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BOB Chairman & MD visiting New York
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Bank of Baroda Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. S.S. Mundra will be visiting New York from September 16th to 18th. It is the first visit of Mr. Mundra to New York […]
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United States
Sam Kannappan elected to NCEES
HOUSTON (TIP): The 92nd Annual Meeting of National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) held in San Antonio, Texas recently has elected Sam Kannappan, a noted Indian-American community activist of Houston, Texas as […]
United States
OBAMA AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY EMBODIES KING’S DREAM
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama was set to lead civil rights pioneers on Aug 28 in a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Dr Martin Luther King’s “I Have a […]
Business & Economics
INDIA EYES LOCAL CURRENCY SWAPS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is planning to go for local-currency-swap deals with trading partners to lower its dependence on dollars to foot the soaring import bills. It is looking at establishing multiple arrangements with […]
Europe
Indians Across World Celebrate Independence Day With Gusto
BEIJING/MELBOURNE (TIP): Indians across the globe on August 15 donned patriotic colours as they celebrated the country’s 67th Independence Day, unfurling the national flag and organising cultural events to mark the occasion. India’s ambassador to […]
India
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA
A chronology of key events India has been home to several ancient civilisations and empires, some dating back to more than 2,000 BC. Culture and religions have flourished over the millennia, and foreign influence has […]
India
Rupee Falls To Historic Low Of 62 Per Dollar, Sensex Plunges Over 400 Points
MUMBAI (TIP): The rupee dropped to a historic low of 62.00 per dollar in late morning trade on August 16 on good demand for the US currency from banks and importers in view of sharp […]
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NOVAK DJOKOVIC RALLIES TO REACH MONTREAL MASTERS QUARTERS
MONTREAL (TIP): Novak Djokovic dropped the opening set but recovered quickly to earn a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Denis Istomin to reach the quarterfinals of the Montreal Masters. The top seed was ambushed by […]
Business & Economics
INDIA CLOSE TO LOSING $1 TRILLION MARK-CAP TAG
MUMBAI (TIP): Thanks to the weakness of the rupee and the slide in the stock market for six consecutive sessions, India is on the brink of losing the elite tag of a trillion-dollar stock market. […]
India
India To Help Build World’s Most Powerful Telescope
MUMBAI (TIP): India has signed a master partnership agreement to become a full-fledged partner of the $1.5-billion five-member international Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) project. On completion, the Hawaii-situated TMT is said to “become the most […]
Europe
Japan’s Deputy PM Aso Says He Won’t Resign Over Nazi Comments
TOKYO (TIP): Japan’s deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he has no intention of resigning over comments he made, but were later retracted, that were interpreted as praise for Germany’s Nazi regime and […]
Europe
Joe Biden Bats For More Skilled Visas
MUMBAI (TIP): US is considering increasing the number of temporary visas and availability of Green Cards to highly skilled Indians, Joe Biden, the first US vice-president to visit India in three decades, said in his […]
Business & Economics
G20 Seeks To Chart Recovery Course Amid Choppy Markets
MOSCOW (TIP): The world’s economic crisis response team will grapple with the prospect of more market volatility as finance ministers and central bankers gather in Moscow to chart a course towards recovery. The Group of […]
Business & Economics
India fourth biggest market for Sony with Rs 8,000 crore sales
NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite weak demand in the industry, Sony India has managed to break into the top five markets in the Japanese giant’s global operations, riding on healthy sales of televisions. The upsurge — […]
Business & Economics
IT INDUSTRY WILL GROW 13-14%: SOM MITTAL
CHENNAI (TIP): Software industry body Nasscom expects the country’s information technology (IT) services sector to grow 13-14 per cent in the current financial year and to touch $225 billion (Rs 13.22 lakh crore) by 2020. […]
Europe
BRAZIL PROTESTS RAMP UP, WITH 800,000 IN STREETS
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Brazil on June 20, as a protest movement over the quality of public services and the high cost of staging the World Cup gathered […]
Business & Economics
India Outpaces Major Steel Producers With 5.8% Growth In Fy’13
NEW DELHI (TIP): India, the world’s fourth largest steel maker, logged 5.86 per cent growth in production in 2012-13 – the highest among major global producers, World Steel Association has said. According to WSA, India […]
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Shed Illusions On China
India’s appeasement policy won’t help It is high time the PMO and the MEA gathered courage to speak on the South China Sea and the issues having a bearing on national security, particularly in forums […]
India
INDIA, JAPAN TO SPEED UP EFFORTS ON CIVIL N-DEAL E
TOKYO (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe decided to speed up talks on a civil nuclear deal to allow Japan to export nuclear reactors to India and to bolster maritime […]
India
COOPERATION WITH JAPAN SPELLS TROUBLE FOR INDIA: CHINESE DAILY
BEIJING (TIP): Strategic cooperation with Japan “can only bring trouble to India”, warned a state-run Chinese daily following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Tokyo. There may be some tacit understanding in strategic […]
Business & Economics
No First Use Nuclear Doctrine with ‘Chinese Characteristics’
The writing is on the wall as China does not have good track record of strategic comfort and reliability vis-a-vis India. The current incidence of Chinese incursion into Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldie region […]
Business & Economics
No First Use Nuclear Doctrine with ‘Chinese Characteristics’
The writing is on the wall as China does not have good track record of strategic comfort and reliability vis-a-vis India. The current incidence of Chinese incursion into Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldie region […]
Business & Economics
Tecpro signs pact with Japanese major for better thermal power tech
CHENNAI (TIP): Chennaiheadquartered Tecpro Systems Ltd has entered into an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mechatronics Systems Ltd (MHI) of Japan for technology for manufacturing electro-static precipitators (ESPs) for thermal power projects. With MHI technology, […]
United States
US University To Create World Class Pathology Lab In Hyderabad
WASHINGTON (TIP): An eminent American university has signed an agreement to create a world class clinical pathology laboratory in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, as part of its effort to raise the health care […]
Europe
Town Of North Hempstead Hosts Fourth Annual Asian American Festival
PORT WASHINGTON, NY (TIP): “Supervisor Jon Kaiman and the North Hempstead Town Board are proud to host the fourth annual Asian American Festival, a celebration of the growing ethnic diversity within the Town of North […]