New Delhi’s ties with Washington are not problem-free but have evolved enough to weather transitions well. In the run-up to the U.S presidential polls, when bilateral diplomatic activity was expected to taper off, South Block […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India will take up with Ireland the issue of death of an Indian woman dentist there after doctors allegedly refused to terminate her 17-week-long pregnancy on the ground that it was a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): General J.J. Singh, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and former Chief of the Indian Army officially launched his book at the Indian Consulate in New York November 14. The book titled ‘A Soldier’s […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction on November 15 for her first book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity,” which […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after his abrupt announcement to dissolve parliament put paid to India-Japan annual summit meet, PM Yoshihiko Noda called up his counterpart Manmohan Singh to explain the “fast paced” political developments […]
MUMBAI: When it comes to pictorial warnings on tobacco packets, India ranks a low 123 among 198 countries surveyed on the warnings parameter. While experts agree that pictorial warnings on tobacco packets is a proven […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Indians are largely “vacation deprived”, they readily cancel holiday plans when faced with last-minute work assignments and fear that important decisions will occur in office in their absence. These were some of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has requested Interpol to come up with a special notice for terror cases, which is not a part of the existing red corner notice. The request was made at the recently […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Ameer Thwaha, 35, who was detained for trying to take photographs of Union finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Puzhal prison on Thursday even as the minister wanted him released. Chidambaram, in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A furious political scrap has erupted in full public view in the US capital over a potential successor to Hillary Clinton in the State Department. Republican lawmakers have threatened to block the confirmation […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two top American Senators have introduced a resolution in the US Senate recognizing the religious and historical significance of Diwali festival. Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn, co-chairs of the US Senate’s bipartisan […]
COIMBATORE (TIP): As part of its efforts to reach out to clients in the US, IT solutions company MindTree Ltd opened a delivery centre in Gainesville, Florida. It is the first delivery centre outside India […]
KOLKATA (TIP): In a bid to expand its global footprint, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has become the first institute in India to tie up with CEMS, an international alliance of management institutes across 28 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich has invited Indian industry to invest in his country. Addressing a joint business meeting here on Wednesday, the visiting dignitary said there were several sectors, including […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Stanford Graduate School of Business is looking to kindle the innovative mindset of students by launching new courses for entrepreneurs across the world, with support from Silicon Valley experts. The institute will soon […]
President Obama win in 2008 was a truly historic occasion as the election of a non-white to the presidency represented the far reaching social change that had occurred relatively undetected in the American society over […]
India is a country of festivals and festivities. Our forefathers made sure that we have occasions to come together and celebrate. I do not think any other country in the world can match India’s number […]
ISLAMABAD (tip): Authorities have agreed to allowmobile phone services between Pakistan and India though certain issues remain to be settled, a Pakistani parliamentary panel has been informed by officials. The standing committee on commerce of […]
On November 5, 2008, Barack Obama, an African-American, made history when he was elected the 44th president of the United States. The world’s oldest democracy had finally broken the race ceiling and a ‘man of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Theatre personality and actor Girish Karnad’s statement that Rabindranath Tagore was a ‘second-rate playwright’ has not only created ripples in the literary world but also angered Twitterati. After his recent criticism of […]
BANGALORE/MUMBAI (TIP): “I feel sorry for him” or “he has my sympathies” are not the phrases you would ordinarily associate with as flamboyant a person as Vijay Mallya. But, indeed, they cropped up often when […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar had an affair with Bhupen Hazarika. His estranged wife Priyamvada Patel Hazarika told a local TV channel ahead of the Assamese balladeer’s first death anniversary on November 5. “Lata […]
New Delhi (TIP): State-owned explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will sell 26 per cent stake in its KG Basin exploration block, KG-DWN-2004/6, to Japanese oil and gas explorer Inpex Corporation, a company statement […]
Ahmedabad (TIP): Stating that the Indian pharmaceutical industry is on a “good growth path’, a CII-PwC report on Monday said it is likely to be among the top-10 global markets in value terms by 2020. […]
Mangalore (TIP): Manipal University has signed agreements with Shanghai’s Tongji and Tianjin universities for mutual, comprehensive partnerships. Quoting the Vice-Chancellor of Manipal University, K. Ramnarayan, a press release said here on Monday that the MoUs […]
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