NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (TIP): While Rajya Sabha was debating the amendment to the Constitution for rolling out Goods and Services Tax (GST), the top management of a large company was closeted with consultants from a global tax […]
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has set up a committee to study Indian household financing pattern and why they spend large sum of money on gold+ . The panel will look at various facets […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bollywood film ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui was on Aug 4 sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Delhi court for raping a US researcher here last year. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv […]
Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad, with people of its eight-member nations none the wiser about the purpose of the get-together. The […]
COLUMBUS, OHIO (TIP): The South Asian Dance Retreat supported by the Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise in collaboration with the Department of dance, The Ohio State University and Chennai’s very own dance academy, […]
JAIPUR: A convict’s son has scripted an extraordinary success story by preparing for IIT entrance exams while staying with his father in an 8×8 feet cell in an open jail in Kota for almost two years, because […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recently received documents from the United States that support India’s claim regarding Pakistani terror group, Jaish-e-Mohammad’s involvement in the Pathankot IAF base attack. According to a report in Times of India, […]
Shanti Devi, the revered mother-in-law of The Indian Panorama Publisher-editor Prof. Indrajit S Saluja passed away July 26, 2016. The 90-year-old Shanti Devi had not been keeping well, having broken her hip bone a number […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As India is emerging as an economic power on the world stage, there is another contrarian reality by its side which is quite unsettling. Even in this technologically advance new millennium, there […]
Mahasweta Devi, the 90-year-old eminent writer-activist who passed away, July 28, symbolized writing for life’s sake. As she herself said, “It is my conviction that a storywriter should be motivated by a sense of history that would […]
India has the world’s largest number of young people, and 1 million of them enter the workforce every month. It is critical to the nation’s success that young Indians are well-nourished, skilled, and prepared to contribute […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Islamabad on August 3 and 4 to attend the meeting of home ministers and interior ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)?nations. This will […]
MUMBAI (TIP): At 23% in 2015, India had one of the lowest foreign debt-to-GDP ratios among 83 emerging market (EM) countries, although it had risen from 17% in 2005. Even among the Asian countries covered […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The total number of retail investors subscribing to mutual funds in India has reached a six-year high, according to latest data from the industry. This highlights the importance of equities as an investment […]
In 2012, Saina earned India its third medal at the London Olympics by clinching a bronze under fortuitous circumstances, when her opponent and world No 2 Xin Wang conceded the third-place play-off match due to a […]
INDIANAPOLIS: A Mumbai-born Muslim police officer is the security in-charge of the largest Hindu temple in the Indianapolis city of US, setting an example of inter-faith cooperation and social harmony at a time when religious […]
New York City is home to a variety of expert cooks who are known for adding twists to traditional Indian culinary art. A number of upscale restaurants in the city offer their brand of Indian […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India on July 21 (Thursday)accused Pakistan of providing state support to terrorists and asked the neighbouring country to vacate the territories it has been illegally occupying in Kashmir. New Delhi issued a strong […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian Americans Dipal Doshi, Sachin Jain and Rupal Patel were among 21 healthcare leaders named to the second annual Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship.The institute announced the Fellows in a July 12 statement. […]
Dr. Mani Srinivasan, Medical Officer at the US State Department and a New York Physician, has been made a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in London for his contribution to medical science. He is a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): An acquisition worth a mere Rs 4,700 is rarely expected to give rich dividends, especially if it means venturing into a market as big as Rs 30,000 crore. However, home-grown fast-moving consumer […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): This may offer a contrarian view to a compelling ‘India Shining’ narrative. A substantially higher number of Indian employees, if given an opportunity, will take the next flight to NYC than land […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): NITI Aayog is organizing an Expert Consultative Group Meeting on Creating a Framework for Operationalizing 500 Atal Tinkering Labs, ATL at Faculty Development Centre, Shankar Vihar in New Delhi tomorrow on July […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): To give e-tourism a boost, the commerce ministry is pushing for developing a database of certified guest houses, paying guest and bed-and-breakfast accommodation across the country that online market aggregators like Airbnb […]
On Thursday, July 21, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor regarded Sartaj Aziz’s statement over Kashmir unrest as a disappointing one. Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan is drawing people’s […]
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