Dr.Shakir Mukhi President (AFMI) and Founding Member of Nargis Dutt Foundation who was popular among Indian Americans died after a brief illness in New York on Friday, February 7th, 2014. He was a philanthropist who […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Running for California governor election with the promise of creating jobs and providing good education, Neel Tushar Keshkari feels it is time that Indian Americans, who have made their presence felt in almost […]
NEW YORK: A group of Indian students at Columbia University here has launched a website focused exclusively on India’s upcoming general elections, promising to provide a comprehensive and “no high-brow and jargon-led” reportage of the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian- Americans, who have the highest income among America’s multicultural groups, save much of their higher household income for their children’s college education, according to a new study. This heavy emphasis on higher […]
TOKYO (TIP): He was celebrated as a prolific musical genius whose compositions appeared in popular video games and the competition routine of a top figure skater in the coming Sochi Olympics. His deafness won him […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Premium bike brand DSK Hyosung. on February 6, indicated that it would stick to the mid-size category of the motorcycle market (above 250 cc to 650 cc) owning to cost and operating […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): PCP Motors, a division of Kolkata-based Paracoat Products, is gearing up for a plunge into the fledgling caravan or motor home market in the country with the launch of its Terra Home […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Washington’s new top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, apologized on February 6 to EU counterparts after she was caught cursing about the European response to the crisis in Ukraine in a bugged phone […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): HCL Corporation, on February 6, announced its foray into the healthcare sector with the launch of HCL Healthcare that seeks to address the entire spectrum of healthcare needs, providing healthcare delivery, innovative […]
BEIRUT (TIP): The Syrian government reached an agreement with the United Nations on february 6 to secure the evacuation of hundreds of trapped civilians from besieged parts of the central city of Homs, according to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The third round of spectrum auction commenced for the fifth day on February 7 with Delhi witnessing an upward revision in prices for both the premium 900 Mhz and 1800 MHz band. […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain deployed Royal Marines on Thursday to help with devastating floods after what officials said was likely the worst winter rainfall in 250 years. Around 40 marines were helping reinforce flood defences near […]
LONDON (TIP): An extraordinary love note has emerged exposing media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s former wife Wendi Deng’s alleged infatuation with Tony Blair’s “good body”. In the undated note, the Chinese-born 44-year-old Deng has written how […]
CAIRO (TIP): An Egyptian court on February 6 ordered the retrial of 21 people sentenced to death in a politically charged case for involvement in deadly soccer stadium violence in 2012, judicial sources said. The […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The Sri Lankan government has refused to issue a visa to US ambassador at large for women’s issues, Catherine Russell, forcing her to cancel a high-level visit scheduled for Feb 10-11. “It is […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has issued a fresh travel alert, asking its citizens to defer all nonessential travel to Pakistan in the wake of threats from several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups across the country. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): At least 14 people were killed and seven others injured on Feb 6 when a passenger bus veered off a mountain highway and fell some 500 metres into a river. The bus, carrying […]
DHAKA (TIP): At least 11 people were killed and over 50 were missing after a boat sank in the Surma river in Bangladesh’s Sunamganj district, an official said Tuesday. The boat sank around 9 pm […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): After initial hiccups, Pakistani state negotiators and a Taliban-nominated committee met at an undisclosed location today to frame a roadmap for parleys aimed at ending terrorism and bringing peace to the country. The […]
KATHMANDU: A 47-year-old man in Nepal who downed a bottle of whisky after a bet with a friend has died from medical complications three weeks after the drinking challenge, officials said on February 6. Pancharam […]
“Hysteria and groupthink prevail over professionalism in covering non-western countries”, says the author. The observation that wealth, power and influence are shifting from the West to some key emerging actors among the rest has become […]
MEN LIKE BADSHAH KHAN COME ONLY EVERY 100 YEARS Author of 5 books and director of countless documentaries and films, Teri McLuhan offered to the world some of the most heart-rending stories that are easy […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Google is selling Motorola’s smartphone business to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, a price that makes Google’s biggest acquisition look like its most expensive mistake. The deal announced on January 29 will rid […]
CHENNAI (TIP): With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently banning the use of remittance funds in any form towards overseas foreign exchange trading, banks have swung into action. The ban also includes trading over […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s leading GSM service provider Bharti Airtel has posted an increase in its data ARPU (Average Revenue per Unit) at Rs 75 in the third quarter of 2014, against Rs 70 in […]
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