LONDON (TIP): The threat to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is from within the Pakistani army and there’s no way external powers can destroy or seize these as long as Islamabad doesn’t make the mistake of attacking […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Dutch financial services group ING has exited its insurance business in India selling its 26% stake in ING Vysya Life Insurance to its joint venture partner Exide Industries in a deal that valued […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The biggest threat to economic reforms is an unstable government in 2014, finance minister P Chidambaram told investors in Singapore on Wednesday as he vowed to push ahead with the reform agenda […]
GENEVA (TIP): Developing countries overtook their traditionally wealthier counterparts in attracting foreign direct investment for the first time last year, as industrialised nations bore the brunt of an 18 per cent plunge in FDI flows, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The rupee today fell by 11 paise to 53.78 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange due to fresh demand for the US currency from importers and some banks. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Flight tickets booked online or through agents will soon get cheaper as the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained them from charging transaction fee ranging between Rs 200 and Rs 350 per passengers. […]
As2012 made its exit, it left two horrific tragedies in its wake: the massacre of 26 students and teachers in my country of residence, the US, and the gang rape of a medical student in […]
Inits first major diplomatic engagement of the New Year, India hosted Iran’s supreme national Security Council secretary and chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, last week. Jalili was in Delhi at the invitation of the national […]
SHERNAGAR (TIP): ARMY Chief General Bikram Singh January 16 met the family of slain Lance Naik Hemraj Singh at his native village here, and said that it was “incorrect” to say that Indian troops had […]
BEIJING (TIP): Describing the last year as among the least problematic in the history of India-China relations, the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) official newspaper has said in an editorial that ties with India had […]
WATCHUNG, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Sethi, 52, of Watchung in Somerset County, New Jersey and who owns SanVision Technology Inc., Jan. 7 admitted to using corporations in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands to […]
YANGON (TIP): Cronies of Myanmar’s military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly two decades have reached a milestone in their quest to rehabilitate their image: they’re now […]
GENEVA (TIP): The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in Myanmar to meet with President Thein Sein and other officials, the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president. […]
ALGIERS (TIP)- Thirty hostages and at least 11 Islamist militants were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces stormed a desert gas plant in a bid to free many dozens of Western and local captives, an […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years posting 7.8 per cent year-on-year growth in 2012 amid external jitters and domestic woes. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK (TIP): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who had earlier accused India of engaging in warmongering, has offered to hold “discussion and dialogue” with her Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid to resolve the crisis […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) and Ruias-led Essar Oil are the biggest beneficiaries of the government move to partially deregulate diesel prices as state-owned oil firms were anyway being compensated by the government […]
MUMBAI (TIP): After remaining over the 54 level mark for almost two-and-half months, the rupee on Friday gained by 41 paise quoting 53.98 against the American currency in late morning deals. The rupees surge was […]
TOKYO (TIP): US safety officials and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation on Friday into the 787 jet at the center of a worldwide grounding of the technologically advanced aircraft. Japanese TV footage showed the […]
Sydney (TIP): The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A temperature of 45.8C was recorded at Observatory Hill in the city at 14:55 local time […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian economy is projected to grow at a slower pace of 6.1% this year even as exports and capital investments are likely to be much better than in 2012, according to the […]
BEIRUT (TIP): More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on January 17, and fierce fighting raged across […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A case officer investigating a corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead on Friday in Islamabad, officials said. The Supreme Court on Tuesday demanded Ashraf’s arrest in the long-running […]
KABUL (TIP): A car bomb exploded in front of the gates of the Afghan intelligence agency on Wednesday, Reuters witnesses said, near heavily barricaded government buildings and western embassies. Shopkeepers and passersby were injured in […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Jan 13 sacked the country’s first woman chief justice Shirani Bandarnayake after ratifying her impeachment by parliament which held her guilty of corruption, notwithstanding widespread protests by […]
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