China, Russia and Pakistan have confirmed participation in the next week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which for the first time will be hosted by India, though in a virtual mode. India holds the rotating […]
Social media giant Twitter suffered a major setback on Friday, June 30, with the Karnataka High Court dismissing its plea challenging many of the Centre’s directives on blocking unlawful content in a move that bolstered […]
The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has requested the central government to reduce the age of consensual physical relations between a man and a woman from 18 years to 16 years. The single-judge […]
GENEVA (TIP): France must address deep issues of racial discrimination in its police, the United Nations said on June 30, after a third night of unrest sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager. […]
BASRA (TIP): Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on June 30, condemning the burning of a Quran during a protest in Sweden earlier this week. Some […]
PARIS (TIP): French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents on June 30 to keep teenagers at home and blamed social media for fueling rioting that has spread dramatically across France following the fatal police shooting of […]
Ontario (TIP) : Google on June 29 joined Meta in announcing that it will restrict news from Canada. The decision comes as a response to the new law (Online News Act) passed by the Canadian […]
HELSINKI (TIP): Finland’s new economic affairs minister Vilhelm Junnila, a member of the far-right Finns Party, announced his resignation on June 30 after only 10 days in office following an uproar over past alleged pro-Nazi […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan could get temporary relief for its ballooning foreign debt with a new stand-by arrangement worth $3 billion announced by the IMF in Washington late June 29. The economy has been stricken by […]
DALLAS (TIP): Guru Nanak Dev Global University (GNDGU) has announced the appointment of four distinguished individuals to its esteemed Advisory Board. Dr. Daljit Singh, Dr. Jagbir Singh, Paramjit Singh, and Prabhjot Singh will bring their […]
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): The Texas House convened for the second special session of the 88th Legislative Session on June 28,, 2023. Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) issued the following statement: “With one party in […]
The airline plans to route the 190 planes carefully to limit the risk of cancelling flights or forcing planes to divert away from airports where visibility is low WASHINGTON, D.C.(TIP): Airline passengers who have endured […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Former President Donald Trump’s claims that absolute presidential immunity and free speech rights shield him from the defamation claims of a New York columnist were rejected on Thursday, June 29, by a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The United States said on Thursday, June 29, it planned to sell $440 million in ammunition and parts to Taiwan, its latest effort to boost the self-ruling island’s defense. The sale is […]
LOUDON, VA (TIP): Two Indian American candidates Suhas Subramanyam and Kannan Srinivasan have won the Democratic primaries for the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates, respectively. Subramanyam, of Ashburn, a two-term delegate who currently represents […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Indian-origin satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini as Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna. Holla-Maini of the United Kingdom will […]
NEW YORK (TIP) : An intersection of roads in New York City has been co-named after Dr BR Ambedkar in honor of the legendary Indian social activist and the architect of Indian Constitution. The intersection […]
LONDON (TIP): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has honored Rajindar Singh Dhatt, one of the last surviving Sikh soldiers who fought in the Second World War with a Points of Light honor at a UK-India […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has been named by a prestigious philanthropic organization to its annual “Great Immigrants” list of honorees who have enriched and strengthened America and its […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Diwali, the festival of lights, will now be enshrined as a school holiday in New York City, authorities announced here and described it as a “victory” for the city’s residents, including the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Neal Katyal, a leading Indian American attorney, is being celebrated for scoring a key victory for voting rights advocates with the Supreme Court rejecting the so-called Independent State Legislature theory. By a […]
PM Modi must focus his attention on the troubled northeastern state The tinderbox will keep smoldering until a political solution is found. The Army, which has been in the state for long periods to fight […]
Muslims have to wake up to a daily avalanche of hate on social media, political circles, and in real life To be a Muslim is to be voiceless in the new India. Almost all mainstream […]
The landmark decision strikes down decades-old policies set up to boost diversity in U.S. college admissions The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 struck down race-conscious policies in college admissions, ending decades of precedent that […]
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