LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): In what could be seen as a decisive action by FBI against Harendra Singh, a prominent Long Island restaurateur, FBI agents arrested him on multiple criminal charges at dawn Wednesday, September […]
Mumbai, Sep 10: Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is impressed by Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Masaan” and says that the story and the performances were deeply heartfelt. Kapur was spotted attending the screening of the film on Wednesday evening […]
During January-July 2015, Indian companies raised Rs 17,124 crore (US$ 2.54 billion) through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route for the purpose of business expansion, debt refinancing and working capital requirements. Qualified institutional placement (QIP) is […]
Five Indo-Canadian high school students have received this year’s prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships. Nimra Dar, Manpreet Deol, Aditya Mohan, Aishwarya Roshan and Simranjeet Singh were among 50 high school graduates who were awarded the scholarship […]
A federal jury in the US has convicted an Indian-origin doctor couple of a $2.5 million health care fraud, a media report said. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat, 60, and his wife Sukhveen Kaur Ajrawat, 57, who […]
A 17-year-old Indian-American has been charged with first-degree murder of a 37-year-old man following an altercation in the US state of Florida, police said. Sean Patel, who lives in Clearwater, is accused of shooting dead […]
LONDON: Two minor Sikh girls in the UK were ordered to remove their turbans by teachers who mistook the traditional religious headdress as ‘fashion’ items, prompting their families to protest. Simranjot Kaur, 13, and 11-year-old […]
Indian-American associate professor Preethika Kumar, at Wichita State University in Kansas, US has been selected for the prestigious Outstanding Teacher Award for demonstrating special dedication and creativity in her teaching. Preethika, an electrical engineering associate professor […]
DALLAS (TIP): The talented and gifted specialist at Sommer Elementary School learned in late August that she was named one of three finalists for 2016 Texas Teacher of the Year, an award given by the […]
A mobile app launched by Indian American banker Jay Sidhu and his daughter Luvleen can revolutionise the global banking industry into completely phone-app based banking system, a media report said. Jay Sidhu, chairman and CEO of […]
An Indian-American woman has made it to the list of the top 30 female Business leaders in Austin Business Journal’s “2015 Profiles in Power & Women of Influence”, a media report said. Rina Patel, area president for Wells Fargo in Austin, was recognised […]
U.S. President Barack Obama will award Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, the 2014 National Humanities Medal, which honors those who have widened the public’s engagement with literature and “deepened the nation’s understanding of […]
MUMBAI (TIP): As Governor Raghuram Rajan, known for his hawkish approach to inflation, completes tumultuous two years at RBI on Friday, calls for rate cuts have become shriller with the finance ministry raising alarm bells […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil prices edged lower in cautious Asian trade on September 4 as investors await the release of a US jobs report for August that could determine the Federal Reserve’s timetable for hiking interest […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): German carmakers BMW , Audi and Mercedes have won US antitrust approval to buy Nokia’s maps business for around 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion), the Federal Trade Commission said. The deal, which was […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India’s third-largest drug maker Cipla is buying the American business of Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs as it seeks to expand its fledgling presence in the world’s biggest pharma market. People close to the transaction […]
MUMBAI (TIP): India is finally ready with an indigenous model to predict long range and seasonal rainfall. In the next six months, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be able to operationalise […]
LONDON (TIP): The world’s first supersonic car which aims to run at 1000 miles per hour (1,609km/h) will be unveiled to the world later this month. Speed enthusiasts will for the first time be able […]
In a first, a robotic exoskeleton device has enabed a 39-year-old former athlete, who had been completely paralysed for four years, to control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps, scientists in the United States […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India may soon be able showcase to the world a solar train, which uses a mix of thermal power and solar energy generated from panels on its roof. Science and technology minister […]
ANKARA(TURKEY) (TIP): Aylan Kurdi, whose 3-year-old body was captured face-down in the surf in images that have horrified the world, set out for Europe only after Canada rejected his family’s refugee application, a Canadian lawmaker […]
ANKARA (TIP): Iran’s supreme leader said on September 3 he favoured a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather than suspended, […]
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (TIP): A failure to handle the migrant crisis effectively could adversely affect the “idea of Europe”, Germany’s labour minister said on Thursday, calling for a fairer distribution of refugees within the European Union. Speaking […]
Actress Julia Roberts made a rare appearance with her three children and husband Danny Moder. She was seen smiling away as she posed next to twins Phinnaeus and Hazel, both 10, and youngest son Henry, […]
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who is currently shooting for her film “Akira”, says she has broken her own record by reaching the set very early. The “Dabangg” actress, who is also judging the TV show “Indian Idol Junior” […]
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