NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has refuted environmentalists’ allegations that key green laws in the country would be “diluted”. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says his aim is to improve and smoothen environmental clearance processes by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the removal of Avinash Chander as Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief, the Defence Ministry plans to overhaul the military research establishment by creating two separate posts of Secretary, Department […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Taking forward its ongoing probe into the Sunanda Pushkar death case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Delhi Police is reported to have questioned the crew of Air India flight on which […]
Alone, featuring Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover, is a horror love story that revolves around conjoined sisters. When one sister dies, she returns to seek revenge on the other. One can say that Bipasha […]
Jessica Alba has sued a company that claimed the actress’ billions worth lifestyle company was too similar to theirs. Cosmedicine had fired off a cease and desist letter to Alba’s flourishing The Honest Company, however, […]
Huma Qureshi went on a shopping spree in Dubai. After spending a busy 2014, the actress took some time off. She flew to Dubai to bring in the new year and then extended her stay. […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Belgian police killed two terror suspects in a shootout in the eastern city of Verviers on January 15 and arrested another, foiling a major attack, authorities said. The suspects immediately opened fire on […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese artist has caused a huge controversy by using his daughter as a nude model for a collection of his paintings titled ‘Oriental Goddess and Mountain spirit’. This has sparked an intense […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain and Ireland have been battered by 100mph (160kph) winds and heavy snow, stranding some motorists after a major road was closed. The environment agency said on January 15 that 149 flood alerts […]
BEIJING: China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting that more than 20 people, including several foreigners, are missing after a tugboat sank on the Yangtze River. The January 15 morning report says the boat sank […]
NIAMEY (TIP): Niger on January 15banned distribution of Charlie Hebdo in the mainly Muslim country, with the government “vehemently” condemning the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly. […]
ANKARA (TIP): Turkey will not allow Mohammed to be insulted, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said January 15, describing the publication of cartoons of the prophet as an open provocation. “Freedom of the press does not […]
DONETSK, UKRAINE (TIP): Russian-backed separatists announced on January 15that they had captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal in eastern Ukraine and plan to claw back more territory, further dashing hopes for a […]
PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande insisted January 15 that any anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished,” as he sought to calm rising religious tensions after his country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades. […]
A hero of mine is no more. Veteran Indian journalist B.G. Verghese passed away on December 30, 2014, at the age of 87. Indians will always be indebted to him for the stupendous contribution he […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan cut key interest rates — for the first time in almost two years — by 25 basis points about a fortnight ahead of the monetary policy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Bank of America Corp, the second-largest US bank by assets, reported a 14 per cent fall in quarterly profit as revenue from fixedincome trading fell. Bond trading revenue plunged 21 per cent to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Anglo-Dutch Shell and GDF Suez of France are to take 26% stake each in a floating facility for importing liquid gas that state utility Gail is proposing to put up off the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A proposal to build a mosque in Flushing was withdrawn January 13, after it came under fire from residents and members of Community Board 7 who criticized the proposal, citing violations of […]
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (TIP): The Indian economy is expected to catch up with China by 2016-17 and is expected to grow 6.4% in 2015 on the back of reform measures unveiled by the new government, the […]
Imagine garments that preserve most of our body heat – there will be no need of heating up our homes. In Northern India, this would be used in winters but in temperate countries in Europe […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): DNA strands can act as a glue to hold together 3-D-printed materials that could someday be used to grow tissues and organs in the lab, a new study has found. Researchers from the […]
BHOPAL (TIP): After its successful Mangalyan mission, Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is gearing up for four satellite launches this year. Among them, IRNSS-1D will be the first, which would put in place India’s own […]
TORONTO (TIP): A next-generation cheaper, lighter and more powerful rechargeable battery for electric vehicles is one step closer to reality. The discovery of a material that maintains a rechargable sulphur cathode helps to overcome a […]
MELBOURNE (TIP): Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his first media appearance since quitting the Test captaincy a fortnight ago. The occasion was the unveiling of India’s new ODI jersey for the World Cup, which the team […]
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