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KERALA: A PARADISE ON EARTH
Kerala is magical. Every corner and every turn of this magnetic state has a visual wonder tucked away. So pack your bags and get ready; a travel across paradise awaits you A vacation to the […]
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Business & Economics
$20BN INFLOWS HELP VOLATILE MARKETS
MUMBAI (TIP): Boosted by a $20-billion foreign fund inflow and strong gains in exporters like software and pharma sectors, which benefited from a weak rupee, the sensex closed nearly 9% up in 2013, ending a […]
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INDIA BIGGER MARKET THAN CHINA FOR LE CIRQUE
MUMBAI (TIP): For New York’s legendary restaurant chain, Le Cirque, India, and not China, is the largest Asian market. With the country’s old and nouveau rich warming up to luxe fine dining, Le Cirque’s scion […]
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Salman Khurshid’s Call to Expatriates to Help Build India’s Brand Image
NEW DELHI (TIP): Minister of External Affairs Sh. Salman Khurshid, has exhorted the overseas Indians to become India’s best ambassadors to spread and popularize the country’s values, beliefs, culture and heritage overseas. Presiding over the […]
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GOVERNMENT INTRODUCES ‘KNOW INDIA PROGRAMME’ FOR NRI AND PIO YOUTH
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Government has introduced a programme named “Know India Programme” for young persons of Overseas Indians with a view to provide them an exposure to the country of their origin so that […]
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Improving travel experience of NRI youth is high on Civil Aviation Ministry’s agenda: KC Venugopal
New Delhi (TIP): K.C. Venugopal, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, has underlined the Govrnment’s commitment to improve the travel experience of the youth who search for greener pastures across the world. Addressing a session […]
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Diplomatic Retaliation: India Expels Senior US Diplomat
NEW YORK (TIP): A full scale diplomatic war seems to have erupted between India and USA over the arrest and strip-search of a senior Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York on December 12, 2013 […]
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2013 — THE DEAR DEPARTED
Renowned film actor Farooq Sheikh passed away on December 28 following a massive heart attack in Dubai. The 64-year-old actor was last seen in Club 60, released earlier this month. Sheikh was best known for […]
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THE INDIA STORY
Eye-watering onion prices set inflation rate soaring; the rupee also slid to new low before stabilizing. Reversing its bad run, the sensex at the end of the year surged to new highs buoyed by the […]
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ECONOMIC GLOOM
The year did not bring much cheer for the country’s economy as the rupee continued to slide for most of 2013. The rupee dropped by nearly 4% to a new low of 68.7 to the […]
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‘PROUD TO BE GAY’
On 11 December, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community was left in despair after the Supreme Court overturned a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court ruling which had decriminalised gay sex. In what many […]
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THE KUMBH MELA AND BOLLYWOOD’S 100 YEARS
The year also witnessed a show like no other as the world’s largest gathering took place in the northern city of Allahabad on 11 February. Several million people bathed at the confluence of the Ganges […]
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TELEGRAM SERVICE ENDS
The world sent its last telegram when India’s state-owned telecom company shut its 163-year-old telegraph service on 15 July. The service had become largely irrelevant due to the advent of the mobile phone and computers, […]
Business & Economics
Cultural Organizations or Trojan Horses?
The author finds fault with cultural organizations who dabble in politics. In fact, US administration will do well to screen these organizations who, if allowed to have their own way, may pose a threat to […]
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LOK PAL BILL
The historic anti-graft bill The Lok Pal Bill has been passed by both houses of the Parliament and the UPA Government deserves the gratitude in sensing the sentiment of the people and doing the right […]
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2013: A CHALLENGING TIME FOR INDIA-US RELATIONS
The year 2013 will be remembered for the challenges it threw up for the ties between the world’s two largest democracies, including a row triggered by the arrest and strip-search of an Indian diplomat in […]
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TWO DISASTERS, DIFFERENT APPROACHES
Natural disasters left many dead and homeless in India in 2013 but there was a lesson to be learnt after the government averted a major crisis when tropical storm Phailin hit the country’s eastern shores […]
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STATEHOOD FOR TELANGANA
Telangana, once it is formed, will be India’s 29th state comprising 10 districts. The jewel in the crown will be the city of Hyderabad, which for some time, at least 10 years to start with, […]
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TARUN TEJPAL’S ‘STINKFEST’
High profile editor Tarun Tejpal is in the eye of the storm after a young woman colleague alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by him at an event in Goa. On Nov 20, Tehelka […]
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INDIA’S MARS ODYSSEY BEGINS
As part of India’s first inter-planetary mission, the Mars Orbiter Mision lifted off on November 5. If successful, Isro would become the fourth space agency to reach Mars. Crossing a major milestone in the country’s […]
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INDIA-CHINA MAKE PEACE, FOR NOW
India and China inked the crucial Border Defence Cooperation Agreement in October to ease the strained relationship between the two countries. The agreement is the outcome of a series of talks following diplomatic tensions arising […]
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TANVI SHINDE-The Teen Talent
It was the great American poet, Robert Frost who once wrote the now famous lines: “Woods are lovely, dark and deep; But I have promises to keep; And miles to go before I sleep, and […]
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AFZAL GURU HANGED
Afzal Guru, the key collaborator of the Pakistani terrorists who attacked Parliament on December 13, 2001, was hanged on February 9, 2013, bringing a sense of closure to the audacious terror attack that could have […]
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PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS ENDS; PREZ HAILS NRIS’ CONTRIBUTION
NEW DELHI (TIP): The 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concluded on January 9 with President Pranab Mukherjee hailing the contribution of Non-Resident Indians in the growth and development of the country. “The government will continue to […]
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GOVT REACHES OUT TO DIASPORA YOUTH AT PRAVASI BHARTIYA DIVAS
NEW DELHI (TIP): Making a strong pitch for greater connectivity with diaspora youth, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi on January 7 said partnerships between young Indians in the country and those residing overseas in […]