TOKYO (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe decided to speed up talks on a civil nuclear deal to allow Japan to export nuclear reactors to India and to bolster maritime […]
BEIJING (TIP): Strategic cooperation with Japan “can only bring trouble to India”, warned a state-run Chinese daily following Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Tokyo. There may be some tacit understanding in strategic […]
BEIJING (TIP): A major sex scandal has rocked schools in China as a number of teachers have been held for molesting girl students in recent days, prompting the apex court to strengthen crackdown on crimes […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese newborn who was rescued from a sewer pipe has been released to his family and his mother is unlikely to face criminal charges because authorities concluded he fell into the toilet […]
WELLINGTON (TIP): Three Indians accused of raping a woman in Hamilton two years ago have been found not guilty by a jury in New Zealand on may 30 and will be deported to India. A […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast on May 30 that he is “confident in victory” in his country’s civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for any future […]
NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE (TIP): The seventh regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in Sydney from November 10 to 12 with an aim to woo overseas investors and deepen two-way engagement with the Indians living there. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama has described Indian-origin Srikanth Srinivasan, who created history by becoming a top federal judge, as one of his “favourite” persons. “One of my favourite people right now [is], Sri […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Recently, Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan scripted history after he was confirmed as the first South Asian judge to America’s second highest court. But Srinivasan is not the only famous person of Indian origin who […]
NEW YORK (TIP): It has been a long road from the small village in India where her parents were born, and her life began, but immigrating to the United States of America, becoming a naturalized […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Millionaire yoga guru Bikram Choudhury has been charged with raping two female students attending his teacher training courses, in two separate lawsuits filed May 6 and 7 in Los Angeles, Calif., Superior […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Graduate Management Admission Council, which owns the prestigious GMAT exam for admissions to B-schools across the world, has announced the appointment of Sangeet Chowfla as its new president and CEO. Chowfla, who […]
WASHINGTON, D.C (TIP): The United States is looking to triple the number of Americans going to India for higher studies in the next five years. “That is still far from our goal of 15,000 in […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Rajasthan government Minister for Urban Development and Housing Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated on May 25 Rajasthan chapter of Indian National Overseas Congress (I) at Mint Restaurant in Long Island, New York. Inaugurating the […]
The writing is on the wall as China does not have good track record of strategic comfort and reliability vis-a-vis India. The current incidence of Chinese incursion into Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldie region […]
Unfortunately, in this fight between the state and the Naxals, the local tribal’s welfare is neglected. They are becoming collateral damage to this protracted insurgency which is showing no signs of depleting. Unless the government […]
Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh may not be wrong when he says, “You can’t have a dialogue with people who don’t want to have a dialogue. Maoists are not here for tribal welfare.” His […]
LONDON (TIP): The European Union, on May 30, honored India-born inventor Ajay Bhatt-led team at the US tech-giant Intel that developed the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology, one of the most important advances in computing […]
NEW YORK (TIP): State of Maryland has honored Bollywood film director Susi Ganeshan with a citation for his contribution to Indian cinema. Recalling his 15 years of service and hard work to promote Indian movies, […]
NEW YORK (TIP): GOPIO Int’l President Ashook Ramsaran is uncomfortable after the interactive session GOPIO organized with Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs. He feels issues are not being given due attention by Government […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), in collaboration with several community organizations and groups in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area, hosted a luncheon and interactive session on issues […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of Janata Party was warmly welcomed at JFK Airport in New York on May 30 by Indian American Intellectuals Forum, his supporters and well wishers. Dr. Swamy is […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): A prominent leader of the business community of Queens and a long time leader of Jackson Heights Merchants’ Association, a strong organization of South Asian Merchants in Jackson Heights, presently its […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of Janata Party was warmly welcomed at JFK Airport in New York on May 30 by Indian American Intellectuals Forum, his supporters and well wishers. Dr. Swamy is […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Arvind V Mahankali, an eighth grader at Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School, won the nationally televised contest on May 30 night by spelling “knaidel,” a Yiddish term of German origin meaning “dumpling.” Straight-faced […]
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