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HOLI: FESTIVAL OF COLORS
As the brief spring warms the landscape, northern India cuts loose for a day of hijinx and general hilarity. The festival of Holi is celebrated on the day after the full moon in early March […]
India
INDIA AND US TO HOLD TOP-LEVEL MEET TO BOLSTER MILITARY TIES
NEW DELHI (TIP): A 26-member delegation led by General Vincent K Brooks, commanding general of the US Army Pacific, will be in New Delhi on March 18-20 for the 18th meeting of the India-US executive […]
India
Indian banks lost Rs 23,000 crore in fraud cases, reveals RTI
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s Public sector banks have cumulatively lost a massive sum of Rs. 22,743 crore due to cheating and forgery in the last three years. TIP obtained the information through Right to Information […]
United States
‘My sons were babies when I left. Now they’re grown men with babies’: Innocent man released after 26 years on death row
How do you eloquently illustrate the impact of losing nearly 30 years of your life? Glenn Ford, Louisiana’s longestserving death row prisoner, released today after spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he […]
United States
Number of Children without Health Insurance Declines, Census Bureau Reports
WASHINGTON (TIP): Between 2008 and 2012, the number of children under age 19 without health insurance declined in 1,171 counties and rose in 17, with 1,950 not having a statistically significant change, according to estimates […]
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HOLI AROUND THE WORLD
Holi knows no bars, Holi knows no boundaries too. Across the world wherever Indians or people of Indian origin are present Holi is celebrated with gusto and bonhomie. People play with colours, light a bonfire […]
United States
Obama backs interim Ukraine PM, rebukes Putin
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama told Ukraine’s Prime Minister on March 12 that the United States would stand by his country’s defense of its sovereignty, conferring symbolic legitimacy on the Kiev government in a direct […]
United States
US and India could accomplish a lot together: Obama
WASHINGTON (TIP): India’s new ambassador to the United States, Dr S Jaishankar, presented his credentials to President Obama at the White House on Monday in a formal ceremony at which the American President essayed an […]
United States
US experts to decode baffling radar signals
SEPANG (MALAYSIA) (TIP): The authorities in Malaysia acknowledged on March 12 that they had detected radar signals showing what could be the country’s missing airliner veering sharply off course and hundreds of miles away from […]
United States
‘US, Indian agencies worst online spies’
WASHINGTON (TIP): US National Security Agency (NSA), India’s Centre for Development of Telematics, and the UK’s GCHQ have been named among the worst online spies by a non-profit group for implementing censorship and surveillance. Three […]
United States
Dating while gymming is the hot trend in New York
NEW YORK (TIP): Would you ever say yes to a person who asks you out on a date to the gym? Well, it is the latest dating trend in New York, so you should really […]
Europe
FAMINE STALKS SINDH AREA IN PAK, 160 DEAD
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The death toll from famine in Pakistan’s Hindudominated Tharparkar district has mounted to 160. More deaths are feared as two to three children are reported dead daily due to malnutrition and related diseases. […]
Europe
Nepal mulls leasing Himalayan peaks to private tourism companies
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal is considering a plan to lease Himalayan peaks to private tourism companies, an official said on March 11, in a bid to ease traffic on Mount Everest and help jumpstart the economy. […]
Europe
Little-known group claims killing of Swedish journalist in Kabul
KABUL (TIP): A little-known militant group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for killing a Swedish journalist in the Afghan capital, saying he was a spy for British intelligence. Nils Horner, 51, who worked for Swedish Radio […]
Europe
16 killed in rival gang clashes in Karachi
KARACHI (TIP): At least 16 people, including five women and two children, were killed and over 30 others injured on March 12 in clashes between rival gangs in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi. Shiraz Zikri, […]
Europe
India pledges to provide Rs 8.5 billion to Bhutan
THIMPHU (TIP): India has pledged to provide Rs 8.5 billion to Bhutan for its 11th Five-Year-Plan, helping the landlocked country to implement major projects that will improve the livelihood of its people. The decision in […]
Europe
Swedish-British journalist gunned down in Kabul
KABUL (TIP): A gunman shot dead a Swedish-British journalist in central Kabul on March 11, officials told AFP, a rare daylight murder of an expatriate in a city often hit by Taliban suicide attacks. The […]
Business & Economics
Tensions mount in Ukraine: NATO expansion fuels Russian Nationalism
In January 1954 the seemingly whimsical Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who was born on Russia’s border with Ukraine and married to a Ukrainian, transferred Russia’s Crimean region located along the Russian- Ukrainian border to the […]
Business & Economics
Despite Kejriwal’s “illegal” tactics, Media refuses to discuss corporate corruption
“Having said that, what has amazed me most in recent days is the blanket refusal of the media to discuss the main agenda of Kejriwal’s latest outbursts: the Corporate Corruption”, says the author. The media […]
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Elections 2014 is a battle for India’s Soul
The Indian idea is that a nation may endure differences of caste, creed, color, conviction, culture, cuisine, costume and custom, and still rally around a consensus. And that consensus is around the simple idea that […]
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Indictment dismissed
Court hands out a ‘diplomatic’ victory The dismissal of a case filed against the former acting Indian Counsel-General in New York by a federal judge in New York will be widely seen as the vindication […]
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HOW TO BEAT INVISIBLE GLAUCOMA
Glaucoma is an emerging leading cause of blindness and it is referred as a thief of vision that steals the beam of life leaving it filled with profound darkness. In view of alarming rise in […]
United States
Physician Shortage Estimated to be over 130,000 by 2015
AAPI to advocate for more Residency slots during Legislative Day on Capitol Hill CHICAGO (TIP):With the beginning of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health insurance coverage is expected to expand to an […]
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Foods that keep you young
Looking young is the foremost priority of most people these days. Not just women, even men are wary of ageing. Instead of using the number of anti-ageing creams that have flooded the markets, one can […]
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LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO BE CANCER FREE
Recent research on the genetics of cancer may give an impression that some are fated for the disease, but that’s not necessarily true. Healthy behaviours could prevent about half of all cancer deaths. Here are […]