BEIRUT (TIP): Aid deliveries across front lines in war-torn Syria have significantly stepped up, compared to earlier years of the now 6- year-old conflict, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement May 25. This […]
ANKARA (TIP): Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile programme, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a senior commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard as saying. The development is likely to […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has stepped up pressure on Pakistani authorities “to take every necessary measure” to rescue a Chinese couple who were abducted near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province which also houses the Gwadar port. The couple who […]
VATICAN CITY (TIP): US President Donald Trump met Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24 in a keenly anticipated first face-to-face encounter between two world leaders who have clashed repeatedly on several issues. The private audience with […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Trump on Thursday ordered ”complete review” by the Justice Department of leaks coming out of US government agencies as ties between Washington and London deteriorated sharply over American law enforcement agencies prematurely spilling information to the media on the Manchester […]
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (TIP): The US has sent a navy warship near an artificial island built by China in the disputed South China Sea as part of the first “freedom of navigation” operation under President Donald Trump, prompting Beijing to strongly condemn the “provocative […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): US President Donald Trump met the European Union’s top officials on Thursday in a bid to mend ties with a bloc he deeply alarmed by backing Brexit. Trump arrived for his first ever talks with […]
LONDON (TIP): British police are rushing to uncover a possible terror network thought to have helped Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi in the attack on the Ariana Grande concert on Monday. Greater Manchester Police say two men were arrested overnight […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As concerns abound in India over Nepal’s decision to join China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR), Nepal has come out strongly to underscore the significance of its ties with India, saying no country can change its geography. While […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Wednesday resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power sharing understanding reached between his party and the ruling partner Nepali Congress. Prachanda, 62, announced his resignation while […]
KANDAHAR (TIP): At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar, the defence ministry said Tuesday, in the latest attack on Western-backed forces. “Last night the enemies of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated outgoing prime minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ for the successful conduct of local elections there. Modi conveyed his felicitations to Prachanda in a phone call last evening, the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, warned on May 24 that any aggression by the enemy, referring to India, will be remembered by their coming generations. Sohail Aman said that PAF was […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) traversing through PoK might create “geo-political tension” in the region by igniting further tensions between India and Pakistan, a UN report has warned. The report released by the UN’s Economic and Social Commission […]
By Ravi Batra The cascading events, generally are layered and rarely, as now, erupt into a crescendo from an approaching constitutional crisis. Initially, let me disclose that I am a registered Democrat, and seeing […]
BY ARUN JOSHI The hope of a turnaround in Kashmir after Narendra Modi became the PM with a huge mandate is ebbing. After three years in office, Modi has little time left for course correction. Islamic radicalization and […]
The sight of troops outside Buckingham Palace and the Westminster building must be enormously satisfying to those who inspired and motivated the suicide bomber to kill himself and 22 others, including children and teenagers, in Manchester. These professionally brutalized terror […]
Charter schools are rare on Long Island, just like they are in vast stretches of the rest of New York State. In fact, there are no charter schools from just north of Albany all the way to the Canadian […]
“Mr. Rouhani’s decisive victory is a shot in the arm for the moderates coming after the elections in February last year for the Parliament and the Assembly of Experts where the moderates and the reformists had registered […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In blow to Trump, US appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban. In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, a US appeals court refused on Thursday to reinstate his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ms. Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank was conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson award for Global Corporate Citizenship in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 2017. She is the first woman from India to receive this […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A Los Angeles judge has issued an arrest warrant for Bikram Choudhury, the Indian American “hot” yoga guru, after he failed to pay more than $7 million in 2016 to his former lawyer who was the victim in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu was awarded the Transformative Chief Minister Award by The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) during their annual summit, an honor that has been instituted by the Council to acknowledge excellence in public service and recognize […]
AUGUSTA, GA (TIP): The Association of Indian Neurologists in America (AINA) recently honored Dr. Kapil Sethi, an Indian origin neurologist and former director of the Movement Disorders Program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, with their Lifetime Achievement Award 2017. […]
SAN JOSE, CA (TIP): Indian American executive Sarita Kohli assumed the role of President and CEO of Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) on May 16, 2017.Sarita has been a pivotal part of AACI for nearly 14 years and […]
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