Hours after South African authorities announced they had detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus with a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed states to rigorously screen and […]
New Delhi (TIP) : Nudged by the Supreme Court to do a “high-level policy rethink”, the Union government has decided to review the Rs 8 lakh annual income limit to identify economically weaker section (EWS) […]
Brussels (TIP): Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union on November 25 unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such ads online and who is […]
Stockholm (TIP) : Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament as Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, she tendered her resignation after facing the harsh reality of having to lead a minority […]
Moscow (TIP): A fire at a coal mine in Russia’s Siberia killed 11 people and injured more than 40 on November 25, with dozens of others remaining trapped, authorities said. Efforts to rescue those trapped […]
Mogadishu (TIP): An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia’s capital killed eight persons and wounded 17, including 13 children, the latest in a string of deadly blasts this year in a country beset […]
Lahore (TIP): A Muslim man and his three sons in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been booked under the tough blasphemy laws over an argument with a cleric who had refused to make an announcement about […]
Berlin (TIP): Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz, who is poised to replace her. Scholz, […]
Colombo (TIP): A ferry with 20 people board capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on November 23, killing at least six students, the Navy said. Six students drowned while 17 others survived by swimming at Kinniya’s […]
Rome (TIP): National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said on November 25. […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka’s former police chief Pujith Jayasundera was on November 22 indicted with 855 charges of criminal negligence for failing to act despite receiving prior intelligence warnings in the 2019 Easter Sunday terror […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): A 26-year-old Indian-origin man was on Monday sentenced by a Singapore court to eight years of corrective training and 24 strokes of the cane for supplying weapons, including a baton and a samurai […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Dr. Suresh Reddy, an Indian American neuro interventional radiologist and a past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), has assumed charge as the president of Indian American Medical […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): As many as 20 South Asians, all but a couple of them Indian Americans, won in the November polls pulling off several historic victories from school boards to state legislatures. “We are […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Ishan Shah, government affairs manager at Quest Diagnostics, has become president of the New Jersey Leadership Program (NJ Lead) that seeks to encourage South Asian youth in the state to get involved […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 10 months and four weeks in prison for performing a sex act on a minor. P Asokan Pappu Pachan, 57, pleaded guilty to a […]
On her maiden visit to Asia, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai held bilateral meetings with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and relaunched the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF). A lot has transpired in the […]
TMC is encroaching on the Opposition space at the national level as Mamata eyes a larger role West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s national ambitions are intriguing and daring. Soon after she led the Trinamool […]
“Though the agitation had nothing to do with Sikhs or Sikhism, yet the larger participation of Punjab farmers, who are mostly Sikhs, and the whole hearted support from various democratic organizations the world over, provided […]
“There is an urgent need for honest journalism to speak the truth to power in India and within the Diaspora. The primary function of journalism is to connect, inform and educate the public. Unless the […]
Amid burning social issues, the farm laws repeal may not aid the BJP, while the Congress and AAP are in a tight contest “Electorally, the Congress and AAP are in a tight contest, with a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, who took part in the chase, were all convicted of multiple counts of murder, aggravated assault […]
Chicago IL: The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Association of Greater Chicago held a function for the annual day and Diwali celebration on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at the Ashyana Banquet Hall in Downers Grove, IL. Last […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): A regular engagement between India and the United States under the bilateral Trade Policy Forum mechanism will help remove barriers to trade, facilitate higher levels of investment and increase two-way trade in […]
NEVADA (TIP): Calling for accountability and respect, perturbed Hindus are seeking apology from Texas A&M University (TAMU) for failing to take any concrete action to resolve the issue of reported “harassment and discrimination” of its […]
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