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India-born entrepreneur Firdaus Kharas gets one of Canada’s highest honors
The annual list of 2023 appointees to the Order of Canada is released by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon OTTAWA (TIP): Firdaus Kharas, an India-born entrepreneur and thought leader, has been appointed as an […]
Indian Americans
Indian American technocrat Suhas Subramanyam vows to keep defending reproductive rights
ASHBURN, VA (TIP) : Suhas Subramanyam, an Indian American technocrat, has vowed to continue defending reproductive rights despite Loudoun County Republican party’s calls to ban him from houses of worship in Northern Virginia over his pro-choice record. […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Ash Kalra named chair of California Assembly Judiciary Committee
SACRAMENTO (TIP): Ash Kalra, the first Indian American elected to the California State Assembly, has been appointed Chair of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary by Speaker Robert Rivas. “At a time when California must be […]
Indian Americans
Indian American high school student Bianca Jain wins Congressional App Challenge for New York district
NEW YORK (TIP) : Bianca Jain, a 9th-grade Indian American student of Briarcliff High School in New York, has won the prestigious Congressional App Challenge for the state’s 17th District. Bianca’s app, Cancer Awareness Hub, […]
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Indian Americans
Terror funding case: Indian held in UK extradited to United States
LONDON (TIP): An Indian national arrested in London on a provisional American warrant as part of a US-UK coordinated action targeting terrorism financing has been extradited to the US after consenting to face trial in […]
Indian Americans
2 Indian-origin men jailed for 34 years in UK for drug smuggling
LONDON (TIP): Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced to prison in the UK for smuggling cocaine, cannabis and cigarettes into the country hidden in shipments of perishable goods. Anand Tripathi (61) and Varun Bhardwaj (39) […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin undercover reporter Balakrishnan Balagopal finds exploitation of care workers in UK
LONDON (TIP): A UK-based reporter from Kerala who went undercover as a care assistant in a care home for the elderly in north-east England discovered worrying levels of exploitation of staff, many of them recruited […]
Indian Americans
Eight-year-old British Indian schoolgirl chess prodigy named Europe’s best female player
LONDON (TIP): An eight-year-old British Indian schoolgirl has made chess history after being named the “super talented” best female player at a European championship. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow in north-west London, won the European Blitz […]
Indian Americans
London housing block named after British Indian spy Noor Inayat Khan
‘It is wonderful that the residents of Camden voted to name the housing block after Noor Inayat Khan”- Khan’s biographer Shrabani Basu. LONDON (TIP): A council housing block in north London has been named after […]
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Indian Americans
India Association of Los Angeles (IALA)elects new executive members for 2023-2024
LOS ANGELES (TIP): : India association of Los Angeles (IALA) has elected its executive committee for the year 2023-2024 with Sunil Agrawal as the new president and Pramesh Shah as the executive VP. A noted […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Hari Choudhari wins UK’s prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship
LONDON (TIP): An Indian-origin student is among the 51 winners of the prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship, which selects American scholars to pursue their graduate education at any university in the UK. Bengaluru-born Hari Choudhari, a […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin motel owner shot dead by homeless trespasser in North Carolina
NEWPORT CITY, NC (TIP): A 46-year-old Indian-origin motel owner in Newport city in the US state of North Carolina was shot dead by a homeless trespasser, who barricaded himself inside a room at the property […]
Indian Americans
Sikh truck driver flees to India after he gets 15 years’ jail for smuggling 80kg cocaine in Canada
A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued against Raj Kumar Mehmi from Surrey after he was sentenced in November SURREY, B.C. (TIP): A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued against a 60-year-old Sikh truck driver […]
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World
China formally accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban govt in Afghanistan
BEIJING (TIP): China has become the first country to confer diplomatic status to a Taliban-nominated official as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Beijing, thereby formally recognising the Taliban-run administration as a legitimate government in Kabul. “As a […]
World
Italy withdraws from China’s Belt and Road project
ROME (TIP): Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s vast Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, more than four years after becoming the only G7 nation to sign up, a government source said December 6. The long-expected […]
World
Israel battles Hamas in south Gaza City; armoured tanks bulldoze into Khan Yunis
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israeli troops battled Hamas militants December 7 in the heart of southern Gaza’s main city where a suspected mastermind of the October 7 attacks is believed to be hiding while pressing their offensive […]
World
Four killed in bomb attack on Catholic mass in Philippines
MARAWI (TIP): At least four people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a Catholic mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on December 4, with President Ferdinand Marcos blaming “foreign terrorists”. The […]
World
UK cautioned against ‘unfair’ visa crackdown on Indian professionals, students
LONDON (TIP): Groups representing skilled professionals and students from India on December 4 expressed concerns over a lack of clarity around the UK government’s latest visa crackdown, branding the ban on family dependents as “unfair.” […]
World
German tourist stabbed to death in Paris ‘terror’ attack
PARIS, FRANCE (TIP): A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on December 7 before […]
United States
Vivek Ramaswamy Called “Most Obnoxious Blowhard” For Mocking Nikki Haley
WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has slammed his Republican presidential rival Vivek Ramaswamy as the “most obnoxious blowhard in America” after the biotech entrepreneur mocked fellow Indian-American Nikki Haley’s intelligence. Christie, […]
United States
Ramaswamy calls Haley a “fascist”, “corrupt”; she says responding to him “not worth her time”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Calling her “fascist” and “corrupt,” biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy launched a tirade against his Republican presidential rival and fellow Indian-American Nikki Haley, who refrained from a verbal duel, saying it is not […]