Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done well by focusing on Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka for diplomatic engagement, something that was long awaited. It has been 28 years since an Indian PM made a stand-alone visit […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Arun Kumar Singh, a 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been named ambassador to the United States in place of S Jaishankar, who took over as foreign secretary on January 28. […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, […]
Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi took to Twitter to take a dig at the Prime Minister and BJP over Alam’s release. “A party constantly speaking on nationalism & against separatism & terrorism in opposition now supine […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Vinod Mehta, founding editor of India’s Outlook magazine and a fearless and irreverent commentator on Indian politics, died Sunday. He was 73. Mehta died of multiple organ failure at New Delhi’s […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Stung by the Indian media’s severe criticism of Virat Kohli’s abusive rant at a journalist and the bizarre statement on the issue by team’s media manager RN Baba, the Indian cricket board […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Feb 28 announced a budget that put boosting growth before painful reforms, slowing the pace of fiscal deficit cuts and seeking to put domestic and foreign capital […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi braces to firm up New Delhi’s bid to countervail Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, Beijing has now suggested that India’s own efforts to […]
GURGAON (TIP): A labour court in Gurgaon has directed automobile major Maruti Suzuki India Ltd to pay Rs 1 lakh each as compensation to 425 workers, who were sacked after violence in the company’s Manesar […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The home ministry, in its haste to approve British filmmaker Leslee Udwin’s application to shoot interviews of gender crime convicts inside Tihar jail, ignored its own 2012 circular mandating background security checks […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Lauding India’s improved disaster risk management and accuracy of its meteorological department, the UN has said timely warnings on cyclones have helped “dramatically” reduce mortality during natural calamities. The global assessment report […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): The India Diaspora Investment Initiative, a unique program President Barack Obama unveiled during his visit to India for the Republic Day celebrations, is seeking investment from Indian American and other investors to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s former army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf kept Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the dark about the Kargil operation in 1999 despite the latter heading forces responsible for guarding Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to […]
Sex crimes have become a norm in India. Committed with impunity, even the most heinous crimes have ceased to shock due to their recurrence. Therefore, it’s strange that a documentary that exposes the mindset of remorseless […]
A short, thin middle aged man- you may probably take him for just another man in the street. But no. He is not an ordinary man. He is not a man to be ignored. He is […]
The 2015 budget “will further reignite our growth engine, signaling the dawn of a prosperous future,” wrote PM Modi on Twitter, referring to his government’s recently unveiled budget, widely viewed as business-friendly. On February 28, […]
A Sanatan Dharam temple was vandalised in Washington state with windows broken and the word “Fear” painted on it, less than a fortnight after another temple was attacked. Members of the the Sanatan Dharma Temple […]
VALENCIA (SPAIN) (TIP): In a hard-fought match against Germany, Indian eves emerged victorious 2-1 in their final game of the Spain tour on February 23. The matches were played in preparation for the FIH World League […]
From Munnar’s expansive tea gardens to Vagamon’s unspoilt meadows, there are plenty of places to visit in Kerala that are far removed from urban chaos. Home to dense forests which are marked by walking trails and […]
TOKYO (TIP): Honda Motor Co hurt by falling sales and embroiled in a crisis over defective air bags is replacing its CEO. The Japanese automaker said on Tuesday that Takanobu Ito, its president and chief […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Cement prices across the country are likely to go up by Rs 3-5 per 50 kg bag following railway minister Suresh Prabhu’s proposal to increase freight rates in his maiden budget. Cement producers […]
CHENNAI (TIP): As the property earns a rental of 65 per sq ft per month, the annual returns on investment for Tata Coffee will be 10.8%, higher than the industry average of 10% returns for […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Global private equity major TPG Capital Management is buying a ‘significant minority stake’ in Bengaluru-based hospital operator Manipal Health Enterprises (MHEPL) for $146 million, or a little over Rs 900 crore, the companies […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Sick and tired of the more than 100 inches of snow that has buried Boston this year, a local entrepreneur is selling the stuff to those in warmer climes in a throwback to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Kusuma’s long hard winters of discontent in America, six of them in fact, are drawing to a close. Spouse of an Indian H1-B visa professional who came with her husband to the United […]
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