WASHINGTON: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar attended a colorful Vaisakhi celebration organised by the Indian embassy in Washington for the local Indian-American community. “You are far away from India, but you […]
NEW YORK: Two Indians are among 16 people named by Yale University as its 2015 World Fellows, the signature global leadership development initiative at the prestigious US institution. Zeena Johar, SughaVazhvu Healthcare Founder and journalist and […]
NEW YORK: A 51-year-old Indian-American man has been arrested in the US for allegedly accepting over USD 280,000 in kickbacks for hiring of IT contractors at a transportation authority division in Chicago. Rajinder Sachdeva of Schaumburg, […]
Experts say that millions of women around the world suffer from iron deficiency, more popularly known as anaemia. This nutritional insufficiency is known to cause fatigue, lethargy and even low work performance. Include these iron-rich foods in […]
There’s nothing more refreshing in summer than biting into a delicious and juicy fruit. What’s even better is that you can never over indulge in them, given their health benefits. So, if you wish to gorge […]
Ananda Natam Aaduvar…’ the subject of this song heard often on stage is the presiding deity of the Chidambaram temple, which is now under renovation, after 28 years. ‘Temple,’ for a worshipper of Siva, is this […]
Human effort finds fruition when divine will prevails. Faith in this truth takes root in those who have achieved and attained success in their ventures, regardless of the field of their pursuit. Scriptures, the Puranas and […]
Darjeeling, also fondly known as the “Queen of hill stations”, is nestled in the Himalayas and is famous for its tea production and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal regained the number one position in international rankings after China’s Li Xuerui dropped a couple of rungs to third in the latest list issued on Thursday. Saina, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Will another chapter be added to the famous Sourav Ganguly story? Over the past couple of days, there has been intense speculation that the ‘Prince of Kolkata,’ who led India with much success, […]
IPOH (Malaysia) (TIP): India produced a spirited performance to beat Korea 4-1 in the penalty shoot-out after both the teams were locked at 2-2 at regulation time, to finish a creditable third in the 24th […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Prarthana Thombare yet again scored an impressive win but Ankita Raina had to work hard as India defeated Malaysia 2-0 in the Asia/Oceania Group II matches in the Fed Cup 2015, here on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley has urged US authorities to create a framework that would help Indian workers to get back $3 billion annually, which they contribute as social security in the US. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said that the country needs around $50-60 billion in investment every year. Speaking at an award function held in the capital, Prabhu said that the country’s […]
LONDON (TIP): The success of Indian companies is fuelling the British economy through job creation and high revenues, states a study. ‘India meets Britain — India Tracker 2015’ developed by professional services major Grant Thornton […]
MUMBAI (TIP): In one of the largest financing rounds for an Indian internet startup, taxi-hailing service Ola said it has raised $400 million – or around Rs 2,500 crore – led by Russian tech billionaire […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, set to fly by the Pluto system on July 14, has sent its first color image of the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon. “The image reveals tantalising […]
LONDON (TIP): A new blood test can predict if a woman would get breast cancer in the next two to five years and could create a “paradigm shift” in early diagnosis of the disease, reports […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The world’s first selfpowered video camera that runs without a battery and can produce an image each second has been developed by researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist. To develop the prototype camera, researchers designed a pixel that can not only measure incident […]
MUMBAI (TIP): BEST has introduced on a trial basis a device which helps visually challenged persons board buses. The device helps users to identify the route number of buses at a bus stop and locate […]
OCOTLAN, MEXICO (TIP): The town still bears the scars from the unprecedented offensive launched by a powerful Mexican drug cartel against government forces: bullet-pocked buildings and blood stains on the street. The March 19 ambush […]
HAGUE (TIP): Prosecuting those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew —193 of them Dutch — is a key priority for the Netherlands, the justice minister […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called April 16 for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen to spur peace talks and get lifesaving aid into the impoverished Middle East nation. The UN chief addressed “the […]
LONDON: For the first time in modern times, Queen Elizabeth is facing a rebellion – from the workers at her favourite castle – Windsor. Staff at Windsor Castle have voted to take industrial action in […]
ROME (TIP): As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media said on April 16, days after 400 were lost in another shipwreck.Four survivors told Italian […]
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