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India
Monsoon session set for a washout as NDA, Opposition take rigid stand
NEW DELHI (TIP): “In one year, Parliament runs for eighty days during sessions. Each day, business in both Houses are transacted for around six hours. If we take into account the total annual expenditure on […]
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Modi government to table bill for NRI voting
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Modi Government has informed the Supreme Court that the union cabinet would soon consider a draft bill to enable e-ballot system for Non Resident Indians (NRIs). Once activated, the e-ballot system will […]
India
Business & Economics
Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1
Prime Minister Modi has surprised his own people and, no doubt, external observers, by his foreign policy activism since he took office. In his year in power he has travelled abroad 16 times- and 19 if […]
Asia
Bangladesh upholds death sentence of top Islamist
DHAKA (TIP): A top Bangladesh Islamist leader could be executed within months after the Supreme Court on June 17 upheld his death sentence for war crimes during the country’s 1971 battle for independence against Pakistan. […]
Business & Economics
H-1B visa issue: US begins probe of TCS, Infosys
The US Department of Labor has opened up an investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, indicating that there could be tougher regulations ahead for onsite workers. As the campaigning […]
India
Suit Boot Ki Sarkar Versus Soojh Boojh Ki Sarkar
NEW DELHI (TIP): After his return from the nearly two-month-long political sabbatical on April 16, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been unsparing in his attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government over issues concerning […]
Business & Economics
‘The Challenge of Journalism is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy’
Thank you for allowing me to share this evening with you. I’m delighted to meet these exceptional journalists whose achievements you honor with the Helen Bernstein Book Award. What happens to a society fed a […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Ro Khanna to Contest 2016 US House of Representatives Polls
Indian-American Ro Khanna has announced that he will contest for a US House of Representatives seat that represents most of the Silicon Valley in California for a second time after losing out in the 2014 […]
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Dark Money in Politics
[quote_box_center] “I’ve covered corrupt regimes all over the world, and I find it ineffably sad to come home and behold institutionalized sleaze in the United States”, says the author.[/quote_box_center] I’ve admired the Clintons’ foundation for years […]
Business & Economics
Europe
UK House to discuss growing Indian clout
LONDON (TIP) : Britain’s House of Lords is all set to debate one of the most prominent new trends in British politics – the growing clout of the Indian vote as seen in the recently […]
Europe
No contest: Kazakh prez wins polls with 97.7% votes
ASTANA (TIP): Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only president Kazakhstan has ever seen since its birth some 24 years ago, won another mandate on April 26 by a margin that’d make words like ‘landslide’ and ‘overwhelming’ sound […]
Business & Economics
Europe
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India
Case against Giriraj Singh for racist remark
NEW DELHI (TIP): A complaint was filed against Union Minister Giriraj Singh in a district court on April 2 by a Congress worker for his racist remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Sanjay Kumar Singh […]
United States
US Congresswomen in Los Angeles applaud the services of NFIA
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), which is the largest umbrella organization in the US, representing over 3.5 million Americans who trace their roots to India, held its 18th biennial […]
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India
SONIA RALLIES CONGRESS BEHIND MANMOHAN
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sonia Gandhi on March 12 morning led the Congress party in a solidarity march to the residence of Manmohan Singh who has been summoned as an accused in a coal-scam case, a […]
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A welcome climb down – After speaking up, Modi must act
The Obama visit and the Delhi verdict seem to have had some pleasant side-effects. President Obama’s sermons on religious tolerance have not been dismissed as unwarranted or treated as interference by the Modi government. These have, […]
India
DAY AFTER DEEPAK PAREKH FIRE, JAITLEY DEFENDS GOVT
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Feb 19 countered the criticism over “growing impatience” in the corporate sector and instead said that the Narendra Modi government has been criticized for moving “too fast”. […]
Asia
Pervez Musharraf claims “I brought ‘real’ democracy to Pakistan”
Musharraf the Ex. Pakistan Army chief and the Ex. President of Pakistan (Musharraf become president after a military coup in Pakistan) said in an exclusive interview with Indian media channel Zee News “People assume that just […]
Indian Americans