It’s time Indian-Americans in the U.S. involved themselves deeply in civic issues. Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Kansas, Harnish Patel in South Carolina, and Deep Rai in Washington, all well settled Indians in America, were shot at […]
Flynn resigned in February, barely a month after he was appointed NSA, after it was reported that he misled White House staff on his interactions with Russia Not entirely unexpectedly,President Trump’s former National Security Adviser […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s Parliament approved, March 30, the Finance Bill, 2017, subsequent to the Lok Sabha rejecting amendments moved to it by the Rajya Sabha and upholding its form it had adopted earlier. This […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Latest in a series of hate crimes against people of South-Asian origin, a Sikh-American girl was harassed on a New York City subway train when a man, mistaking her to be from […]
CARROLLWOOD, FL (TIP): Florida Hospital Carrollwood has received a significant donation of $5 million from Dr. Kiran Patel and his wife, Dr. Pallavi Patel. This gift will help fund a $21 million project aimed to […]
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): A woman software professional belonging to Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh and her 7-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey on March 23 evening. N Sasikala, 38, […]
Only Airline to offer Nonstop Flights from Washington, D.C., to Delhi, Service Will be Three Times a Week on Boeing 777 NEW YORK (TIP): Air India announced that it is increasing its services to India […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Six Indian-Americans have been named recipients of prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017- the highest civilian award in the US for immigrants. Among 88 recipients, the six Indian- Americans are – […]
GEORGRTOWN (TIP): Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has joined Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service as SFS Centennial Fellow, the University announced. The Centennial Fellows program at the School of Foreign Service […]
FREMONT, CA (TIP): Two Bay Area tech executives, Including an Indian American CEO of an employment firm based in Fremont with an office in India, are accused of filing false visa documents through a staffing […]
HOUSTON, TX (TIP): Houston Mayor Mayor Sylvester Turner has nominated Veteran Indian American engineer Karun Sreerama to head the Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering (PWE). Sreerama is a highly respected engineer with 28 […]
MARYLAND (TIP): Indian American students sweep top three spots at USA Brain Bee Championship hosted by the University of Maryland. The winner of the competition, which took place March 17 through March 19, is Sojas […]
LAHORE (TIP): A Pakistani court has asked the government to explain under what authority it has detained Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed “without a trial”. A Lahore high court’s two-judge bench headed by justice Syed Kazim […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Facebook has removed 85 percent of content considered insulting to Islam, but the high court in Pakistan’s capital is unhappy because there’s still “carpet bombing and drone attacks going on at our ideological […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal is urging climbers on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, to help remove garbage from a camp abandoned two years ago after an earthquake triggered avalanches killing 18 people, as officials prepare […]
KABUL (TIP): There are 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one that welcomes girls — and it is facing militant threats for doing so. Nevertheless a handful are diving in, pioneers racing to achieve Olympic glory […]
DHAKA (TIP): At least four people died and several remained missing after a ferry carrying about 80 passengers capsized on March 28 in Bangladesh’s Panguchi River, police said. Rescuers recovered the bodies of four female […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump will host his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on April 6-7 next week at his Mara-a-Lago resort in Florida, the White House announced March 30. The engagement — the first […]
BEIJING (TIP): China will step up a campaign against religious extremism in the far western region of Xinjiang on March 25 by implementing measures, including prohibiting “abnormal” beards, the wearing of veils in public places […]
PARIS (TIP): A UNESCO-backed Paris exhibition exploring the psychology behind racism aims to shed light on why racist acts in France are on the rise, and to educate against prejudice. “We and the Others, Prejudices […]
LONDON (TIP): The British government set out on Thursday how it will handle the mammoth task of converting European Union laws into domestic legislation in preparation for its exit from the bloc, seeking to ease […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): A suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 15 people and wounding 45, according to Iraqi officials. The bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden […]
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrived at a detention centre near Seoul early March 31 after being arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. The Seoul […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Several people were injured and taken to hospital after supporters and opponents of the Turkish government clashed outside the country’s consulate in central Brussels on Thursday, Belgian police said. Belgian Prime Minister Charles […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is putting pressure on India to participate in an international conference on its One Belt, One Road or Silk Road programme next May after realizing that showcasing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) […]
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