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DEALING WITH THE US ALWAYS TESTS OUR DIPLOMACY
At the end of the day, India and the US have to find common ground that protects their respective interests. The US as a global power should not force India to support it in its […]
Business & Economics
After-effects of the US drawdown on India
New Delhi cannot remain sanguine. A priority of the Obama Administration will be to smoothly take out its military equipment from Afghanistan, through Pakistan. The Taliban will then be viewed more benignly By G Parthasarathy […]
Business & Economics
Strengthening the long arm of the law
One reason for widespread political and bureaucratic corruption is that the punishment for such offences is light and, therefore, it does not serve as a deterrent. Punishment for corruption must include confiscation of all illicit […]
Europe
PAK ENVOY ABDUL BASIT FAILS TO MEASURE UP TO MODI GOVT
NEW DELHI: At a time when Indo-Pak tensions are running high, Pakistan’s man in Delhi, Abdul Basit, is not a favourite with the Modi government. Basit’s stock with this government plummeted in August when he […]
Europe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appoints Tamil leader as deputy minister
COLOMBO(TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on October 10 appointed senior Tamil parliamentarian V S Radhakrishnan as a Deputy Minister, a move aimed at wining the support of the community ahead of his third […]
Europe
5 AFGHAN MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE
KABUL (TIP): Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling for new president Ashraf Ghani to […]
Europe
Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on October 7 appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud
Indian American Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud, illegal prescriptions CHICAGO (TIP): An Indian American physician, Sathish Narayanappa Babu, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing Medicare and prescribing drugs to […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Professor Wins U.S. National Medal of Science
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thomas Kailath, a Pune-educated Indian American engineering professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Science, announced by President Barack Obama Oct. 3. Kailath is also […]
United States
US-Turkish militaries to meet on IS threat
WASHINGTON (TIP): A joint US-Turkish military team will meet next week in Ankara to discuss the fight against Islamic militants after Washington October 9 pressed Turkey to join a US-led coalition. Two top US envoys […]
United States
UN member states owe world body about $3.5 billion
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN management chief says member states owe the world body about USD 3.5 billion for its regular operating budget and far-flung peacekeeping operations. Yukio Takasu told reporters after briefing the General […]
United States
U.S. CEOS AND CABINET OFFICIALS REINFORCE COMMITMENT TO INDIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT
USIBC Reaffirms $41 Billion Investment in India WASHINGTON DC (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), on October 9, hosted its 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit in the wake of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s historic visit to […]
United States
Protests in US after policeman fires 17 shots killing black teen in St Louis
ST LOUIS (TIP): A white off-duty policeman shot and killed a black teenager in St Louis on October 8, officers said, triggering a night of protests just miles from the site of another police shooting […]
Pakistan
Why US didn’t share anything on Osama’s hideout with Pakistan
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistani spy agency ISI having close ties with terror groups is an open secret and this was the reason why the US did not share the intelligence about the raid on Osama bin […]
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Cyclone Hudhud
Cyclone Hudhud likely to hit Odisha, Andhra on Oct 12 NEW DELHI (TIP): The MeT department has announced that cyclonic storm Hudhud is expected to get severe in the next 12 hours and will be […]
India
SUNANDA PUSHKAR DEATH DUE TO POISONING: MEDICAL TEAM
NEW DELHI (TIP): The medical team probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, has concluded that she died of poisoning. The team comprised three doctors from the All India […]
India
CONGRESS SLAMS NARENDRA MODI AS ‘ABSENTEE PM’
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on October 9 accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics over national duty, pointing to his absence from Delhi as tensions mount on the border with Pakistan. AICC spokesman […]
India
JAYALALITHA MOVES SC FOR BAIL
Urges apex court to grant urgent hearing after High Court had refused her earlier bail plea NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, denied bail by Karnataka High Court following her conviction […]
India
SC asks CBI if it intends to examine Chidambaram
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 9 if it proposed to examine former finance minister P. Chidambaram on the clearance given to the Aircel-Maxis deal over […]
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Survey gives BJP, allies 154 seats in Maharashtra
NEW DELHI (TIP): A survey carried out in Maharashtra ahead of the October 15 assembly elections has given BJP and allies 154 of the 288 seats, but Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray tops the popularity […]
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in India, looks to work with PM Modi on connecting villages
NEW DELHI (TIP): Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, was in India recently. Star-struck audience assembled to hear the 30-year-old billionaire on his first ever business trip to India. Mark appeared a little awkward to begin […]
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NORTH KOREA LEADER KIM IS STILL IN CHARGE, HAS INJURED LEG: SOURCE
BEIJING/SEOUL (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but has hurt his leg, a source with access to the secretive North’s leadership said on October 9, playing down […]
Europe
Anti-EU UKIP party wins first elected seat in British parliament
CLACTON-ON-SEA, ENGLAND (TIP): Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party won its first elected seat in parliament on October 9 by a wide margin. In the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, UKIP candidate Douglas Carswell won 21,113 […]
Europe
Suicide car bomb kills 10 in Iraq’s Baquba
BAQUBA: A suicide car bomb blast at a police checkpoint in the Iraqi city of Baquba Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded 11, security and medical sources said. “At least 10 people, including […]
Africa
Clashes break out in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Clashes in Central African Republic’s capital have resulted in ”many casualties,” the International Committee for the Red Cross said Thursday, marking the most significant violence in the city since a United […]