Manohar Parrikar won the trust vote on the floor of the House on Thursday, March 16. PANAJI (TIP): The Manohar Parrikar-led coalition government in Goa won the floor test in the legislative assembly on Thursday, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A career diplomat, Dr Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, Deputy Consul General of India in New York, who is returning to New Delhi end of this month after serving in New York for almost […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Capt Amarinder Singh was on March 16 sworn-in, at a simple ceremony, as the Punjab chief minister for the second time with nine ministers, including Navjot Singh Sidhu also taking the oath. Earlier, […]
Capt Amarinder Singh, the new Chief Minister of Punjab, has put together a Cabinet that represents a selection of veterans which, if tea leaves are to be read, portends well for the state. He has […]
As expected the Manohar Parrikar government in Goa was able to prove its majority on Thursday, March 16, following a Supreme Court directive. Once the Governor had decided to invite the former Defence Minister, Parrikar […]
“One of the first acts of the new President Donald Trump was to announce the nomination of Judge Gorsuch, described by one columnist as ‘Scalia:2’! While the description may not quite hold true (as many […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was put on hold March 15 by a federal judge in Hawaii after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates […]
Over 22 million children in Pakistan between the age group of five and 16 are out of schools despite the government’s claim of improving their enrolment in educational institutions, according to a report. The Pakistan […]
Voter turnout estimates are often revised for a final tally by the Election Commission, but by all accounts the current round of Assembly elections has witnessed deepened participation. In the final, and seventh, phase of […]
Globalization is stuck between Labor markets /Tax havens and Terrorists The middle class in UK revolted against EU -seamless borders and trade and in US the victory of Trump is a big blow to Globalizers. […]
We have risen to the occasion to actively engage oil-rich neighbors to our west, where over six million Indians reside and remit back over $50 billion annually. We can also be proud that we have […]
NEW DELHI: Former captain Ritu Rani shunned retirement to make a comeback in the Indian team after a seven-month sabbatical as Hockey India announced an 18-member Indian squad for the women’s Hockey World League Round […]
ROSTOV-ON-DON (TIP): Henrikh Mkhitaryan bagged a precious away goal as Manchester United came away from their trip to Russia with a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Rostov […]
The wild card tournament invitations awaiting Maria Sharapova when she returns from a 15-month doping ban next month divided opinion among players at Indian Wells. “This is, all over, a strange situation,” Germany’s Angelique Kerber […]
The Indo American Press Club (IAPC) held the inauguration of its new Executive Committee on March 4 here in the presence of community leaders and officials. Mr H.R. Shah, Chairman and CEO of TV Asia who […]
LONDON (TIP): Security services have foiled 13 potential terror attacks in Britain since 2013, its most senior counter-terrorism policeman said Monday, with more than 500 active investigations at any one time. Mark Rowley, assistant commissioner […]
GENEVA (TIP): Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on March 9 at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into […]
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has come up with the idea of extending the remit of BRICS by inviting other developing countries under a new banner, BRICS Plus. Addressing his annual press conference on Wednesday […]
WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking tools, founder Julian Assange said on Thursday, an approach which sets up a potential conflict between Silicon Valley firms […]
The leaders of the European Union delivered a withering snub to Poland’s right-wing government on March 8 by disregarding its objections and reappointing former Polish premier Donald Tusk to chair their summits. Tusk’s successor as […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said on Thursday, in another advance for the country’s ambitious military modernisation programme. […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan on Friday rejected U.S. demands for more access to Japan’s auto market, saying the government has already taken steps to eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers. The rebuff by the government’s top spokesman […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has successfully tested a ballistic missile. The Thursday report quotes Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the Guard’s airspace division, as […]
Scientists have developed a new brain-computer interface that can read a person’s thoughts in real time to correct a robot’s errors, an advance that may lead to safer self driving cars. Most existing brain-computer interface […]
FRANKFURT (TIP): Germany’s SAP is teaming up with Silicon Valley giant Google to allow customers to run SAP’s big business applications on Google’s cloud while offering Google’s suite of web-based desktop apps to users, the […]
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