LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on March 16 gave her Royal Assent to the Brexit trigger bill, authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to invoke Article 50 to begin the country’s exit negotiations from the […]
NAIROBI (KENYA) (TIP): Kenya’s security agencies are violating privacy rights in counter-terrorism operations and the information acquired is used to commit human rights abuses, including targeted killings, an international human rights group says. Information gathered […]
BEIRUT: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days. The […]
MOSUL (TIP): Iraqi security forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group since launching an assault on the area last month, a commander said today. “Around more than […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected a call from Scotland’s leader for a referendum on Scottish independence before Britain leaves the European Union. May said Thursday that ‘now is not the time’ to […]
PARIS (TIP): A 16-year-old student who had troubled relations with his peers opened fire at a high school in southern France on March 16, wounding three other students and the principal who tried to intervene, […]
CAIRO (TIP): Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public prosecutor ruled on March 14, his lawyers and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Within three months of entering into the fast-expanding 350-cc-plus motorcycle segment with its premium sports bike Dominar, Bajaj Auto has raced ahead of Royal Enfield in the category. Driven by demand for […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): WhatsApp and Telegram patched flaws in their popular instant messaging applications after security researchers showed that they could seize control of user accounts. Researchers with Check Point Software Technologies Inc discovered problems […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Thursday approving the remaining two draft bills- UTGST (Union Territory GST) and SGST (state GST), all the five enabling draft bills stand approved […]
MANCHESTER (TIP): Juan Mata scored the only goal as Manchester United recorded an underwhelming 1-0 victory over FC Rostov on March 16 to reach the Europa League quarter-finals. Mata struck 20 minutes from the end […]
RANCHI (TIP): Injured India captain Virat Kohli did not come out to field when the second day’s play in the third Test against Australia began on March 17. The penultimate contest of the four-Test series […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian golf star Anirban Lahiri wants to qualify again for the Masters Tournament next month and the International Team which faces the United States in the Presidents Cup later this season. Currently […]
INDIAN WELLS (TIP): Roger Federer reprised his Australian Open triumph over Rafael Nadal on March 15, sweeping past the Spaniard 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. In the 36th […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Silicon Valley Indian American Elected Legislative Officials expressed their concern regarding increasing hate crimes against Indian Americans in the Bay Area. In a joint statement Congressman Ro Khanna, Assembly member Ash Kalra, […]
CHICAGO, IL (TIP): Chicago-based Indian-American Public Affairs Committee (IAPAC) has launched a campaign across the US to spread awareness about hate crimes against the community. The committee plans to organize a series of grass root […]
ORADELL, NJ (TIP): Indian American Indrani Das, 17, of Oradell, New Jersey, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition. Forty finalists, including […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American healthcare consultant Seema Verma, on March 14, was sworn-in as the head of a key healthcare agency in the Donald Trump administration. The Senate on March 13 confirmed Verma as administrator of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two Indian Americans – Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee and late Stanford neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Kalanithi were among those shortlisted for 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. Siddhartha Mukherjee is a cancer physician and researcher, a […]
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 […]
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