MUMBAI (TIP): In one of the largest financing rounds for an Indian internet startup, taxi-hailing service Ola said it has raised $400 million – or around Rs 2,500 crore – led by Russian tech billionaire […]
BEIJING: China is reviewing its approach towards the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carried out by Pakistani terrorists. It feels “awkward” about its own neutral stance, which has caused grave dissatisfaction in India. The revelation came […]
LONDON (TIP): India’s foremost mental health expert who spends most of his time between Goa and London has now been named as among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Professor Vikram Patel, […]
Krish arrived in USA (Chicago) in the summer of 2009 and it was only in early 2010 that he resumed his ‘hobby’ of painting, after a break of almost 15 years. He was born and raised in Kolkata, […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Buckling under pressure from alliance partner BJP, the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir on April 17 arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China cements links with its old ally and generates opportunities for firms […]
AGRA (TIP): Pointing out a string of security lapses during Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid’s visit to India last December, Dhaka has complained to New Delhi that he was taken to the Taj Mahal in a […]
For two countries that Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls “natural partners” in a new global economy, Canada and India might appear to share a rather meek business relationship. Not even one per cent of Canadian exports currently […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan recently received a death threat from a purported Islamic State (IS) email account that is being accessed from across the globe. The governor received the […]
GANDHINAGAR (TIP): India’s push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of “smart” cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in […]
MUMBAI (TIP): With slaughter of bulls and bullocks being banned, a section of dairy farmers in Maharashtra have mooted the idea of giving milch animals ID tags on the lines of ‘Aadhar’ cards to track […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Shiv Sena courted controversy by demanding scrapping of voting rights of Muslims, saying the community has often been used for vote bank politics, evoking sharp reactions from several political parties which accused it […]
The world’s attention has rightly been riveted on negotiations aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. If and when that deal is made final, America and the other major powers that worked on it — China, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 16, 2015): George Washington University is gearing up to permanently ban from campus an important religious symbol, one which is sacred to many Hindus and Buddhists in India and elsewhere, because it […]
Washington (TIP): Sixteen US lawmakers led by Democrat John Garamendi have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, honouring the Sikh group’s celebration of Vaisakhi. The bipartisan resolution was co-sponsored amongst others by […]
Berlin, Apr. 14 (TIP): The grand nephew of one in every of India’s well-known freedom fighters and Congress chief Subhash Chandra Bose, Surya Bose, has stated his complete family was united in their demand for […]
NEW YORK: An Indian IT professional, sentenced to death in the US for killing a baby and her Indian grandmother, is so frustrated with his lawyers that he sought immediate execution rather than seeking a new […]
The Motorola Moto E 2nd gen smartphone with 4G LTE has finally been launched in India with a budget-friendly price tag of Rs 7999 attached to it. It’s available for pre-order through Flipkart and shows a tentative […]
Days after Prime Minister Modi warned the judiciary of dangers posed by five-star activists, the Union Home Ministry cut off foreign funding to Greenpeace for “campaigning against government policies” and “obstructing India’s energy plans”. Among […]
Rarely is found a person in the history of mankind who has left such a deep imprint on the life and character of people within a brief span of 42 years. More than three hundred years […]
A masterpiece of rich Sikh culture and religious history, the `Virasat-e-Khalsa` was dedicated to the nation in the Sikh holy city of Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa, amidst an elaborate religious ceremony , on November […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Moody’s ratings revised India’s sovereign rating outlook to “positive” from “stable” on Thursday as it expects the actions by policymakers will enhance the country’s economic strength in the medium term. Moody’s also said […]
MUMBAI (TIP): As regulators try to contain one of India’s most spectacular investment scandals, dozens of smaller but similar schemes continue to mushroom, employing tactics similar to the ones that enriched the Sahara group and […]
LONDON (TIP): The University of Wolverhampton, which saw 152 Indian students enrol in 2014/15, has received a£1 million (Rupees 10 crores) donation from Lord Swaraj Paul – the largest in the university’s history. The philanthropic […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is planning to build a tunnel under Mount Everest, called Qomolangma in Tibetan, as part of its plan to extend its rail link to Nepal, the state run China Daily said on […]
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