From picturesque beaches to tranquil mountain hideaways—India has an abundance of post-wedding getaways. Here are some of the most popular honeymoon destinations that you and your significant other can reminisce about in the years to […]
He does not say that his teachings are new. His Teachings are just one more manifestation, for the contemporary conditions on the Earth, of the Divine Teachings which have been many times imparted to people by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Government appears on course to reap a record windfall from spectrum sale as bids reached Rs 1.02 lakh crore mark on Thursday, a shade lower than the Rs 1.06 lakh crore raised […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Allen Solly, part of Aditya Birla Group’s Madura Fashions, aims to be a Rs 1,000 crore brand by FY16. “In FY15, we are looking at Rs 800 crore topline from Rs 550 crore […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill has been hanging fire since 2008. Several global insurers have since gone bust and many have shrunk their empires. Companies such as UK’s Standard Life and Aviva are […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Looking to expand in India, US-based infrastructure design and consultancy giant AECOM plans to hire 1,500 new employees here as it prepares to participate in initiatives like ‘Smart Cities’ and ‘Make in […]
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 […]
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