NEW DELHI: The government is looking at sweeping changes to the law governing Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and has suggested doing away with the mandatory 12% contribution by employees in certain cases, while retaining the […]
CAPE CANAVERAL (TIP): NASA launched four identical spacecraft Thursday on a billion-dollar mission to study the explosive give-and-take of the Earth and sun’s magnetic fields. The unmanned Atlas rocket — and NASA’s NASA — soared […]
In yet another display of Gujarati ‘jugaad’, a team of scientists from Gandhinagar-based Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) has designed solar panels that can be stacked one on top of the other. These solar […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Milky Way galaxy is at least 50% bigger than commonly estimated, according to a new study which found that the galactic disk is contoured into several concentric ripples. The research, conducted by […]
BEIJING (TIP): A ‘green’ material derived from natural silk can boost the performance of lithium-ion batteries used in portable gadgets and electric cars, scientists say. Carbon is a key component in commercial lithium-ion energy storage […]
BEIRUT (TIP): The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls tracts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram, his spokesman said, calling on supporters to fight in […]
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA (TIP): The University of Oklahoma’s president expelled two students on March 11 after he said they were identified as leaders of a racist chant captured on video during a fraternity event. University president […]
LONDON (TIP): A parliamentary inquiry in Britain called on March 12 for an overhaul of the country’s electronic surveillance laws, but it cleared British spy agencies of breaking any laws by monitoring vast amounts of […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin is in good health, the Kremlin said on March 12, dismissing rumours that the leader was suffering from an illness after a foreign trip was cancelled. A Kazakh governmental […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As a court in Islamabad ordered the release of Lashkar terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, India on March 13 today said it is the responsibility of Pakistan to keep him behind bars as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The publication of a map in RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ depicting a part of Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan, today evoked consternation in Rajya Sabha, with the Opposition asking whether the […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia received about Rs 35 lakh as “election fund” from Jagjit Singh Chahal, the arrested pharma company owner and the kingpin of the synthetic drugs racket, according to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on March 13 that fears of mobile towers being hazardous to health are not true, adding that reports from the World Health Organisation do not substantiate […]
Hours after the Rajya Sabha unanimously adopted a resolution condemning him for calling Mahatma Gandhi a British agent and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose a Japanese, the former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju remained defiant […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lok Sabha on March 12 condemned the controversial remarks of retired SC judge Markandey Katju against Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose, underlining that their contribution to the freedom struggle was […]
BEIJING (TIP): At least five people were killed and 10 others rescued after a fishing boat caught fire on March 11 in waters off eastern China. The fire broke out in the engine cabin of […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): San Jose’s international airport was forced to close and several villages were evacuated after clouds of ash from the newly active Turrialba volcano reached the Costa Rican capital, authorities have said. Flights […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is reviving growth of its nuclear power industry with approval of its first new project since Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster. A unit of state-owned China General Nuclear Power Corp. says the Cabinet’s […]
PARIS (TIP): About 15 armed assailants attacked two vans carrying millions of euros worth of jewels on a French highway March 11, forced out the drivers and sped away, according to police. Gendarmes and other […]
LONDON (TIP): A penniless British woman seeking financial support from her millionaire ex-husband 22 years after their divorce was told by Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday that she could pursue her claim, a ruling with […]
BASEL (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram inflicted a straight-game defeat on Tzu Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei to reach the quarterfinals of USD 120,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold badminton championship here on March 12. […]
COLOMBO (TIP): India and Sri Lanka on March 13 signed four bilateral pacts — agreement on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial — during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first tour to the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After a sting operation claimed that AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal had talked of poaching Congress MLAs to form the government in Delhi, a new tape has emerged in which he allegedly said […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on March 12 slammed the Modi government over the release of Masarat Alam, saying the way the entire episode unfolded smacked of a “fixed match” between BJP and PDP, coalition […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The first meeting of BJP’s new national executive finalised on March 12 by party president Amit Shah is expected in the first week of April in Bangalore. Shah finalised the party’s 111-member […]
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