NEW JERSEY: Seven members of an identity-theft ring that used information from Indian-Americans to net more than $540,000 in cash and high-priced merchandise have been arrested. Police in US’ New Jersey state seized more than 250 […]
NEW YORK: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy, Shubham Banerjee, who invented a low-cost portable Braille printer, is now working with technology giant Microsoft to integrate it with Windows to make it easily accessible to the visually-impaired and […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American professor of chemistry from Tamil Nadu has won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Sivanadane (Siva) Mandjiny was one of the 17 winners […]
WASHINGTON: The US-India Business Council (USIBC) comprising more than 300 top-tier US and Indian companies advancing commercial ties between the two countries has inducted six global business leaders to serve as members of the board. The […]
OLD BETHPAGE, NY (TIP): Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) announced that they have received a grant from the Long Island Community Foundation to help support a Transition to Work program for youth in […]
AUCKLAND (TIP): A $5 million Shri Ram Mandir, a Hindu temple and community complex in Henderson, about 13 kilometers from Auckland (New Zealand) city center, will formally do Grand Opening on June 13, concluding eight […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Thursday began consultations on FDI in B2C e-commerce amid a sharp divide between Indian and foreign players. While domestic companies such as FLIPKART and Snapdeal opposed FDI during a meeting […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s defence ministry has agreed to buy 56 planes from Airbus for$1.87 billion, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to modernise the country’s military, an official said on May 14. The ministry’s […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The RBI has cleared the decks for ‘tap & pay’ transactions using NFC technology, even as SBI announced the largest contactless card rollout. The RBI’s decision to allow such transactions for up to […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The World Gold Council (WGC) on May 14 announced that the demand for gold in India continues to be stable with a 15 per cent increase in Q1 Calender Year 2015 at 191.7 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on May 14 turned down pleas by various telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Telecom, for extension of their 2G spectrum licences, which expired in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The mysterious dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter’s moon Europa is likely sea salt from a subsurface ocean, discoloured by exposure to radiation, NASA scientists have found. Presence of sea salt […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Boats of the future may not sink despite damage to their structure, thanks to a new light weight composite material developed by researchers from Deep Springs Technology (DST) and the New York […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have created a miniature, fibre-optic microscope designed to peer deeply inside a living brain, allowing high-resolution 3-D imaging of inaccessible brain regions. “Microscopes today penetrate only about one millimetre into the brain […]
Doctors can now inject drugs straight into people’s brains, after making a major discovery in breaking through the barrier that keeps the nervous and circulatory systems apart. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) keeps us safe by ensuring […]
CAMP DAVID Maryland (TIP) : President Barack Obama pledged America’s ”ironclad commitment” to anxious Persian Gulf nations Thursday to help protect their security, pointedly mentioning the potential use of military force and offering assurances that […]
GAZA CITY (TIP) : At least 50 Palestinians were wounded in a blast that occurred Thursday inside a militant training camp in Gaza, Hamas officials, medics and witnesses said. “An explosion happened inside a post […]
ANTALYA (TIP): In a distinctly different note for a military alliance meeting, European officials ended a Nato meeting with a spirited rendition of “we are the world.” Taking a break from issues such as the […]
LONDON (TIP) : In his first major policy announcement since winning last week’s general election, British PM David Cameron on Wednesday announced new laws to combat a “poisonous Islamist ideology”. He gave out plans for […]
STORY: Piku’s father Bhaskor’s obsessed with his health. Piku indulges Bhaskor’s wishes, including a road trip to Calcutta – but what does attractive Rana’s driving set in motion? REVIEW: Straight up, Piku is delightful, a […]
Katrina Kaif made a picture perfect debut on the French Riviera in a black and-white Michelle Smith ensemble. The sheer white draped skirt and the panelled blouse, picked by her stylist Anaita Adajania Shroff, were the […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian-origin Harbhajan Kaur Dheer, 62, became the first Asian woman elected mayor of Ealing Council in London. “It is a great privilege and challenge to be the Mayor of Ealing Council in London. […]
LONDON (TIP): One of Britain’s most prominent Indian-origin MPs, Priti Patel has been appointed minister of state for employment in British Prime Minister David Cameron’s new cabinet. Ms Patel was re-elected from Witham in Essex […]
BEIRUT (TIP) : The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls swathes of Syria and Iraq issued an audio statement on Thursday in which he called on supporters to join him or to […]
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