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AAPI Presents its Vision on Ways to Leverage Resources and Skills to Support Healthcare Initiatives In India and USA
NEW YORK (TIP): During a historic Press Conference with nearly two dozen media persons from the electronic, print and visual media in attendance at the Indian Consulate in New York on a rainy Sunday evening, […]
Indian Americans
Jasveen Sangha, ‘the Ketamine queen’, trial looms as 1 doctor admits guilt in Matthew Perry death
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Jasveen Sangha has been accused of selling 50 vials of ketamine to Perry over two weeks. One of two California doctors who were among the five people charged in the overdose death […]
Indian Americans
Indian American judge KP George indicted with staging racist attacks on himself to gain voter sympathy
FORT BEND COUNTY, TX (TIP): Fort Bend County Judge KP George has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of misrepresenting identity as a candidate during his 2022 reelection campaign. The indictment comes amidst allegations that […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Dr. Jay Verma, called ‘Covid Czar’, caught in drugs-fueled sex-party scandal
NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian American doctor, Jay Varma, who received accolades for steering the city through the pandemic as the “Covid Czar” now finds his reputation in tatters after he boasted about hosting a […]
Indian Americans
Two Indian Americans named White House Fellows
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Nalini Tata and Padmini Pillai have been appointed to the 2024-2025 class of White House Fellows on Thursday, October 3. In all, 15 exceptionally-talented individuals from across the United States have been […]
Indian Americans
Indian American professor researching Dalit women gets $800k MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American professor, Shailaja Paik, conducting research on and writing about Dalit women has received a $800,000 “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation which gives out awards every year to people […]
Indian Americans
Indian American commissioner Ajay Bhutoria praises US move to slash visa wait times for Indians
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): An Indian American member of the Presidential Commission for Asian-Americans has welcomed the move to release an additional 250,000 visa appointments by the US Mission in India. The US Mission in India […]
Breaking News
Vance, Walz clash on 2020 election results, economy, reproductive rights in civil debate
NEW YORK (TIP): U.S. Vice Presidential Candidates – Minnesota’s Democrat Governor Tim Walz and Republican Senator from Ohio, J.D. Vance – argued over the 2020 election results, foreign policy, the economy, immigration, gun control, abortion […]
Breaking News
UN Security Council backs Guterres after Israel bars him from country
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday, October 3, 2024, expressed its full support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel’s foreign minister said he was barring him from entering the country. The […]
Breaking News
Supreme Court of India ropes in CBI to probe Tirupati laddu case; new SIT to have FSSAI representative too
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, October 4, 2024, constituted an “independent” five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) consisting of two Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers to replace the one formed by the […]
Breaking News
ED summons former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin in money laundering case
HYDERABAD (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former India captain and Congress politician Mohammad Azharuddin for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, official sources said […]
Breaking News
Israel continues its extensive bombing campaign in southern Lebanon
Iran will attack Israel again if necessary, says Iranian supreme leader NEW YORK (TIP): Data from a conflict monitoring group shows that Israel, which is at war with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, is carrying […]
Editorial Comment
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Call for Global Intervention to Prevent World War III
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, stretching back over a century, has been one of the most enduring and volatile disputes in modern history. In recent years, particularly with the leadership of Israeli Prime […]
Comments
Split decision: On the rivalry between the two NCP factions
The ECI and the office of the Speaker have not played fair in cases of defection In the run-up to the impending election to the Maharashtra Assembly, the rivalry between the two factions of the […]
Comments
SEBI tightens rules : Essential to protect small investors
The tightening of rules for investors by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is a pragmatic move to cool the frenzy to make easy money in the derivatives market. Reports suggest that lakhs […]
Editorial Comment
Poll-time parole : Dera chief’s release is BJP’s last-ditch gambit
The timing is a dead giveaway. Dera Sacha Sauda head and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been released on parole barely three days ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls. This is the last […]
United States
There will be no change in policy on multi-brand retailing: Piyush Goyal in US
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): India’s Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday, October 3, categorically ruled out the entry of multi-brand retailing in India as such a move would destroy pop-and-mom stores like […]
United States
SBA Announces 14 New Awards for Regional Innovation Cluster Network to Drive Nationwide Small Business Growth, Job Creation and Innovation
Awardees Will Serve as Hubs for Local Economies in BioTech, Cybersecurity, Smart Manufacturing, and Agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President […]
United States
Mahatma Gandhi’s bust unveiled at Seattle Center
SEATTLE, WA (TIP): A bust of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled at the Seattle Center on the iconic Indian freedom fighter’s birth anniversary. The bust was unveiled on Wednesday in the presence of Seattle Mayor Bruce […]
United States
USCIRF flags ‘increasing abuses’ against religious minorities in India
India Denounces Report as ‘Malicious’, Rejects Claims of Religious Freedom Violations WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A US federal government commission has flagged the alleged worsening of religious freedom in India and called for it to be […]
Indo Canadian
Jagmeet-led NDP bails minority Liberal government through 2nd no-confidence
Last month, the NDP ended a supply-and-confidence agreement that had stabilized the minority government for more than two years. OTTAWA (TIP): In less than a month after tearing its supply and confidence agreement with the […]
World
Petition for fresh Kanishka probe stirs a controversy
By Prabhjot Singh OTTAWA (TIP): Spearheaded by Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal MP from British Columbia, leaders of various Sikh organizations have petitioned the Canadian House of Commons demanding a fresh inquiry into one of the worst […]
Opinions
The United States is already at war
Tagline: And it is very much a willing belligerent in a conflict of its own making And while many an international observer has sounded the alarm that the US could now be “dragged” into a […]
NY/NJ/CT
Long Islanders raise $125,000 for SHEOWS seniors’ home in India
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Prominent members of the Long Island community gathered in Hicksville on September 14 to raise funds for SHEOWS, an old people’s home in India that has been taking care of thousands of destitute […]