Festival
Pitru Paksha Shradh
The full moon time of Bhadrapada and the Pratipada of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month from Amavasya is called Pitru Paksha. In the year 2021, Pitru Paksha will commence from 20th September 2021 (Monday) till […]
Business & Economics
Banks can now sell fraud loans to ARCs
Mumbai (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, Sept 24, allowed banks to sell fraud loan exposures to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs). Banks will now be able to transfer to ARCs loan exposures […]
Business & Economics
Sensex scripts history, crosses 60,000 mark for first time; Nifty nears 18,000
Mumbai (TIP): The BSE Sensex made history on Friday, Sept 24, by reaching the 60,000 mark for the first time ever as investors continued to accumulate banking, finance and auto stocks despite lacklustre global cues […]
Business & Economics
ADB slashes India’s GDP growth forecast
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India’s growth projections for the current financial year by a percentage point to 10%, mainly due to disruptions in economic activity caused by the second wave of the […]
Entertainment
Vanessa Hudgens tells how she got bruised doing pole dance
Actress Vanessa Hudgens says she had Zoom pole dancing lessons during the lockdown, which were “tough” and left her bruised. Hudgens said: “I’ve had multiple hobbies, I’ve definitely leaned into multiple things. At one point […]
Asia
Taliban minister rebukes fighters over misconduct
PESHAWAR (TIP): The Taliban’s new defence minister has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some commanders and fighters following the movement’s victory over the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be […]
Asia
Nepal’s new foreign min wants friendly ties with India, China
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s newly-appointed Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka said on Wednesday that he would work towards maintaining friendly and balanced relations with India and China and forge national consensus with political parties on matters of […]
Asia
Taliban expand all-male interim Afghan Cabinet
Kabul (TIP): The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the international outcry that followed their […]
Asia
Lanka seeks $100-mn IMF loan to procure Covid vax
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka has decided to ask for a $100 million loan from the IMF to procure 14 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and finance other vaccination programme related costs, it was […]
Asia
Narayan Khadka appointed Nepal’s new Foreign Minister
Kathmandu (TIP): Senior Nepali Congress leader Narayan Khadka has been appointed Nepal’s new foreign minister. President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Khadka on the recommendation of the government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Khadka, […]
World
107-year-old Japanese twins certified as world’s oldest
Tokyo (TIP): Two Japanese sisters have been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living identical twins, aged 107 years and 330 days, the organisation has said. The announcement coincided with Respect for […]
World
Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa
London (TIP): Scientists have found evidence of a resistant form of malaria in Uganda, a worrying sign that the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without more action to […]
World
Vaccine certification for travel must meet ‘minimum criteria’, says UK
London (TIP): The UK government has said that Covid-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a “minimum criteria” and that it is working with India on a “phased approach” to its international travel norms. […]
World
China declares all cryptocurrency transactions illegal
Beijing (TIP): China’s central bank on September 24 declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling […]
World
UK to make it illegal for restaurant employers to keep staff tips
London (TIP): The UK government said on September 24 that it will make it illegal for employers to withhold tips from workers under new regulations for the country’s hospitality industry. Most hospitality workers, many of […]
World
6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia
Sydney/Melbourne (TIP): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Melbourne on september 23, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second largest city and sending tremors […]
Article
History This Week
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” Martin Luther King, Jr. September 24 September 24, 1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to enforce racial integration of schools in […]
Comments
Quad or AUKUS – India needs to review its involvement in blocs
The interests of the US and India find convergence on the issue of threats to the two countries from terrorists in Pak supported Afghanistan. US may be worried Afghanistan could become a source of another […]
Comments
Death of a Mahant
Ensure punishment to criminals in holy robes The mysterious death of Mahant Narendra Giri, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, allegedly by his own hand, yet again proves that self-confessed devotion to God and […]
Comments
Congress fiasco
Captain’s exit as CM leaves party on sticky wicket in Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh’s unceremonious exit as the Punjab Chief Minister is a new low for the self-destructive Congress. It’s inexplicable that a party with […]
Opinions
A one-party juggernaut and its feeble challengers
With no glue still to bond the Opposition, the non-party movements of resistance could offer hope for change Paradoxically, the only avenue of political change through the elections that lies open, if at all, is […]
Perspective
Quad, AUKUS, SAARC… and a divided Asia
AUKUS: Yet another anti-China grouping created by the US “We Indians, instead of sorting out our disputes with China on our own on the basis of equality and fairness, have chosen to join the US-led […]
Coronavirus
The crisis manager: Angela Merkel’s double-edged European legacy
Across a decade of rolling threats, from the euro zone to Brexit and Covid, Germany’s outgoing chancellor focused on holding the EU together It was Monday 13 July 2015 and dawn had broken when Angela […]
E-Edition
Breaking News
Fix timeframe for UNSC reforms: G4
Jaishankar addresses G20 meeting on Afghanistan issue September 23, 2021 TIP Special Correspondent NEW YORK (TIP): The G4 has called for concrete outcomes in a fixed timeframe on the measures to reform the UN Security […]