NEW YORK (TIP): Organizers of the New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade said on Wednesday they will allow a gay group to march under its own banner in the 2015 procession, changing a decades-old […]
“Modi’s challenge will, however, be to balance competing interests between the U.S., Japan and China even as he pursues an independent Indian foreign policy based on national interest”, says the author. If photo-ops are considered […]
India and Japan have enjoyed the best of relations over the decades. Yet, their trade and economic partnership has, strangely, been underperforming, belying the promise and potential. Bilateral trade at $16.29 billion in 2013-14 accounted […]
During his visit to India this week, Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to sign a deal to sell Australian uranium that will be the singlemost significant advance in bilateral relations with India in […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): After weeks of turmoil, the political storm that has engulfed Pakistan seemed to be ebbing on Wednesday as protesters returned to talks with the government and a mediator between the two warring sides […]
DUBAI (TIP): Al-Qaida leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and “raise the flag of jihad” across the subcontinent. […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A Sri Lankan doctor has been sentenced to death for raping and murdering a patient at a hospital near Colombo. Dr Indika Sudharsana Balage was found guilty of killing the young woman, a […]
DHAKA (TIP): A YOUNG woman held captive as a sex slave in Bradford has become a suicidal outcast, disowned by her family because she was raped, a court heard. The Bangladeshi student was a naive […]
LONDON (TIP): UK Prime Minister David Cameron on September 3 announced his plans to build a coalition for a full-fledged military-led intervention against ISIS in Iraq even as the group threatened to kill a British […]
BEIJING (TIP): A city in China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang is offering cash rewards and welfare benefits for marriages between minority ethnic groups and majority Hans to promote unity in the province hit by Islamic militancy. Xinjiang’s […]
LONDON (TIP): A royal guardsman at the Buckingham Palace is under investigation after he broke into an impromptu jig during one of London’s most attended events — the change of guard. A video uploaded on […]
PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande’s former companion writes in a tell-all book to be published this week that months after their breakup he was trying to win her back with flowers, dinner invitations and […]
Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). There are actually four days of Onam. The most important day of Onam (known as Thiru Onam) […]
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 8 || 2 || SIREE RAAG, FIRST MEHL: O Lord, You are Your Own Glorious Praise. You Yourself speak it; You Yourself hear it and contemplate it. You Yourself are […]
continued from previous issue For a gladness stirs thy bosom when thy greatest woo is nigh! Who that hath a woman’s wisdom, who that is a prudent wife. Smiles in joy when prouder rival triumphs […]
Want a cozy, comfortable and yet light and sophisticated chair or couch to put in the living room? Buy a beanbag. Today beanbags are the rage coming in stunning range and attractive colours and sizes […]
Your inability to drag yourself to the gym is only in your head. Here’s how to overcome it and train your brain. Exercise not only makes you feel fitter, happier and sexier, it also increases […]
Tomatoes have many health benefits, but a new study finds that a daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease. Lycopene – a […]
Sunlight missing from the lives of busy young women is making them deficient in Vitamin D, which has emerged as a major health issue among them, experts say. Vitamin D deficiency in young girls can […]
GENEVA/NEW DELHI (TIP): Weighed down by challenging economic conditions for most part of the past year, India has slipped to 71st position — the lowest among BRICS countries — in an annual global competitiveness list, […]
MUMBAI (TIP): In a bid to encourage strong banks take over ailing co-operative banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that large depositors in failed cooperatives must now sacrifice a portion of their […]
FRANKFURT (TIP): Volkswagen’s premium brand Audi will recall 70,000 cars world wide because of a potential fault with the brake booster, a spokesman for the company said. Audi’s A4, A5, A6, A7 and Q7 models […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Property has always been a major investment avenue of the rich. Now, some of the people one would expect to focus on enterprising ventures are also looking at rent-yielding property. Infosys co-founder NR […]
LONDON (TIP): Researchers have developed a new batteryless cardiac pacemaker which is based on an automatic wristwatch and is powered by heart motion. “Batteries are a limiting factor in today’s medical implants. Once they reach […]
Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-thanair vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, a floating billboard that barely resembles its powerful predecessors. But now engineers […]
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