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Legislate now to give women their due dignity
My thoughts, perforce, turn to India. It is not that there is not much here in USA to engage my attention. In fact, USA is probably going through one of the worst times in history. […]
India
Business & Economics
Pak Strategy: Deny India Nuclear Victory
Pakistan’s relations with two of its neighbors-India and Afghanistan – are strained, and a third border, with Iran, marks the Sunni-Shia divide within Islam. Domestic social services are in decline. Governance is widely conceded to […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Honored With Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Gold Medal
HOUSTON (TIP): Utpala Dubey, an Indian American engineer settled in Houston has been honored with the “Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman 2012” medal by the government of India and the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Welfare Society of […]
United States
US Department of State Intervenes to Save Badal in US Lawsuit
NEW YORK (TIP): The US Department of State has weighed in favor of CM Badal in the pending human rights violation lawsuit before the Federal Court of Wisconsin. The Special agents from the Diplomatic Security […]
United States
FIA Executive Committee For 2013 Announced
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The annual general body meeting of the Federation of Indian Associations (Tri-State) was held on Saturday, December 22nd 2012 at TV Asia Auditorium, Edison, NJ, says a Press Release issued by FIA. […]
India
Govt, BJP Spar Over Grant Of Visa To Miandad
NEW DELHI (tip): The government and main Opposition BJP — backed by ally Shiv Sena — sparred over the Union home ministry’s decision to grant visa to former Pakistani cricket captain Javed Miandad, who has […]
Europe
Want To Be A Doctor In Britain? Brace For Tougher Examinations
LONDON (TIP): Indian doctors wanting to work in Britain will face a more rigorous assessment in future. This was decided by the United Kingdom’s health authorities after figures showed a high proportion of doctors who […]
India
Opposition Steals UPA’s Food Bill Thunder
NEW DELHI (TIP): The benchmark has been set higher for the UPA’s overdue National Food Security Bill, with Opposition-ruled states expanding the coverage of cheap food grains and improvising services under the public distribution system. […]
United States
Developed world looks at India for investment, trade : US report
NEW YORK (TIP): As the global centre of economic growth moves to Asia, India has captured the attention of developed economies looking for new investment and trade opportunities, says a new report. Noting that recent […]
Europe
US offers India help in combating violence against women
WASHINGTON (TIP): In the wake of the gang-rape of an Indian woman, the United States has offered to help India strengthen public and private organizations working to combat violence against women. “Our goal is, whether […]
India
Delhi Women Gun For Licenses; Rape Triggers Big Rush To Acquire Arms
NEW DELHI (TIP): The horrific attack on Nirbhaya has led to a spurt in requests for gun licenses from women. Since December 18, the day the news of the brutal gang rape appeared in newspapers, […]
Europe
Visa delays leave Indian students in UK stranded
LONDON (TIP): Several international students, including some from India have been stranded in the UK without passports and are unable to get home for Christmas after the UK Border Agency asked them to reapply for […]
Europe
‘Midnight’s Children’ fails to draw viewers in UK
LONDON (TIP): ‘Midnight’s Children’, a film based on the 1981 Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie is scheduled to release in India on February 1, 2013, and could be heading for an unimpressive box […]
Other News
Super-Charged Pakistan Thrash India To Nail Series
KOLKATA (TIP): Indian batting fizzled out virtually without a spark as Pakistan took a winning 2-0 lead in the One-Day International (ODI) series by carving out a comprehensive 85- run victory in the second match […]
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Sachin Tendulkar Record
Sachin Tendulkar has spent more than 69418 minutes of his life batting in international cricket,easily the most than any other batsman. Sachin Tendulkar scored 19.24% of the total bat runs that India scored in the […]
Incredible India
Chandipur Beach Where The Sea Disappears
Have you seen the sea disappear in front of your eyes? A unique phenomenon rarely seen anywhere else, the sea recedes by as much as five kilometres every day on the Chandipur beach in eastern […]
India
Foreign Tourist Arrivals To Kerala Plummet
KOTTAYAM,INDIA (TIP): Asharp decline inarrival of foreigntourists to Keralais causing concernin the tourismindustry. Thedeclining trendthat started a fewyears agocontinuesunabated.T. Damu,director of Taj group of hotels and resortsin Kerala, said that foreign tourist arrivalshave declined considerably […]
Europe
Rita Singh elected Federation of Indian Associations president
CHICAGO (TIP): Rita Singh, an Indian American businesswoman from Bihar with close connections to Bollywood, has been elected the first woman president of Chicago-based Federation of Indian Associations (FIA). A native of Saharsa district of […]
Europe
India offers sympathies to families affected by Newton school tragedy
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has expressed grief over the massacre of 20 children and seven adults in an American school, saying the horrific violence “leaves the whole world diminished”. External affairs minister, Salman Khurshid, sent […]
United States
Indian Consulate says Happy Holidays
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian Consulate in New York, in the last few years, ever since Ambassador Prabhu Dayal took over as Consul General, has become a cultural center for the Indian American community. Over […]
United States
Number of Indian students in US drops again
WASHINGTON (TIP): The number of Indian students studying in the United States has dropped continuously for the second consecutive year while the count of international students in the country has now reached a record high […]
India
Sikh, Muslim Ngos Received Least Foreign Funds
NEW DELHI (TIP): Counter-terror agencies may be looking into fund flowing into Sikh and Muslim institutions and NGOs engaged in welfare activities of minorities on the suspicion of money from some of these being diverted […]
United States
1984 Violence against Sikhs in India: Sikhs For Justice submits Genocide Petition to Obama Administration
NEW YORK (TIP): “A Petition has been tabled before Obama Administration urging to recognize the organized violence perpetrated against Sikhs during November 1984 as “Genocide”. With more than 46000 signatures (29,000 online and 17000 on […]
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Pak Strategy in Afghanistan Time for hard decisions
On December 6, Asadullah Khalid, Head of Afghanistan’s intelligence set-up, the National Directorate of Security, was seriously injured in a bomb attack by a Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy. President Karzai announced […]
United States
Over 15 US Firms Spent Millions In 2012 To Lobby In India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Large US firms have spent millions of dollars in 2012 itself to lobby for their Indian business interests along with other issues. Global retail giant WalMart, whose lobbying with US lawmakers for access […]