protesters on August 20 but talks ended for the day with the sides appearing no closer to resolving a weeklong political crisis that has rattled the […]
LONDON: The first recorded case of an Indian travelling to Switzerland for “suicide tourism” has now been confirmed. In a first of its kind study, researchers in UK have confirmed tremendous spike in a worrying […]
KIEV, UKRAINE (TIP): A Ukrainian official said nine troops were killed in overnight fighting in the streets of the town of Ilovaysk, which lies just east of the rebel stronghold Donetsk. Anton Herashchenko, an adviser […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities have arrested “nearly a thousand” members of a banned religious group. The crackdown comes after members of Quannengshen, or the Church of Almighty God, thrashed a woman to death inside a […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on August 21 by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer of legitimacy even while the military presses on with […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): ‘I will free Pakistan from the dictatorship of Nawaz Sharif who is the fake prime minister,’ says Imran. And Sharif does not want to let go. With the result, there is terrible uneasiness […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan’s […]
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (TIP): Sri Lanka will not grant visas to UN investigators probing war crimes allegedly committed during the island’s decades-long separatist conflict, President Mahinda Rajapakse said on August 19. “We will not allow […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): As tens of thousands of protesters advanced on the Pakistani capital last week to demand his resignation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dispatched two emissaries to consult with the army chief. He wanted to […]
KATMANDU (TIP): Nepalese authorities said Monday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people. The swirling floodwaters have […]
By Inder Malhotra Modi should restrain Bhagwat & others Mr. Bhagwat at first propounded the strange theory that since every citizen of America is called American and that of Germany is known as German, every […]
Pakistan has made little effort to create the right atmosphere for the foreign secretary-level talks. Frequent cease-fire violations on the line of control have created a background of tension that erodes the seriousness of efforts […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Five Indian companies, including Hindustan Unilever and Tata Consultancy Services, are among Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies that investors think are most likely to “generate big, new growth […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The banking industry has been shaken by the discovery of a fixed deposit scam where Dena Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) are the latest victims to be defrauded of over Rs […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York state’s banking regulator hit Standard Chartered Bank with a $300 million fine and restrictions on its dollar-clearing business on Tuesday for not detecting possible money laundering. The New York Department […]
The South Asian and American Women’s Alliance (SAAWA), a Long Island based organization, recently recognized a few ladies at their 2014 annual gala. One of the honorees who drew my attention, in particular, was Dr. […]
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (TIP): Even as Pakistan celebrated 68th Independence Day, the political storm brewing in India’s neighboring country, threatens to engulf the Islamic nation in a civil war. Thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters on August […]
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