WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington D.C., Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy discussed the $250 […]
LONDON (TIP): Two Indian cities -Imphal (ranked 32) and Srinagar (ranked 49) have been named to be at “extreme risk” of a terrorist attack, mainly aiming to cause mass casualty and destroy public transport networks. According […]
Buddha Jayanti, also known as Buddha Purnima, celebrates the birthday of Lord Buddha. It also commemorates his enlightenment and death. It’s the most sacred Buddhist festival. Buddhists regard Lumbini (which is now part of Nepal) to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian Air Force has carried out a successful trial of landing a combat jet on a road runway. The IAF’s Mirage 2000 successfully landed on Yamuna expressway near Mathura on May […]
New Delhi (TIP): In an attempt to attract overseas funds, the Centre on Thursday said non-repatriable investments by non-resident Indians (NRIs), overseas citizens of India (OCIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) will be treated […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and seven others were today granted bail by a special court in […]
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: As many as 567 Indians were deported to India by federal law enforcement agencies in last two years, while more than 6,360 Indians were detained at the US border during the same period […]
As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn’t got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary energy in India, is […]
NEW DELHI: In probably the biggest ever scandal involving leak of obscene MMS clips on social networking platforms and porn websites, CBI has arrested the alleged kingpin in Bengaluru and recovered around 500 porn clips showing […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American professor of chemistry from Tamil Nadu has won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Sivanadane (Siva) Mandjiny was one of the 17 winners […]
WASHINGTON: The US-India Business Council (USIBC) comprising more than 300 top-tier US and Indian companies advancing commercial ties between the two countries has inducted six global business leaders to serve as members of the board. The […]
AUCKLAND (TIP): A $5 million Shri Ram Mandir, a Hindu temple and community complex in Henderson, about 13 kilometers from Auckland (New Zealand) city center, will formally do Grand Opening on June 13, concluding eight […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday began consultations on FDI in B2C e-commerce amid a sharp divide between Indian and foreign players. While domestic companies such as FLIPKART and Snapdeal opposed FDI during a meeting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s defence ministry has agreed to buy 56 planes from Airbus for$1.87 billion, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to modernise the country’s military, an official said on May 14. The ministry’s […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The World Gold Council (WGC) on May 14 announced that the demand for gold in India continues to be stable with a 15 per cent increase in Q1 Calender Year 2015 at 191.7 […]
LONDON (TIP) : Britain’s House of Lords is all set to debate one of the most prominent new trends in British politics – the growing clout of the Indian vote as seen in the recently […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): As the United States withdraws its forces from Afghanistan, the Obama administration has armed Pakistan with 14 combat aircraft, 59 military trainer jets and 374 armored personnel carriers, an internal Congressional report has […]
The government has used the extended session of parliament to pass a new bill in the Lok Sabha as part of its efforts to persuade the nation that it is serious about tackling the problem of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Special Investigation Team on black money informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 12 that 339 accounts in HSBC bank held by Indians had a net amount of Rs 6,400 crore […]
The manner in which leaders arrogate to themselves the right to tell women how many kids they should have is a uniquely “affirmative” action, cutting across communities. Remember the motherhood cult when fertile mothers were awarded […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A child born during a valid marriage or even within 280 days after its dissolution can’t be termed illegitimate unless the parents did not have access to each other during the period, the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After being left red faced over the fiasco on Dawood Ibrahim with Home Minister Rajnath Singh forced to explain in Parliament that his Ministry had no doubt that the don was in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India is not buying the theory that the Taliban was behind the attack in the Park Palace guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday. Instead, Indian suspicion points to the Haqqani-LeT network which take […]
GENEVA (TIP): India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital. Finland has topped the 124-nation list. India is […]
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