NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, January 6, a $15 minimum wage for all City government employees and employees who provide contracted work for the City at social service organizations – meaning that by the end of 2018, approximately 50,000 additional employees will see their wages boosted […]
MUMBAI (TIP: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has become the first South Asian actress to win a People’s Choice Award. Chopra won the “favorite actress in a new TV series” award for her role as an FBI agent in the US […]
Celebrating 10 Years of The Indian Panorama A New Way to Read This Week’s Print Edition Reimagined for the Web Volume 10 Issue 01 | Desktop Edition | Jan 08 Resolution (PDF) Low 8mb | Normal 14mb Introducing Home […]
In the early evening of December 12, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius banged the gavel in a conference hall in Le Bourget, marking the unanimous approval of 195 nations of a monumental pact: a global deal […]
NEW YORK (TIP) Syed Akbaruddin, a 1985 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has assumed charge as Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He succeeds Asoke K Mukerji who has retired. This is his first-ever […]
LONDON: The terrorist who has been dubbed “new Jihadi John” and appeared in the latest ISIS video threatening attacks on the UK is suspected to be an Indian-origin British Muslim convert, media reports said today. Abu […]
2015 has been another phenomenal year. Always threatened by man and Nature alike, world has managed to survive. There have been natural calamities which brought huge suffering to earthly inhabitants. Tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, outbreak of diseases- all […]
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, […]
YEAR after Years, men with exceptional qualities of head and heart have come up with ideas, inventions and creations which have enriched the human world. Their rich contributions have made the world a better and happier […]
See Year in Review: 2015 for the complete lowdown on 2015’s biggest moments for online India. Top 10 Most-Searched Male Celebrities 1. Salman Khan 2. Yo Yo Honey Singh 3. Shahid Kapoor 4. Aamir Khan […]
POTUS unveiled new restrictions on gun purchases at the White House, saying the “constant excuses for inaction” have to stop. He was introduced by Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 vice presidential pick, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. Haley, the first female […]
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday released his first television commercial in the 2016 race for the White House with a 30-second spot highlighting his stance on Muslims, immigration and terrorism. The ad […]
Saudi Arabia has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday’s (January 2) attack on its embassy in Tehran during protests against executions in the kingdom. Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, made […]
In intense 25-hour gunbattle between security forces and terrorists out side the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif came to end late on Monday, Jan 4, night with the killing of all the attackers without any damage […]
The US expects Pakistan will take actions against the perpetrators of the terror attack on IAF base in Pathankot, a top American official said, hours after Islamabad said it is working on the “leads” provided […]
Real Madrid FC promoted France legend Zinedine Zidane as the Coach and sacked Rafael Benitez on Monday, January 4. Club president Florentino Perez announced the news after a club board meeting on Monday afternoon. He […]
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): A Glen Rock attorney and former federal prosecutor became the county’s top law enforcement official on Monday, January 4, the first change in leadership in Bergen County in 14 years, says a […]
LONDON – A potential suicide bomber and his wife have been found guilty of planning a massive terror attack in London designed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in the capital. The couple […]
New Delhi – India notched up its billionth mobile phone subscriber in October, the country’s telecoms regulator said, underscoring the importance of its fast-growing mobile market, the world’s second largest after China. Mobile phone subscriptions […]
The Singapore government wanted to name a variety of orchid, the island city-state’s national flower, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his November visit but the Indian leader declined. In the past, Singapore has accorded […]
Indian American Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley’s high-profile women executives, has been appointed as the U.S. based chief executive officer of a Chinese firm ‘NextEV’ which is building an electric car to compete with American […]
An Indian American foundation, The Georgina Joshi Foundation Inc., has given a $1 million gift to Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music for a state-of-the-art audio recording studio. The new facility, to be named the Georgina Joshi […]
SAN FRANSISCO: A 68-year-old Sikh man was stabbed to death in California’s Fresno city on January 1, prompting police to launch a hate crime probe into the city’s first homicide. Gurcharan Singh Gill, an employee […]
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