NEW DELHI (TIP): In a fresh salvo at RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate sacking of the former IMF Chief Economist while alleging he […]
Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das took over as India’s Consul General in New York on March 7, 2016. A little over two months later, in her first ever exclusive interview to a publication in the United […]
LONDON (TIP): A woman who said she wanted to marry the terrorist known as “Jihadi John” has been jailed for four and a half years for spreading Isis propaganda. Zafreen Khadam was jailed at Sheffield […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkey’s governing party on Thursday formally tapped Binali Yildirim as its candidate to lead the party and become the country’s next premier. The spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party , Omer […]
CARACAS: Called “mad as a goat” by Uruguay’s Jose Mujica this week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro retorted laughingly on Thursday that the former president was right – but he was only crazy with love for […]
TAIPEI (TIP): Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as Taiwan’s first woman president on Friday, with the export-driven economy on the ropes and wary Communist Party rulers in China watching for any move towards independence by […]
LONDON (TIP): London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan has invited US presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to visit the UK and meet his family in a bid to end their ongoing feud about his plan […]
DUBAI (TIP): A mother of six in Saudi Arabia has burnt her house after learning that her husband had gone abroad for a second honeymoon, a media report said today. The woman, who has been […]
COLOGNE (TIP): Humans could set foot on Mars within decades if they wanted to, according to the German astronaut who has been tapped to become his country’s first commander of the International Space Station. Alexander […]
LONDON (TIP): Inspired by the ‘liquid wire’ technique in spider webs, scientists have created novel composite fibres which extend like a solid and compress like a liquid. Pulling on a sticky thread in a spider’s […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Europa ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon may have the Earth-like balance of chemical energy necessary for life, even if the moon lacks volcanic hydrothermal activity, a new Nasa study suggests. Europa is […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Indian subsidiary of UK banking major HSBC on Thursday said it will reduce the number of branches in the country by almost half, a move that could result in job deployments for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Wal-Mart and some smaller retailers surged Thursday following strong quarterly results, while the broader US market retreated on worries about higher interest rates. Wal-Mart Stores jumped 9.6 percent after reporting better-than-expected first-quarter […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Newly-designed currency notes are likely to circulate in the country soon with the Reserve Bank of India board on Thursday recommending a new set of designs for the banknotes. “The Central Board […]
LONDON (TIP): Oil prices extended their retreat Thursday after hawkish US Federal Reserve meeting minutes strengthened the dollar and a weekly report showed rising US crude stockpiles. Prices hit 2016 highs Wednesday due in part […]
Buddha Purnima is traditionally known as Vesak or Vesakha since it falls in the month of Vaishakh according to lunar calendar. It is a festival that marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautam Buddha. This […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): About a couple of months ago, when India’s ICC World Twenty20 campaign ended in the semifinal stage, Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacted to retirement with a rhetoric, asking the scribes present in the […]
LONDON: Former champion Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Thursday, citing fitness issues, as his record run of appearing at 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments came to an end. The 34-year-old world number […]
NEW DELHI: The selection committee of the Indian men’s hockey team decided to rest skipper Sardar Singh and ace drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh from the 18-member national squad led by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh , which […]
When a new government takes over, people have a lot of expectations. The government’s success is measured in terms of initiatives it has taken to permanently alter the fundamentals in social, political and intellectual domains. […]
Thursday’s assembly election results reveal an unmistakable trend: the BJP has expanded its footprint to Assam, while the Congress is on the retreat. After the Delhi and Bihar setbacks the Modi-Amit Shah duo has regained […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has appreciated US move on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. He said in a statement to The Indian Panorama, May 19:”After more than a year of negotiation […]
I was in High School around 1985–questioning and looking. I was looking for meaning of life. Somehow when there is meaning quest, it turns to a spiritual path. Perhaps, it is with unknown that spirituality deals with. I was told […]
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Harendra Singh’s lenders have demanded that the town pay more than $14.6 million after Singh defaulted on loans guaranteed by the town of Oyster Bay, according to media reports. Town of Oyster […]
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