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SC rejects demand for govt nominees in trust formed for Ayodhya mosque
The Supreme Court on Friday, Dec 4, rejected the demand to form a trust comprising government nominees to oversee construction work at the 5 acre land allotted to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board […]
Asia
Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal to press on with peace talks
Kabul (TIP): Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war. The agreement lays out […]
Frontpage News
The agitating farmers in India get huge support from Indian Americans
I.S. Saluja The first week of December witnessed in New York and New Jersey enthusiastic support for agitating farmers in India, and a damning condemnation of Modi government’s anti-farm sector policies. States of New York […]
Frontpage News
COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIENNE ADAMS UNVEILS GURDWARA STREET
RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK (TIP): On November 30, 2020 Council Member Adrienne Adams joined Assembly Member David Weprin, and members of the community to celebrate the co-naming ceremony of Gurdwara Street. The co-naming ceremony celebrated […]
Americas
More than half of emergency small-business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows
Much of the funds were used for purposes other than PPP was meant for, which calls for investigation WASHINGTON (TIP): The Trump administration has emphasized PPP loans to small firms, but most of the $522 […]
Americas
Interest rates remain the same for the first quarter of 2021
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Internal Revenue Service today, December 2, announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The rates will be: Three (3) percent for overpayments [two […]
United States
Michael Flynn wants Trump to declare Martial Law and redo the Election
WASHINGTON (TIP): Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser who was pardoned by the president last week for lying during the Russia investigation, wants Trump to declare martial law and “temporarily suspend the […]
Misc
Beyond Covid-19, a book by Dr. Chalil & Ambassador Kapur is now on “Amazon Best Sellers List”
By Ajay Ghosh NEW YORK (TIP): Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Envisioning a Better World by Transforming the Future of Healthcare, authored by Ambassador Pradeep Kapur, a practitioner of Public Policy, and Dr. Joseph Chalil, an […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Neera Tanden nominated to lead White House Office of Management and Budget
WASHINGTON (TIP): President elect Joe Biden has named Indian American Neera Tanden to head the powerful White House Office of Management and Budget. Tanden, 50, who currently heads left leaning think tank Centre for American […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Ajit Pai announces his intent to leave as FCC chair on January 20
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American Ajit Pai has announced his intent to leave Federal Communications Commission on January 20, the day Joe Biden takes oath as the 46th President of the US. As Chairman of FCC, Pai […]
Indian American
Indian Origin former US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma joins Mastercard as Executive Vice President
WASHINGTON (TIP): Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has joined leading financial services company Mastercard as its executive vice-president for global public policy and regulatory affairs. In this capacity, Richard Verma will oversee the company’s […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Maju Varghese to plan Biden-Harris inauguration
WASHINGTON (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have formed a Presidential Inaugural Committee with Indian-American Maju Varghese as executive director to plan the festivities surrounding their swearing-in on Jan. 20. Varghese, who […]
NY/NJ/CT
NJ: LEADING THROUGH CRISES
By Mabel Pais LEADING THROUGH CRISES: GOV. MURPHY ON NJ, THE PANDEMIC, & THE WAY FORWARD Halfway through his first term as New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy was confronted by a crisis of extraordinary magnitude: […]
Perspective
Kerala: It is time to demand clean governance
“Keralites cannot be fooled any longer by these frequent denunciations of corruption and graft by one party and presenting themselves as righteous. They see through most of these characters, except a few with integrity, for […]
Astrology
Birthday Astrology Predictions (December 7 to December 13, 2020)
Dec 7: Ganesha says though activities seen pretty well lined up when the day begins, plans can begin to fall apart. It will help to put aside habitual or narrow ways of reacting and instead […]
Asia
Pakistan Cabinet approves chemical castration of rapists, special courts for rape trials
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan’s Cabinet has approved two anti-rape ordinances which called for the chemical castration of rapists with the consent of the convict and setting up of special courts for rape trials, according to a […]
Other News
Doval in Colombo for trilateral meet with Sri Lanka, Maldives
Colombo (TIP): National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday called on Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and also met the country’s defence secretary to further advance “valuable” bilateral cooperation that contributes to peace […]
Asia
Shringla inaugurates three schools built under Indian assistance in Nepal’s Gorkha district
Kathmandu (TIP): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday inaugurated three schools built under Indian assistance in Nepal’s Gorkha district, the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake. In April 2015, a devastating earthquake of 7.8 magnitude […]
World
South Korea agency says North Korea executed people, shut Pyongyang
Seoul (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down capital Pyongyang as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and […]
World
Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home
Tokyo (TIP): A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space […]
Editorials
A boon from the Himalayas: Towards multi-disciplinary healing
YOGA OF IMMORTALS In a world stricken by an unprecedented pandemic, the emergence of a unique Himalayan protocol – Yoga of Immortals, mindfulness and the like has proven to be the great healer across specialities […]
Opinions
“A Light Has Gone Out”
Eminent Physician, community leader and a gem of a person Ajay Lodha passes away at 58 Ajay Lodha is survived by wife Smita, son Amit , daughter Shweta, and daughter-in-law Priyanka I.S. Saluja LONG ISLAND, […]
India
India’s first Organ Donor Memorial open for public in Jaipur
By Dr Yash Goyal JAIPUR (TIP): India’s 1st Organ Donor Memorial to make awareness and enthusiasm in General Public for cadaver transplant opened in Pink City’s Central Park here. Coinciding with the National Organ Donation […]
Interview
A Renowned Pharmacologist, Neuroscientist and Eminent Scholar of Sikhism – Bhai Dr. Harbans Lal
Dr. Harbans Lal, born in 1931, at Haripur, the North-West Frontier Province, and named at Punja Sahib Gurdwara both now in Pakistan, is an internationally recognized pharmacologist cum neuroscientist. He is also a profound scholar […]