Lion Winster D Ceballos By Kajol Bishnoi Lion Winster D Ceballos of Clifton, New Jersey is a Past district governor from 16A and an elected Council Chair for MD-16- New Jersey Lions, for the year […]
COLOMBO (TIP): India on July 22 said it will upgrade 70 creches in the plantation areas in several parts of Sri Lanka so that mothers working in tea estates can leave their children in a […]
By S Nihal Singh America’s Receding Ability to Bring Peace “The major power in the region, the United States, is increasingly compromised by its total support of Israel, largely due to domestic factors, and its […]
Senior journalist Nirpal Singh Shergill released in London on July 18, 2014, the 16th edition of his landmark international directory titled Indians Abroad and Punjab Impact. It is a complete international directory of Punjabi NRIs […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In a third major international aviation disaster in a week, following the downing of a Malaysian Boeing 777 over eastern Ukraine and the crash of a passenger plane off Taiwan, an Air […]
MUMBAI/BANGALORE (TIP): Embassy Office Parks, a joint venture between private equity firm Blackstone Group and office space developer Embassy Group, is in advanced talks to acquire three large IT parks spread over two million sq […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Merchandise exports grew 10.22 per cent to $26.4 billion in June from $24.02 billion in the same month last year, driven by strong demand for engineering goods, ready-made garments and petroleum products. […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (ECGC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Co-operation with the Export Credit Insurance Agencies (ECA) of BRICS countries in Fortaleza, Brazil. The MoU, which […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has acquired Boston-based Pharmalucence Inc for an undisclosed sum. The latter has a sterile injectables facility and research capabilities in the US. Sun Pharma’s latest acquisition comes within months […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Siemens on Wednesday announced the launch of operations at the Technology & Application Center (TAC) at Peenya, the industrial area of Bangalore. This facility, the first in India by Siemens, will enable machine […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi last night after attending theVIth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza in Brazil. On his way back, Modi made a transit halt at Frankfurt and had […]
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (TIP): Militants killed eight members of a government paramilitary force in a midnight attack on a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s restive northwest, security officials said Friday. The militants bombarded the checkpoint with rocket-propelled […]
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistani security forces laid siege on Thursday to a suspected militant hideout just a few kilometres from the family home of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. […]
BANNU: A US drone strike hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, officials said. The attack came in North Waziristan, where the Pakistani military is […]
KABUL (TIP): Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on July 17 in one of the most audacious assaults on the facility, used by both civilians and the military, […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah has been arrested on drugs charges in Thailand for a second time and could face up to five years in prison, police said on July 16. Shah […]
MANDALAY (MYANMAR) (TIP): Hundreds of Buddhists threatened to kill Muslims as they rode on motorcycles through Myanmar’s second-largest city of Mandalay on July 18, raising the prospect of further communal violence after two people died […]
“While economic cooperation with China is mutually beneficial, India must review its approach to border issues with the Asian giant. It should insist that the dispute be resolved in accordance with 2005 Guiding Principles”, says […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): “Had a telephonic conversation with Chancellor Merkel. Wished her on her birthday and congratulated her on Germany’s win at the FIFA World Cup,” tweeted prime minister Narendra Modi. For a prime minister […]
Kajol Bishnoi: EDISON, NJ (TIP): Edison Visionary Lions Club organized a cultural event at TV Asia auditorium on July 16th to raise funds to support Deepa Academy; a voluntary organization helping visually impaired children in […]
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): Over 3,000 people from all walks of life from the US and 14 other countries including India availed the opportunity to get personally blessed by Brahmrishi Sri Guruvanand Swami at the International […]
SYDNEY/COLOMBO (TIP): The United Nations has expressed “profound concern” about Australia’s handling of asylum seekers amid reports that scores of Sri Lankans will be handed over to their country’s navy after only a brief assessment […]
After the excitement of the election and Narendra Modi’s very large victory, and the associated rally in Indian markets since, for me personally, the budget was a slight disappointment. While emphasising a commitment to budget […]
Presenting his first budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley summed up the prevailing economic situation as continuing to present a great challenge to the economic health of the country. Emphasising the need to move quickly to […]
Budget 2014 reflects a number of priorities identified in the BJP election manifesto – the need to simply the taxation regime, provide a nonadversarial tax environment, revamped dispute resolution mechanisms and the need to build […]
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