London (TIP): Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, under pressure to resign over parties in Downing Street during lockdown, on february 8 reshuffled his Cabinet and appointed Jacob Rees-Mogg as the minister for Brexit Opportunities […]
Moscow (TIP): Britain’s top diplomat urged Russia on February 10 to defuse tensions over Ukraine and take the path of diplomacy even as thousands of Russian troops engaged in sweeping manoeuvres in Belarus as part […]
London (TIP): UK’s Indian-origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak has admitted to attending Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lockdown birthday party in 2020 but refused to say what happened when he entered the room and claimed that he […]
Canberra (TIP): Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travellers from February 21 in a further relaxation of pandemic restrictions announced February 7 . Australia imposed some of the world’s toughest […]
Islamabad (TIP) : Pakistani lawmakers are mulling a proposed amendment to the civil service rules that will bar top government officials from holding dual nationality and could affect over 20,000 bureaucrats, according to a media […]
Kathmandu (TIP): A passenger vehicle carrying a newly-wed couple and some of the wedding attendants skidded off a hilly road in Western Nepal on february 5, killing eight people and injuring five others, police said. […]
Bangkok (TIP): Police in Myanmar have filed an 11th corruption charge against Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s elected leader who was ousted from power by a military takeover a year ago, state-controlled media reported […]
Kuala Lumpur (TIP): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged on Feb 6 from the National Heart Institute two weeks after he was admitted and will recuperate at home, the hospital said. The 96-year-old […]
Islamabad (TIP): The belief that a son could provide better financial security to parents than daughters had this Pakistani woman do something, which was unbelievable. A pregnant Pakistani woman, who had three daughters, had a […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): A Malaysian man of Indian origin has been sentenced to death by a court here for delivering heroin in Singapore and acting as a middleman for drug traffickers, according to a media report. […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): A traditional Indian essence and wellness products company has partnered with Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna to launch a signature Made-in-India perfume here, aiming to usher in a “new dawn” for India’s […]
WASHINGTON, (D.C.): Congressman Pete Sessions has appointed Indian-American Himanshu B Patel as his chief economic development and energy infrastructure advisor for his Crypto Technical Working Group. In a statement, Sessions said it is vital for […]
SEATTLE, WA (TIP): Saurabh Gupte, an Indian American who works at Amazon went down from his 6th floor apartment in Trio Condos in Seattle to throw trash on Monday, February 7 morning, and never returned, […]
The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, carrying 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the effects of the blockade there were felt rapidly. WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Biden administration urged […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, February 11, refused to intervene in the Karnataka hijab controversy, saying “We will take it up at an appropriate time.” “You should think if such issues should […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The United States has said Russia is also dispatching some 30,000 troops to Ukraine’s neighbor Belarus for the exercises that started on Thursday, February 10. Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): India has expressed dismay at the failure of the UN Secretary General’s report on ISIS to take note of the close links between proscribed terrorist groups, such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, […]
LONDON (TIP): Neil Basu, an Indian-origin British police officer, is widely believed in political and media circles to be in a short-list of candidates who could become the next London Metropolitan Police Commissioner or chief […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): India’s Ambassador to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu met a group of officers of Indian descent serving in the US Navy during a rare visit to the US Naval Academy in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A group of prominent American lawmakers wrote to President Joe Biden to ensure global supply and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Global health experts have identified an array of needs where the United […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Co-chaired by Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Xavier Becerra and US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, the commission complements the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders […]
Automaker said it had canceled a shift on Wednesday, Feb 9 and a shift Thursday, Feb 10 WASHINGTON (TIP): General Motors Co said on Thursday, February 10, it was forced to cancel two production shifts […]
National Executive Committee takes oath of office at a virtual ceremony LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Gobind Munjal, the newly elected National President of The Association of Indians in America (AIA), was sworn-in along with his […]
ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. (TIP): Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D – Freeport) joined her colleagues in local government at the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Government Leadership Breakfast on Monday, Feb. 7. Held at […]
The hijab controversy in Karnataka’s educational institutions and the attack last week on Asaduddin Owaisi during electioneering in Uttar Pradesh cannot be wished away as incidents without any link. Both represent the outcome of patronage […]
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