To further strengthen the supervision on non-banking entities (NBFCs), the Reserve Bank on Tuesday, Dec 14, issued revised guidelines on a Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework for such companies, excluding government-owned ones, effective from October […]
One of the largest planets ever detected orbits at an enormous distance around two stars with a combined mass up to 10 times greater than our sun, an extreme celestial family that shatters assumptions about […]
They might call a friend, share their location on WhatsApp, or have their keys to hand – all strategies to stay secure. Sexual harassment against females has been under the spotlight for most of this […]
India will send its first-ever manned mission into the deep sea in 2024 after sending crewed missions into space in 2023. Minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh said on Saturday three scientists […]
A new study has found that stress alone can drive women to excessive drinking. Men who experienced the same stress only drank to excess when they had already started consuming alcohol. The findings of the […]
A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides just 33 per cent protection against infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, but 70 per cent protection against hospitalisation, according to a large-scale analysis in South Africa. The […]
Amla is one of the most ancient fruits now recognized as one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C. The desi superfood can fight off cough, ulcers, constipation, manage diabetes, cholesterol and give you […]
Karachi (TIP): The former chairman of Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue Shabbar Zaidi has said the country is “bankrupt” and it is better to recognise the reality than “living in illusion”. Zaidi—who was chairman of […]
Colombo (TIP): The Sri Lankan government on December 16 reinstated a Muslim doctor, who was sent on compulsory leave for allegedly performing illegal sterilisation on over 4,000 women from the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community with […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was re-elected on Wednesday as the president of the ruling Nepali Congress — the country’s largest democratic party — for a consecutive second four year term after […]
Lahore (TIP): Four men who were convicted of gang-raping and robbing a 20-year-old college student in Punjab province has been sentenced to death by a Pakistan court. In January this year, the four suspects — […]
Sydney (TIP): Five children died and four others were in critical condition on December 16 after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 10 metres (33 feet) into the air by a gust of […]
Moscow (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making him the first major western leader to confirm his attendance at the games, BBC reported. His remarks came […]
Ankara (TIP): At least 22 people have died in Istanbul and 16 others have been hospitalised and are in serious condition after drinking bootleg alcohol, the local governor’s office said december 17, as authorities intensified […]
Taipei (TIP): Human resources and upper management wouldn’t deal with her accusation of sexual assault, a former employee of Alibaba said. So she went into the busy cafeteria at the Chinese e-commerce giant’s headquarters and […]
Osaka, Japan (TIP) : Fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on December 17, with 27 people feared dead and police investigating possible arson after media reported a man had […]
“Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.” –Winston Churchill December 17, 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII after he had declared himself supreme head of the Church […]
Canberra (TIP): Fiji reopened its border to international travellers for the first time in nearly two years on December 1, as the Pacific Island country seeks to revive its dominant tourism industry. Fiji shut its […]
London (TIP): China, Russia, Iran and international terrorism form the “big four” set of security threats in an era of dramatic change, Britain’s chief spy said in a rare public speech on December 1. Richard […]
Moscow (TIP): Russia has arrested three suspected Ukrainian intelligence agents and accused one of them of planning to carry out a bomb attack, the Interfax news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying on […]
Berlin (TIP): An explosion at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on December 1 injured three people, one of them seriously, the police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what led […]
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PARIS (TIP): Leena Nair, who grew up in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, will next month-end take over as the Global Chief Executive Officer of French luxury fashion house Chanel, joining the ranks of Indian-origin corporate bosses […]
Parminder Aujla SACRAMENTO, CA (TIP): Tiara Abraham, an Indian American soprano prodigy from Sacramento, California, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Classical Voice in recognition of her caliber of artistic achievement. A senior at […]
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