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India
382 passports of NRIs revoked since 2015
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday, February 4, told Parliament that 382 passports had been revoked or impounded since 2015 in cases pertaining to desertion of Indian women by NRI grooms and 216 women […]
Breaking News
PM Modi’s brother stages dharna at Lucknow airport
LUCKNOW (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi staged a dharna at the Lucknow airport on Wednesday, February 3, alleging that police did not let his supporters reach there. According to Chaudhary Charan Singh […]
Biden Administration
Indian American Neera Tanden’s confirmation hearing to lead OMB scheduled for Feb 9
WASHINGTON (TIP): The confirmation hearing of Indian American political consultant Neera Tanden, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden as his budget director, would be held next week on February 9, a Senate panel […]
Breaking News
President Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump’s hardline immigration policies
Legal Indian immigrants welcome the move WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders that he said would lead to a “fair, orderly and humane” legal immigration system and also undo his […]
E-Edition
Breaking News
Two Indian Americans Appointed by Biden to leadership posts at US mission to UN
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Biden-Harris administration has included two more Indian Americans with extensive experience in UN affairs in the leadership team of the US mission to the UN. Sohini Chatterjee, an expert on global development, […]
Misc
Trump wrote a ‘generous’ letter before departing White House: Biden
Says because it was private, “I will not talk about it until I talk to him” WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump has left him a “very generous” letter […]
Breaking News
Indo-US relations under Joe Biden: Looking into the crystal ball
There are no doubt problems that will need to be overcome, such as those relating to bilateral trade and restrictions on H1B visas which adversely impact Indian professionals and Indian software companies. Biden may not […]
E-Edition
Breaking News
House to send impeachment article against Trump to Senate on Monday, Jan 25
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, January 22, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will deliver an article of impeachment against former president Donald Trump on Monday, Jan 25, clearing the […]
Breaking News
Indian American Sameera Fazili Appointed as Deputy Director of National Economic Council
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American Sameera Fazili to a key White House position related to economy. Sameera Fazili has been named as Deputy Director, National Economic Council at the White House, the […]
Breaking News
Indian American Democrat Lawyer Announces Candidacy for Cincinnati Mayor
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Democrat and lawyer Aftab Pureval has announced his candidacy for the post of Cincinnati’s Mayor, promising to improve the lives of the people in the major US city amid the deadly coronavirus […]
Breaking News
Indian–Origin Canadian Sikh Minister Navdeep Bains quits Justin Trudeau govt.
TORONTO (TIP): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has made a former astronaut his new foreign minister in a Cabinet reshuffle sparked by the sudden resignation of high-profile Indian-origin Canadian Sikh minister Navdeep Bains. He is unlikely […]
Hinduism
The meaning behind symbols of Lord Shiva
Lord Shiva, Mahadeva is perhaps the most complex of Hindu deity. He is the Auspicious one (Shiva), The terrific one (Rudra), Lord of the Dance (Nataraja), Lord of the universe (Vishwanatha), He is the Destroyer […]
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India
India approves Tejas fighter jets deal worth Rs 48,000 crore
New Delhi (TIP): The PM Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared indigenous defence deal worth Rs 48,000 crores to strengthen Indian Air Force’s fleet of LCA-Tejas fighter jets, Defence Minister Rajnath […]
World
EU farmers could get cash to curb emissions from belching livestock
Brussels (TIP): Farmers should get European Union funding to reduce methane emissions from livestock or increase organic farmland, the European Commission said on Thursday, under plans to make agriculture greener. The EU is nearing the […]
World
Rare Tintin comic book art set to sell for millions in Paris
Paris (TIP): Not even the coronavirus can get in the way of intrepid Belgian reporter and comic book legend Tintin. Comic book lovers and tourists alike can catch a socially distanced glimpse of a Tintin […]
NY/NJ/CT
The Indian American Action Group seeks to promote community
NEW YORK (TIP) New York based The Indian American Action Group (IAAG) is a bipartisan movement launched by a group of visionary Indian Americans. These individuals have achieved positions of leadership across a broad range […]
Opinions
BJP’s new power orderTweaked hierarchy gives it full control, reducing RSS’s interventions
The BJP took advantage of its commanding position to minimize the presence of the RSS pracharaks in Nadda’s team and overturned an arrangement ostensibly cast in stone. An organizational restructuring in the BJP is rarely […]
Indian Americans
4 Indian Americans and FIA honored with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
The Federation of Indian Associations of New York, New Jersey & Connecticut (FIA-Tristate) and four individual Indian Americans have been conferred 2021 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), the highest honor for overseas Indians. The awards […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Minister in UK Cabinet Appointed President of UN Climate Summit
Nirpal Singh Shergill LONDON (TIP): Alok Sharma, one of the Indian-origin ministers in UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, on Friday, January 8, relinquished his role as Business Secretary in a mini-reshuffle to take sole charge […]
Indian Americans
Indian Americans Neha Gupta and Reema Shah Named by Joe Biden to Office of White House Counsel
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, January 11, named two Indian Americans – Neha Gupta and Reema Shah – to the Office of the White House Counsel. Ms Shah, who had served on the […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Sabrina Singh Named White House Deputy Press Secretary
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Sabrina Singh has been named as the White House Deputy Press Secretary in the upcoming Joe Biden administration in the US. Ms Singh was Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on […]