NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy never fails to grab attention with his controversial statements. Of late, Swamy has made heads turn by stating that everyone who lives in India is a Hindu. While […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Stung by the deadliest attack on Army soldiers under its watch, the Narendra Modi government on June 4 asked the Army to go all out against NSCN (K) and other militant groups […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Legislation ending the US government’s bulk collection of telephone data is “a historic victory for the rights of every citizen,” former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden said in a commentary on June 4. In […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to boost protections for pregnant workers in response to a recent US Supreme Court ruling that revived discrimination claims by a former […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The world’s wealthiest university just added $400 million to it kitty by way of the largest donation in its history, but the gift from a hedge fund tycoon is being shredded by critics […]
PENNSYLVANIA (TIP): Authorities say a collision between a bus carrying Italian tourists and a tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania has left three people dead and many injured. The accident occurred today morning on Interstate 380. Monroe County […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bill Gates is something of a model for education skeptics. Gates — like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey — dropped out of college. If they didn’t need a college degree, the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hackers broke into US government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits were based in China, US officials said […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A judge on June 4 formally granted a retrial for the man convicted of killing Chandra Levy, the Washington intern whose case became a national sensation after she was romantically linked to a […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): The United Nations launched an appeal on Thursday for half a billion dollars in international aid to help tackle a worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq triggered by the conflict with Islamic State militants. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan has seen a major fall in polio cases this year, officials said June 5, as a military operation has allowed vaccinators to reach areas previously off-limits because of militant attacks. The World […]
MYANMAR (TIP): Myanmar’s navy has briefly detained journalists who tried to reach a remote island where more than 700 migrants were being held after their ship was found drifting off the country’s southwestern coast. Some […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Four mild aftershocks were recorded in Nepal June 5, nearly five weeks after the country’s worst quake killed nearly 9,000 people. A 4.5 magnitude tremor was recorded at 5.38 pm with epicentre at […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Nine people including seven Afghan aid workers were killed when militants attacked a guesthouse in northern Afghanistan around midnight June 3, officials said. “Those killed in Zari district of Balkh province include […]
JAKARTA (TIP): Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra to the highest possible level, an official said June 5. Authorities raised the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on June 5 launched a (Pakistani) Rs 45 billion ($441,804,600) bus service network here with a commitment to revolutionize the transport and infrastructure system of the country. Launched […]
[quote_box_right]”The key to attracting much needed investment in the country is predictability and transparency in areas like tax and intellectual property. When these principles are consistently applied, business will boom for both the US and India as […]
It seems unlikely that ideas that have powered physics can also help us understand radical Islam. But let us not forget that the emergence of the so-called Islamic State has necessitated an urgent need for new […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, scored most in foreign policy in his first year in power. No one anticipated Modi’s natural flair for diplomacy, to which he has brought imagination and self-assurance. Modi has been more […]
Tests conducted in Kerala, West Bengal, UP and Delhi have reportedly found that Maggi noodles contain an undeclared taste enhancer called monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead levels beyond the permissible limits. This is bound to worry […]
FORDS, NJ (TIP): Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences was the chief guest at the event organized by Overseas Friends of BJP (USA) to celebrate the successful completion of one […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian Business and Technology Opportunities organized a successful meeting of academics, professionals, entrepreneurs and potential investors in Big Data / Analytics at a meeting on May 31st in New York City. With […]
STAMFORD, CT (TIP): Stamford Dollars for Scholars presented scholarship to 25 high school students on June 1st evening at a ceremony held at the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus. Attended by Stamford Mayor David Martin […]
EAST MEADOW, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced, May 29, that Nassau County and TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, will celebrate our nation’s independence by presenting a spectacular fireworks show and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Influential American lawmakers have pushed for removing of restrictions on export of natural gas to India and sought to implement the civil nuclear deal to meet the country’s ever-growing energy needs. Referring to […]
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