New Delhi (TIP): A disconcerting feature of the second wave of Covid-19 is the surge in cases in rural India. Compared with the first peak in September last year, the number of cases in India’s […]
New Delhi (TIP): After being suspended on Twitter for violating their policies, a new FIR has been filed against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for allegedly spreading hate propaganda and inciting communal violence in West Bengal. […]
Chennai (TIP): What is in a name? In Tamil Nadu, a name may be an indicator to one’s political leanings, nationalist passion or the ideology of the parents of the individual. After India’s independence, especially […]
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, also known as Didi (elder sister in the Bengali language), sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third term on 5 May 2021 […]
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader MK Stalin took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday, May 7, morning. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin, […]
Kerala took a left turn again with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan bucking the four-decade-old electoral trend of the state that sees power alternating between the two main groupings. Winning 98 out of 140 seats, the […]
The waiving off of patents alone is unlikely to help improve vaccine availability anytime soon, scientists, legal experts and pharma industry executives said, pointing to the complicated technical know-how, raw materials and infrastructure required to […]
As India’s coronavirus tally reached 21,892,676 on Saturday, the Covid-19 crisis in the country continues to grab global headlines. From featuring on the frontpage of newspapers around the world to being the centre of debates […]
New Delhi (TIP): India on Saturday, May 8, recorded 401,078 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 4,187 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload and death toll to 21,892,676 and 238,270 respectively, according […]
As the name suggests, Mother’s Day is a celebration of the mother of the family, of her relentless contributions towards the growth and well-being of her children. While one day is really not enough to […]
The Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election Results, touted as the semi-final of a high-stakes assembly election next year, have set the alarm bell ringing with for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Though the BJP leadership […]
Washington (TIP): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 156.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.26 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, May8, morning, […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) validated on Friday the BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm for emergency use. “This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth […]
The British government on Friday announced a “green list” of countries from which travellers are not required to quarantine upon return to England. Portugal, Israel, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand are among 12 countries and […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As India’s health-care system faces a crisis amid a deadly second wave of coronavirus pandemic, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) is leading several efforts to bring relief to India. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US House members Raja Krishnamoorthi and Judy Chu joined an expert panel hosted by the US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC) to address violence and hatred against Asian Americans and what’s being done to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): From cash to medicines to oxygen supplies, Indian American organizations are mobilizing resources for Covid-19 relief in India hit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic with 260,000 new cases in […]
-US Ambassador in India not only noted the “difficult times” that India is currently facing with resurgence of COVID-19 but also pledged to help the nation. WASHINGTON (TIP): Daniel B. Smith on May 3 was […]
MINNEAPOLIS (TIP): A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death, accusing them of violating the Black man’s constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA) organized a virtual interactive zoom meeting on Thursday, April 29, 2021 with the Indian Consulate Office in New York, NY. Topics focused on clarifying […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh man was attacked with a hammer by a Black assailant who shouted at him “I don’t like you” and “You’re not the same skin” at a hotel in Brooklyn here, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Associations of Indians In America (AIA) NY, the oldest and largest association of Asian Indians in America unanimously elected its new president Harish Thakkar and the new board for the year […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, which is overseeing an unprecedented corporate sector […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths in India is nothing short of heartbreaking, says the U.S. Vice President U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said that the welfare of India was critical […]
NEW DELHI / NEW YORK (TIP): Australian PM Scott Morrison offered all help during a conversation with PM Narendra Modi but did not relent on a travel ban that has stranded at least 9,000 Australians […]
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