BIREUEN (AFP): About 250 desperate Rohingya refugees reached western Indonesia on a decrepit, overcrowded wooden boat November 16, bringing the total number reported by local officials to have arrived this week to nearly 600. The […]
Dhaka (TIP): Bangladesh is set to hold its 12th general elections on January 7, 2024, announced the Chief Election Commissioner, Kazi Habibul Awal, on Wednesday. The announcement of elections comes against a backdrop of nationwide […]
BARCELONA (TIP): Just days after her success at the Latin Grammys, Colombian pop idol Shakira is set to go on trial in Barcelona on November 14 for allegedly cheating Spain’s tax office out of 14.5 […]
MANILA (TIP): A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the southern Philippines on November 14, the US Geological Survey said, sending people fleeing buildings and causing part of a ceiling inside a shopping mall to collapse. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): China is “ready to be a partner and friend of the United States,” President Xi Jinping told US business leaders on November 16, as concerns mount over the country’s slowing economy. If […]
BREGANA, CROATIA (TIP): It took Croatia years to finally enter into Europe’s passport-free travel zone that promised to ease access for other European nationals travelling to the country and boost its tourism-driven economy. But less […]
Gaza City (TIP): The Hamas-controlled health ministry said on November 17 that 24 patients at a hospital in war-torn Gaza had died within 48 hours due to power outages, as Israeli forces searched the complex […]
TALLINN, Estonia (TIP): A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in one of the highest-profile cases involving […]
TAIYUAN (TIP): Twenty-five people have died and dozens sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China’s Shanxi province on November 16, AFP reported quoting state media. The fire broke out […]
EDMONTON (TIP): An Indian-origin Sikh man, described as a “higher-level figure” in the organized crime scene in Canada, and his 11-year-old son were shot and killed in what police have called a “sick and twisted” […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Jag Bains, an entrepreneur and truck company owner from Washington, created history by becoming the first Sikh-American to win the reality show “Big Brother”. The 25-year-old TV personality defeated Matt Klotz, a […]
LONDON (TIP): Five members of a family, including three children, have died in a house fire in west London, the Metropolitan Police said on Monday, November 13, as it announced an investigation into the tragic […]
COLUMBUS, OH (TIP): Ohio’s first Hindu and Indian American State Senator Niraj Antani (R-6) Tuesday, November 14, announced a campaign for Congress in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District “to be a warrior for our community’s values.” […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Four Indian Americans are among 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen from the United States who will go to Oxford University in England in October 2024 to pursue graduate degrees with scholars from over […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Biden has named Indian American lawyer Shakuntla L. Bhaya to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States. The independent federal agency is charged with convening expert representatives from […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The list, which draws attention to the people who are shaping and leading climate action, comes at a critical moment, ahead of the 2023 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Five Indian Americans are […]
RULES TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER 1. Make your bed every day, even if it’s right before you get in it. 2. Don’t wear holey underwear…in case you’re in an accident and they cut your clothes […]
BROOKLYN, NY (TIP): The Medical Society of the County of Kings (MSCK), Brooklyn’s oldest scientific organization, honored Dr. Jagdish K. Gupta with the President Gold Medal, inducting him into its Prestigious President-Club. The County Society […]
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (TIP): Nasau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) congratulated Imran Pasha, Ali Zar, and ZAR Sports for the success of the New York State Governor’s Cup 2023 Cricket Tournament, which […]
FLUSHING, NY (TIP): State Senator John Liu inducted Flushing resident Michael Louis Vulcano into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame on Sunday, November 12. The Hall of Fame was established in 2005 […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City’s Education Department will cut nearly $550 million from its budget this year as part of a sweeping round of citywide reductions ordered by Mayor Eric Adams. Many of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): With the nation’s tax season rapidly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers there are important steps they can take now to help “get ready” to file their 2023 federal tax return. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): As part of ongoing efforts to protect taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service reminds people that International Fraud Awareness Week serves as an important time to protect personal and financial information from scam […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Rep. George Santos will face a third vote to oust him from Congress the week after Thanksgiving as a growing number of lawmakers say they will back a new expulsion motion filed […]
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