Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Partnership for Central America Leaders Ajay Banga and Jonathan Fantini Porter
WASHINGTON (TIP): Vice President Kamala Harris, on September 5, spokewith Ajay Banga, Executive Chairman of Mastercard and Board Member of the Partnership for Central America (PCA) and Jonathan Fantini Porter, PCA’s Executive Director, about their […]
IRS highlights employer tax responsibilities and benefits during Small Business Week
WASHINGTON (TIP): In support of National Small Business Week, the Internal Revenue Service will issue numerous online materials that focus on getting small business owners the information they need to comply with filing and paying […]
Justice Department sues Texas to block six-week abortion ban
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Biden administration sued Texas on Thursday, Sept 9 to try to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which bans the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy and allows private […]
Return of the Mullahs: On the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Taliban have sent a clear message that they care little about what the world thinks of them The debate on whether the Taliban would form an “inclusive government” representing all sections of Afghan society was […]
U.S. President announces sweeping measures to vaccinate Americans
Appeals to vaccine shunners to “do the right thing” and get vaccinated WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. President Joe Biden has announced wide-ranging measures to push Americans to get vaccinated. Some 100 million people or two-thirds of […]
Two Indian teachers shortlisted for 2021 Global Teacher Prize
LONDON (TIP): Satyam Mishra, a mathematics teacher from Bhagalpur in Bihar, and Meghana Musunuri, a social studies, English and math teacher from Hyderabad have made it to the top 50 shortlist for this year’s USD […]
Indian-origin author Mahmood Mamdani shortlisted for UK prize
LONDON (TIP): Indian-origin author Mahmood Mamdani is among four writers shortlisted for the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding on Tuesday, September 7. The 75-year-old Mumbai-born Ugandan academic and writer is in […]
Indian American whiz kid Milan Bhayana now on ‘Top Chef Family Style’ show
MARYLAND (TIP): After making waves on the popular card game “Magic: The Gathering” Indian American whiz kid Milan Bhayana is donning the apron on a cooking reality show with his journalist mother by his side. […]
Indian American Community leader gets Global Community Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award
Prakash M. Swamy CHICAGO (TIP): Prominent Indian-American community leader of Houston, Texas, Sockalingam Sam Kannappan was honored with Global Community Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award at a function in Chicago recently. Presenting the award at the […]
Memories of 9/11
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into […]
Nostalgia – My early hockey days in High school and college
When SCD Government College won Panjab University title for the first time After a long break, I finally moved to High School. With high first division, I was confident of getting admission in Government Model […]
Shuttlers Suhas, Tarun win; Kohli-Parmar lose at Tokyo Paralympics
Indian shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon made impressive starts to their campaign in men’s singles SL4 class on the second day of the badminton competition at the Tokyo Paralympics here on Thursday, Sept 2. […]
Shankaranarayana: The combined form of Shiva and Vishnu
Lord Shankaranarayana is a combined deity form of Shiva (Shankara) on the right with Nandi, and Vishnu (Narayana) on the left with Garuda. Shankaranarayana is also called Harihara – Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Shiva). Lord […]
Tesla moves a step closer to making India debut
Electric cars from Tesla Inc. may soon be on Indian roads, with the Union transport ministry approving four of its models for introduction in the country. The ministry’s Vahan portal, however, did not identify the […]
