TOKYO (TIP): Japanese automaker Honda is recalling 784,000 vehicles in Japan due to faulty Takata Corp air bag inflators for front passenger seats. The recall, announced by Honda Motor Co on Thursday, is the latest […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Uma Swaminathan, a New Jersey-based community activist and a fighter against injustice in NJ school system last week released her book “Healing with Herbs – Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom for Health and Longevity” at […]
TOKYO (TIP): A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s southwest coast today, the US Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake hit at 11:39 am (0239 […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): US aircraft maker Boeing said on February 19 it had won a $440 million deal with Papua New Guinea’s flag carrier Air Niugini for four 737 MAX 8 planes. Announcing the deal along […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) has been signed in Auckland on February 4 by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the U.S. and Vietnam. Even as it is touted as the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s booming online marketplace business has attracted a new wave of merchants and sellers from countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and the US. In fact, thousands of sellers are […]
WELLINGTON (TIP): The Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the world’s biggest multinational trade deals, was signed by 12 member nations on Thursday in New Zealand, but the massive trade pact will still require years of tough […]
KINGSTON (TIP): Usain Bolt says he has considered the possibility of extending his remarkable sprinting career to the 2020 Olympics — but is targeting a history-making new world 200m record at this year’s Rio de […]
A day after a batch of 100 files on Subhas Chandra Bose was declassified, indicating that successive governments at the Centre were of the opinion that Netaji had died in an aircrash in August 1945, […]
The next financial crisis is coming. It’s just a matter of time – and we haven’t finished fixing the flaws in the global system that were so brutally exposed by the last one. Massive monetary policy […]
MUMBAI (TIP): For the fourth day on the trot, turbulences in the Chinese market sent global investors, including those on Dalal Street, scurry for cover. On Thursday morning as the CSI 300 index in Shanghai […]
Time has stopped for HMT Watches, finally. The brand, which is claimed to be a pioneer in horological industry in India since 1961, and its products for decades are known for its accurate time keeping and […]
One does not know what the Ministry of Defense (MoD) set out to achieve in the calendar year 2015 or the current financial year that will draw to a close in another three months (in March, […]
India has paid over ₹400 crore in the last four years as commitment charges to the Asian Development Bank, Japan, Germany and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for unutilised external loans taken […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has agreed to buy a high-speed bullet train from Japan, in an attempt to transform its creaking rail system. Japan will build India’s first bullet train and provide a $12bn package […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The bullet train accident in China four years ago along with low-cost finance and a promise to have a substantial ‘Make in India’ component and transfer of technology clinched the deal for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives on a three day visit to India on December 11. He comes with the conviction that Japan and India have “a bilateral relationship with the greatest potential in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan became a co-owner of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) team OUE Singapore Slammers. “One of the most well known faces and voices of global cinema, Amitabh […]
NEW DELHI: Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn was on November 12 appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gokarn will represent India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan […]
The major focus during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Manila, Philippines on November 18th and 19th would be on the Paris terror attacks though it is a trade promotion group that does not delve […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Terming China as “number-one abuser”, leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has alleged that the Communist nation, along with India, is taking advantage of the US through its economic policies. Trump said China […]
TOKYO (TIP): A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Nov 14, triggering a minor tsunami in the southern part of Kagoshima prefecture, Xinhua reported. The strong earthquake jolted about […]
We should be treating the visits of Pakistani leaders abroad as part of normal diplomacy that all countries engage in. By paying too much attention to them we boost Pakistan’s political importance and diminish our own […]
The fifth generation of CCP leadership under Xi Jinping has de facto abandoned the Deng doctrine of keeping low profile internationally. China has become more ambitious of becoming a superpower and has been extending its sovereignty […]
If a report in a US newspaper is to be believed, a US-Pakistan nuclear deal might be on the cards. The report says that such a deal is being considered around Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit […]
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