Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday said second wave of Covid infections has increased asset risks for Indian banks, but a severe deterioration is unlikely. It said the second wave of coronavirus infections in India has […]
China’s tech shares slumped to new lows on Friday and Hong Kong’s benchmark index hit an virtually 10-month trough, as an unrelenting sequence of Chinese regulatory crackdowns crushed traders’ confidence. More than $560 billion in […]
HONG KONG (TIP): Bitcoin broke back above $50,000 on Monday for the first time in three months as investors piled back into the cryptocurrency on bargain-buying. The unit climbed around two percent to $50,249.15, its […]
Stopping short of fuel supply cuts to disinvestment-bound Air India, state-owned oil retailers have sought the petroleum ministry’s intervention to recover their dues adding up to over Rs 3,000 crore, government officials and company executives […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Mr. Shatrughna Sinha, the Deputy Consul General at the Indian Consulate General in New York who is moving over to New Delhi to take up a new assignment at the Ministry of […]
Diminishing farm productivity notwithstanding, Punjab continues to hold aloft its flag of leading the country in political productivity. Acknowledged as a pioneer in coalition politics, Punjab has given to the country not only one of […]
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”- James Baldwin August 27 Birthday – Charles Dawes (1865-1951) was born in Marietta, Ohio. He served as U.S. Vice President from 1925-29, and is […]
By Mabel Pais Veinte por veinte (20 for 20): Celebrating Cinema Tropical August 26 – October 5, 2021 MoMA, Online The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), commemorating the 20th anniversary of Cinema Tropical, the leading […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Los Angeles based composer and pianist, Raashi Kulkarni, is the first person of Indian-origin to be selected for the 2021-23 Universal Composers Initiative. She is one of the eight diverse composers, five […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Sikhs have met with White House representatives over the issue of evacuation of Afghanistan Sikhs and Hindus. Dr Rajwant Singh, co-founder of the National Sikh Campaign (NSC) and chairman of the […]
SAN JOSE (TIP): Eshani Jha, an Indian American girl from San Jose, California, has won the prestigious 2021 Stockholm Junior Water Prize. for her research on simple and affordable ways to purify water. Stockholm Junior Water Prize is an international […]
Opposition unity can come only with a more accommodative Congress leadership A meeting of 19 Opposition parties on August 20 confirmed the sense of urgency that they feel to come together and build a united […]
India does not have the luxury of distance from the ticking bomb in its neighborhood The suicide bombing at Kabul airport which claimed close to 100 lives has shattered any residual optimism the world had […]
US, other nations must ensure safety of their citizens The death of at least 110 people, including 13 US troops, in Thursday’s bombings near Kabul’s international airport has tragically laid bare the messy evacuation that […]
The post-American power vacuum in the region will aid China and shape India’s strategic choices and behavior “The return of the Taliban to Kabul has effectively laid India’s ‘mission Central Asia’ to rest. If New […]
“The hasty withdrawal projects the image of an inept and bruised America that fumbled and stumbled its way out of Afghanistan after 20 years, in the most unseemly manner. The irony is that US-led external […]
“In sum, even if facial recognition technology is needed to tackle modern-day criminality in India, without accountability and oversight, facial recognition technology has strong potential for misuse and abuse. In the interest of civil liberties […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In May, U.S. President Joe Biden asked U.S. intelligence agencies to assess the data and produce a report that “could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion” on the origins of coronavirus. The […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Hurricane Ida, which is expected to strike Louisiana as a life-threatening Category 4 storm with wind speeds of 140 mph, will be one of the strongest to hit the state since at […]
Citing Gurbani, Modi said that happiness emanates from serving others and understanding their pain AMRITSAR (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, August 28, that despite many challenges India is evacuating its people from […]
We will continue to hunt down, says the U.S. President WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. President Joe Biden said that a retaliatory drone strike he ordered to be carried out against the Islamic State group’s affiliate in […]
India is a diverse country with many festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. One of these festivals is Janmashtami – the day Lord Krishna was born – and is observed with much pomp and […]
Located at the base of the Chamundi Hills about 150 kms away from Bangalore, Mysore is the second most populous and the second largest city in the state of Karnataka. One of south India’s most […]
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