India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China should be seen in the context of the flux of global geopolitics
By P.S. Raghavan Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to China on April 27, against the background of turbulence in global geopolitics and some domestic disquiet about “softening” of India’s China policy. The international backdrop is […]
Can the 3 Ms save Iran deal?
By Arun Kumar The Macron-Merkel-May trio hopes to bear upon Trump to keep pact “Besides the Europeans, the looming May 12 deadline also has India worried, as since the end of sanctions, it has greatly […]
Judgment day: on Asaram case verdict
Asaram’s rise and fall is reflective of the lives of some self-styled godmen of our times In sentencing Asaram Bapu to imprisonment for the rest of his natural life for the rape of a 16-year-old […]
India intensifies development cooperation with Commonwealth countries
PM launches US$50 million dedicated Commonwealth window to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund NEW YORK(TIP): At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 in London, April 19, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced the […]
Modi will sink India if he does not rein in the rapists
“Whenever adharma takes over a nation, it needs a Krishna to restore faith and trust in the society, and that Krishna is the collective consciousness of Indians resting in women, businessmen, and young men. They […]
Indian Overseas Congress, USA condemns the rape and murder of the eight-year-old Asifa Bano
Indian Overseas Congress, USA joins millions of non-resident Indians across the globe in condemning the horrific rape and murder of an eight-year-old child Asifa Bano in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua. The barbarity and the bestiality […]
Modi in London: New turn to old ties
For the first time in 40 years, a British Prime Minister met her Indian counterpart without the overhang, obligations and requirements of the European Union. The Skripal poisoning episode has detracted British domestic attention and […]
AAPI & USAID partnering for a TB- Free India
WASHINGTON (TIP): USA-International Developmental Agency (USAID) on April 5thsigned an MOU with American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) to work together in achieving the goal of Tuberculosis (TB) free India. According to the […]
Texas Gov. Abbott’s ‘historic’ talk with Indian prime minister includes defense, health care, energy
NEW DELHI (TIP): Gov. Greg Abbott met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an hour and five minutes on Wednesday at Modi’s official residence. Abbott later said the two leaders discussed numerous subjects, including […]
Defense outsourced
By Ajay Banerjee Despite various govts going slow on hi-tech defence acquisitions, it now emerges that India is the largest weapons importer. This is ‘inglorious’ in the face of stridency over ‘desi’ production. And as […]
India in Trumpland needs to cut Trade Deals with US to keep afloat
By Arun Kumar “The businessman-author of The Art of the Deal, who looks at every issue as a transaction, would also be in no hurry to tear up the Iran nuclear deal, Pompeo or no […]
Indian couple from Nebraska sentenced to one year for staying illegally, harboring another illegal alien
OMAHA (TIP): An Indian couple, illegally staying in the US, was sentenced to one-year jail term for alien harboring. Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, were sentenced to one year and […]
Religious freedom in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka: A Summary of Religious Freedom concerns in South Asia.
The South Asia working group’s initial report to the International Religious Freedom Round-table “The many millennia old caste systems and the ‘unparalleled social abuse of untouchability (A.J. Toynbee)’ are based on religious doctrines of Brahminical […]
The neighborhood tangle: Opportunity lies in harnessing its history and complexities
“While the Russians will continue to play second fiddle to China whenever it suits them, both Russia and India have an interest in keeping their relationship forward looking, given their common interest in developing a […]
The French Connections
The Macron visit underlined the growing strategic convergence that draws India and France together “The slew of bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding signed, the detailed ‘joint statement’ and accompanying ‘vision statements’ on cooperation in […]
Mohajirs welcome India’s statement in UN Human rights session: Nadeem Nusrat
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Mohajirs have welcomed India’s statement in United Nations human rights session on state atrocities committed by Pakistan in Sindh, Baluchistan and KPK. This was said in a statement sent to The Indian […]
Nirav Modi Scam: a case of deceit and plunder of the public exchequer
There is a pattern to mega fraud cases- involvement of bank officials and government “At present, the bad debt of these Banks is greater than that of the GNP of the 137 countries in the […]
