SAN FRANCISCO — India’s government has essentially banned a Facebook program that sought to connect with low-income residents by offering free access to a limited version of the social network and other Internet services. The […]
DUBAI (TIP): The International Cricket Council is all set to scrap the controversial constitutional amendments, which gave executive clout and financial power to India, Australia and England, with its Shashank Manohar-led Board recommending complete overhaul […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Wrestler-actor Sangram Singh on Febryary 4 launched ‘Champion’s Pro Kushti’ aimed at tapping into the talent pool in the interiors of the country. “The motive behind the whole exercise is to once again […]
With palaces that still evoke the grandeur of their regal past, in literally every hamlet, and the Thar desert’s never-ending sand dunes that appear like golden-hued paintings, there’s no shortage of places to visit in Rajasthan […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s booming online marketplace business has attracted a new wave of merchants and sellers from countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and the US. In fact, thousands of sellers are […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s growth potential is much higher than seven per cent and can be eight to nine per cent, American economist Nouriel Roubini said on Saturday, pointing out that the reforms being undertaken […]
NEW YORK: India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has convinced a US court to rehear an appeal to throw out his 2012 insider-trading conviction. The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan yesterday […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Consulate General of India here have issued an advisory for Visa & Passport applicants. It says There are no agents or middlemen authorized to facilitate deposit of application forms in respect of […]
There is a big debate about global warming and carbon foot prints in the Group of Twenty (also known as the G-20 or G20) and other forums and India listens to western lectures on dangers of […]
Pakistan continues to be a major target of terrorism, most recently demonstrated by the attack on Bacha Khan University, which killed 20 people. Only a week before, three attacks in close succession at a UN-backed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 4 suggested to the Board of Control for Cricket in India that it accept all the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee relating to structural […]
HEMPSTEAD, NY (TIP): On a beautiful Tuesday, January 26 morning Town of Hempstead Town Hall was busy and bustling with vibrant Indian Tricolors. The occasion was the 13th India Republic Day Celebrations organized by Hempstead […]
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (TIP): Venaxis®, Inc.(Nasdaq: APPY), announced January 26 that it has entered into a series of agreements for a transaction with Strand Life Sciences Private Limited (Strand LS) and its shareholders. Strand LS […]
CHICAGO, IL (TP): Federation of Indian Association (FIA), Chicago celebrated the 67th Republic Day of India, followed by a Gala Banquet, with traditional enthusiasm and fervor, on January 26th, 2016 at Shalimar Banquets, 280 W […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Continued tug-war on garbage politics in the capital has tarnished the “Clean Delhi City” image worldwide, stated Senior BJP leader Vijay Jolly at New Delhi February 2, 2016. Foreign tourists especially Non […]
Many people involved in the massive evacuation of Indian expatriates from Kuwait in 1990 are disappointed at the mischaracterization of the role of the politicians, diplomats and airline officials in Airlift, a new Hindi film based […]
When the creative impulse of a young engineer is stifled and the dreams of transcending the “fatal accident” of his birth shattered, there is a disturbing aspect to his struggle for justice and equality, the grave […]
WASHINGTON(TIP): The University of Chicago has established a professorship for the study of Sanskrit with a $3.5 million gift from an Indian-American couple to help it advance the study of the Indian subcontinent. The Anupama […]
WICHITA, KAN (TIP): Envision recently announced that it has awarded two new postdoctoral fellowships including one to Indian American Arun Kumar Krishnan, Ph.D., for research to be conducted at its Envision Research Institute (ERI), based here. His studies are expected to […]
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (TIP): The Executive Committee of the Advisory Board of Lehigh Valley LaunchBox, a University- and community-sponsored business accelerator program, approved and announced $50,000 in micro grants to 13 projects for the program’s […]
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ (TIP): A 25-year-old Indian woman in the US has been sentenced to three years’ probation for money laundering and faces imminent deportation for her role in a $170,000 phone scam in which […]
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NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 23 unveiled 100 declassified documents on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the National Archives of India. The documents are still not available in the public domain, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Lutyens’ zone, already considered among the most pampered areas in India, has made it to the list of 20 cities to be turned into Smart Cities as part of the Modi government’s […]
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