The United States is number one in math after 21 years. A six-person team of young adult Americans Team USA led by Carnegie Mellon professor Po-Shen Loh bested teams from China, South Korea, and more to win the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): China on July 17 pledged to provide$10 million to all-weather friend Pakistan for the rehabilitation of people displaced due to military operations in the restive tribal region, officials said. The agreement to provide […]
BEIJING (TIP): The Chinese authorities informed the Indian embassy on July 16 that the Indian detainee held for “links to terror group” along with eight others was being charged for violating criminal laws that could […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and the US have worked out the terms of reference for building the next Indian aircraft carrier with US technology. This has been pushed through after the visit of US defence […]
Iran and six world powers sealed a historic accord to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme in return for ending sanctions, capping two years of tough diplomacy with the biggest breakthrough in decades. Diplomats reached […]
MasterCard recently announced the appointment of two Co-Presidents for the Asia/Pacific region – Ling Hai and Ari Sarker. The reorganization is in recognition of the growing importance of Asia/Pacific as a whole as it houses two of the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US economy’s stumble at the start of 2015 is dragging down the world’s growth prospects, the International Monetary Fund said on July 9. The IMF forecasts 3.3 per cent global growth this […]
THE HAGUE (TIP): The Philippines has appealed to an international tribunal to declare China’s claims to most of the South China Sea illegal, warning the integrity of United Nations’ maritime laws is at stake. In […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hackers stole Social Security identification numbers and other highly sensitive data from more than 21 million people, the Obama administration said July 9, acknowledging that the breach of US government computer systems was […]
HONG KONG (TIP): Asian markets retreated on July 3 ahead of the weekend’s Greek referendum that could decide its eurozone future, while Shanghai plunged more than seven percent, at the end of a torrid week […]
BEIJING (TIP): A magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook buildings in China’s far western region of Xinjiang on July 3, sending people out onto the streets, but there were no immediate reports of casualties from the sparsely […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads for Central Asia, the first PM to visit all the five ‘Stans’ in one shot, India is hoping political outreach, counter-terrorism cooperation, energy and soft power […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Emerging markets are expected to grow faster than developed economies, and India is likely to become the third largest economy by 2030 in the world after China and the United States, says […]
Continued from Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1 It defies logic that a country that is considered as our most serious adversary and whose policies in our region has done us incalculable strategic harm should […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Carnegie Corporation has announced the 2015 “Great Immigrant”: The Pride of America” awardees. These are the individuals who have helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy. Preet Bharara, U.S. […]
BEIJING (TIP): Hong Kong is unlikely to follow the US example of allowing gay marriages, its Equal Opportunities Commission has said. The political system in the city, which is witness to pro~democracy agitation, is not […]
Indian American Professor Emeritus R. Paul Singh who has held dual appointments in the departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis, has been named […]
India ranks a lowly 143rd on a global peace index, lagging way behind the likes of Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with Iceland emerging as the most peaceful nation in the world. According to […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): An influential group of business leaders have urged the G20 to improve the global trade system for the emerging digital economy as well as focus on reforms to ensure strong and sustainable growth. […]
NEW DELHI : Saudi Arabia lost its spot last month as (TIP)India’s top oil supplier to Nigeria for the first time in at least four years, according to ship tracking data compiled by Reuters, as […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has admitted for the first time that one out of every 100 Chinese is a drug user. It said that the total number of drug users could be 14 million, which comes […]
BEIJING (TIP): China says Southeast Asia’s lawless `Golden Triangle’ region remains the overwhelming source of the heroin and methamphetamine used in the country. A Cabinet report on China’s drug situation released Wednesday underscores the threat posed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on June 25 raised with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi China’s blocking of India’s move in the UN for action against Pakistan over 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi’s […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US and Chinese negotiators bridged some differences over economic policy in annual bilateral talks Wednesday, even as the two countries continue to wrestle with major strategic disagreements. Both sides suggested they closed gaps […]
VIENNA (TIP): High-stakes talks to nail down a historic deal with Iran to curtail its nuclear programme may “slip” past a June 30 deadline, a top US official admitted on June 25 ahead of crunch […]
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