After keeping small savings rates unchanged for nine consecutive quarters, the Finance Ministry Thursday hiked interest rates on some of the small savings schemes for October-December. Interest rates were marginally hiked for 2-year and 3-year […]
New Delhi (TIP)- Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday, September 30, became India’s new Chief of Defense Staff. “I will try to fulfill the expectations from the three defence forces,” said Chauhan as he assumed charge, […]
The festival of Vijayadashami or Dussehra is celebrated on the tenth day of Shukla Paksha of Ashwin month. This day is considered a very important day in Hinduism. This year, the festival falls on October […]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar in Gujarat. He was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who led the independence movement against British […]
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS, has asked its security staffers not to fetch tea and refreshments for doctors and other staff during duty hours and said they should be used only […]
Minneapolis (TIP): A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped a former University of Minnesota student after a […]
Brussels (TIP): Suspecting that the damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was a sabotage, the European Union has warned of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, a senior official said on September […]
Helsinki (TIP): Finland will close its border to Russian tourists from midnight local time (2100 GMT), which is expected to lead to a significant drop in cross-border traffic, the government said on September 29. The […]
London (TIP): Western leaders fear that Vladimir Putin is planning a huge escalation of Russias faltering invasion of Ukraine with a deadly nuclear strike or an attack on European interests, media reports said. British and […]
London (TIP): Britain could fine TikTok 27 million pounds ($28.91 million) following an investigation that found the short-form video app may have breached UK’s data protection law by failing to safeguard privacy of children using […]
Lodwar, Kenya (TIP): In a dry river bed in Kenya’s arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper pits in an anxious search for water, as the region suffers its worst drought in 40 years, which has wiped […]
Islamabad, (TIP): In a big legal victory for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, its vice-president Maryam Nawaz was on September 29 acquitted by a high court in a corruption case which will allow […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Indian climber Baljeet Kaur was among 12 climbers who were injured when an avalanche struck them at the base camp of Mt. Manaslu in Nepal on September 25, according to media reports. Out […]
Naypyidaw (TIP): An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted Myanmar on September 30, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The quake hit around 03:52:37 (IST) at a depth of 140km. According to the data by […]
Bangkok (TIP) : A fashion model from Myanmar who feared being arrested by the country’s military government if she was forced back home from exile has arrived in Canada, which she says has granted her […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been named winner of the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year award at a ceremony in London. The 42-year-old barrister, who was appointed to […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Indian American doctor-economist Jay Bhattacharya has received the 16th Doshi Bridgebuilder Award in recognition of his consequential research focusing on the economics of health care around the world. When the Covid-19 pandemic […]
BOULDER, CO (TIP): Four Indian American teens have received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a national award recognizing inspiring, public-spirited young people. Two others received honorary awards. Established in 2001 by author T.A. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Five Indian Americans are among nearly 80 preeminent women in business, along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education, sports, and the arts, who will speak at the 2022 Fortune Most Powerful […]
BROOKLYN, NY (TIP): The Medical Society of the County of Kings (MSCK) and The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) held a joint legislative meeting at Brooklyn Borough Hall on September15, 2022. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American Uber Eats delivery person has been stabbed several times in an attack in the US by a career criminal with more than 100 arrests on his rap sheet, according […]
“Significantly, a humiliating economic blockade by India in 2015 pushed Nepal to join the BRI in 2016. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh followed suit, all wanting to reduce dependence on India and diversifying their economic options. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a dramatic turn of events on Thursday, September 29, Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot walked out of the party presidential race and chose to stay as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan amid […]
Inaction against anti-India forces is unacceptable With its advisory for Indians in Canada and those travelling to the country, New Delhi has sent as strong a message as any to the Trudeau government that it […]
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