Guru Hargobind, the son of Guru Arjan Dev, was the sixth Guru of the Sikhs. The period of his pontificate (1606- 1645) is of great significance in the history of the development of Sikhism. He […]
The day marks the release of Guru Hargobind, along with 52 Hill Princes held in captivity by the Mughal ruler in Gwalior, and his return to Shri Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar. When Hindus and others […]
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 52.6 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,291,920, according to the Johns Hopkins University.As of Friday (Nov 13) morning, the total caseload and death toll […]
Lockdowns and other restrictions are starting to stem the spread of Covid-19 in some, but not all, European countries, authorities have said, and the continent’s hospitals remain under heavy pressure that is unlikely to ease […]
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in […]
Lahore (TIP): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has handed down 32 years of imprisonment to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terror group, in two terror financing cases. The Anti-Terrorism Court […]
Addis Ababa (TIP): Ethiopia’s military has defeated local forces in the west of Tigray state, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday, accusing his foes of atrocities during a week of fighting that threatens to […]
Berlin (TIP): A nurse has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of attempted murder following allegations that he gave three patients overdoses of drugs they weren’t supposed to receive in hopes of heroically rescuing them, […]
Beijing (TIP): China has hosted a vice-ministerial-level meeting with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka on controlling the COVID-19, expanding its first such meeting held in July involving Islamabad, Kathmandu and Kabul. Chinese Vice Foreign […]
Kathmandu (TIP): India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal’s Urban Development Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha on Thursday jointly witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of an Integrated Check […]
Yerevan/Baku/Ankara (TIP): Thousands of Armenian demonstrators, chanting “Nikol is a traitor”, demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resign on Wednesday over a ceasefire that secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting. […]
Geneva (TIP): An extremely rare, purple-pink diamond mined in Russia, which Sotheby’s described as “a true wonder of nature”, sold for $26.6 million Swiss francs on Wednesday, the auction house said. Sotheby’s had estimated that […]
London (TIP): A nurse accused of killing eight babies and trying to kill another 10 at a hospital in northwest England was remanded into custody Thursday, a day after she was charged with murder and […]
Tehran (TIP): Iran’s intelligence ministry arrested a leader of a separatist group allegedly involved in the killing of dozens of people during a military parade in 2018, state-run IRNA news agency reported on Thursday. The […]
Sao Paulo (TIP): In the famously traffic-choked streets of Brazilian megalopolis Sao Paulo, two men have invented a novel way of getting from point A to B—and they are raising a lot of eyebrows in […]
London (TIP): Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony, cautioning that it would consider sanctions […]
Facebook had announced the ban as part of measures to combat misinformation on its site NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook Inc expects that its post-election ban on political ads will last another month, according to an […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly healing. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week’s elections that has left them divided and with scant margin for error […]
ATLANTA (TIP): Georgia’s top election official on Wednesday, November 11 said the state will conduct a recount of all paper ballots cast in the Nov. 3 presidential election. “Mathematically, you actually have to do a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A Trump campaign adviser, Corey Lewandowski, and Republican National Committee chief of staff Richard Walters have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the latest outbreak among President Trump’s aides and advisers to 14 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Arizona’s 11 Electoral College votes bring Biden’s lead to 290-217 and put further pressure on President Donald Trump, who has yet to concede the election.NBC News projected Biden the overall winner on […]
Move expected to benefit tens of thousands of Indian professionals WASHINGTON (TIP): US President-elect Joe Biden plans to increase the number of high-skilled visas, including the H-1B, and eliminate the limit on employment-based visas by […]
NEW YORK (TIP): New York City has decided to name 97 Avenue between Lefferts and 117 Street in Richmond Hill, NY as Guru Nanak Way. The commemoration ceremony will take place on November 30, the […]
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