KABUL (TIP): At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on July 17 after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. “On Monday evening, rain caused by thunderstorms killed 35 people and […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Pakistan government will ban jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for its alleged involvement in anti-state activities, it was announced on July 17. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced that […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others, Taliban officials said July 17. Among the dead in Monday’s storm were five members of the same […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh students vowed on July 18 to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations. […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s newly appointed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will take a vote of confidence in Parliament on July 21, as required by the Constitution, a media report quoted the chief whip of […]
DEIR AL-BALAH (TIP): Nabila Hamada gave birth to twin boys in Gaza early in the war, in a hospital reeking of decaying bodies and full of displaced people. When Israeli forces threatened the hospital, she […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on July 18 morning, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease-fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to […]
MOSCOW(TIP): Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea and 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula, Moscow’s defence ministry said on July 18. “Air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted […]
LONDON (TIP): Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble. […]
PARIS (TIP): After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the long-polluted Seine River on July 17, fulfilling a promise to show the river was clean enough to host open swimming […]
BEIJING (TIP): At least 16 people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The incident occurred on July 17 around 6 pm at the 14-story building, […]
PARIS (TIP): A police officer was wounded in a knife attack in Paris on July 18 in the high-end Champs-Elysees neighborhood and the assailant was shot and died of his injuries, authorities said, just days […]
STRASBOURG (TIP): Lawmakers at the European Parliament on July 18 re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission. The re-election ensures leadership continuity for the […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City Mayor Eric Adams inaugurated the first ever World Health Congress of Physicians, a Maga Convention of physicians of Indian Origin with the cutting of the Ribbon and a powerful […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): India has nominated retired diplomat Vinay Kwatra as its next ambassador to the United States. The Ministry of External Affairs has not commented on the appointment, but an announcement is anticipated soon after […]
The day 4 of the Republican Convention marked the climax and conclusion of a massive pep rally that drew thousands of conservative activists MILWAUKEE, WI (TIP): A defiant and bandaged Donald Trump accepted the GOP […]
SEATTLE (TIP): The Indian Consulate in Seattle inaugurated its new visa application center on Friday, July 12. The facility will offer full visa and passport services to the greater Seattle area. Local leaders, including Seattle […]
SEATTLE (TIP): A Seattle police officer, whose insensitive comments and laughter following the death of an Indian student had caused outrage, has been fired. Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was struck by a police vehicle driven by […]
MILWAUKI, WIS (TIP): Republican Party leader and Civil Rights Attorney Harmeet Kaur Dhillon offered ‘ardaas’ (Sikh prayer) at the Republican National Convention in the presence of the party’s Presidential nominee Donald Trump, days after an […]
INDIANAPOLIS (TIP): In a landmark deal poised to reshape the landscape of chronic disease treatment, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company has announced its acquisition of Morphic Therapeutic Inc. The acquisition, valued at approximately $3.2 […]
CHICAGO, IL (TIP): Indian American executive Monish Patolawala is leaving 3M to join Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, from August 1. […]
A litigator at a national firm, Usha Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants and has an impressive academic background WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of JD Vance, whom Donald Trump declared […]
CALGARY, CANADA (TIP): The government of the province of Alberta, Canada, has nominated Amanjot Singh Pannu, a prominent Punjabi Canadian and media professional, as a senator of the University of Calgary. The university is eighth […]
A state-run news agency said three attackers were killed, and reported 28 wounded of “different nationalities” DUBAI (TIP): A rare shooting by multiple attackers at a Shiite mosque in Oman killed five persons and wounded […]
Mural also recognizes the Noongar, the original people of Australia PERTH (TIP): The Sikh community in Western Australia’s Perth has inaugurated a wall mural depicting the Sikh identity. ‘Unveiling of 1st ever Sikh Mural at […]
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