New Delhi (TIP)- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off MV Ganga Vilas, the world’s longest river Cruise, and inaugurated Tent City in Varanasi via video conferencing. During the event, the prime minister also […]
Dehradun (TIP)- The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire town may […]
Former Union minister and once the Janata Dal (United)’s chief Sharad Yadav died at a hospital in Gurugram late on Thursday, January 12, with tributes pouring in for the 75-year-old veteran politician who was regarded […]
President Droupadi Murmu on January 10 graced the valedictory session of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention and conferred the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards today here upon 27 overseas Indians as part of the Pravasi […]
Prime minister Narendra Modi on January 9 addressed the 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention – this time in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore – and declared himself happy to see it organised in ‘the […]
Maghi is the occassion when Sikhs commemorate the sacrifice of forty Sikhs, who fought for Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh master. Maghi, Makara Sankranti, the first day of the month of Magh. The eve […]
13th January 1588: Foundation stone of Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, laid by Sain Mia Mir. Foundation stone of Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, was laid down by the renowned Sufi Saint of Qadiry order, Mir Mohamed […]
India, the land of festivals, and Lohri is the harvest festival of the breadbasket of India, i.e. Punjab. Lohri falls in the month of Magh and during the auspicious period of Uttarayan when the Sun […]
Rampant construction activity in callous disregard for the red flags and warnings flashed by geologists ever since land sinking was first noticed 50 years ago in Uttarakhand’s strategically located, ecologically fragile and landslide-sensitive zone in […]
The government and opposition must agree on an early date for fresh elections With the killing of 17 civilians and one police officer on Monday amid anti-government protests, the month-long political crisis in Peru has […]
One of the world’s most populous megacities, with over 8.5 million people New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, […]
Kyiv (TIP): Moscow has named Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov as new commander for its invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, Ukraine said its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on […]
London (TIP): British counterterrorism police are investigating after border officers seized cargo contaminated with uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport. The Metropolitan Police force said January 11 that “a very small amount of contaminated material was […]
Tokyo (TIP): Japan and South Korea defended public health restrictions on travellers from China on January 11, a day after China stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation. Chinese embassies stopped issuing […]
Jakarta (TIP): A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early on January 10, and its substantial shaking was widely felt in northern Australia. Two school buildings […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on January 10 won the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister […]
Rio De Janeiro (TIP): “No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!” The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college on January 10 afternoon. Hours later, it […]
London (TIP) : The leaders of Britain and Japan are signing a defence agreement on January 11 that could see troops deployed to each others’ countries. The two countries are strengthening military ties amid growing […]
kabul (TIP): A suicide bomber killed at least five people outside the Afghan foreign ministry on January 11, police said, and a nearby hospital said over 40 people were wounded. Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on January 12 ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena and four top former officials to pay 310 million in Sri Lankan Rupee (SLR) as compensation to the victims of the 2019 […]
London (TIP): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and 15 of his Cabinet ministers are at risk of losing their seats in a general election “wipeout” in 2024, according to a media report citing a new […]
Islamabad (TIP): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 12 agreed to extend an existing loan of $2 billion and provide an additional loan of $1 billion to help cash-strapped Pakistan tackle its economic woes, […]
UNIONDALE, NY (TIP): The Las Vegas Sands Corporation has entered into a deal to purchase the lease for the Nassau Coliseum and its surrounding property and, if approved by the state, build a casino on […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): India’s Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Textiles , and Leader of the Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal interacted here with the Indian American community on January 8. […]
ALBANY (TIP): Governor Hochul, on Tuesday, January 10th, announced in the 2023 State of the State address that New York will continue to undertake an ambitious and economywide effort to address the threat of climate […]
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