COLOMBO (TIP): International aid arrived into Sri Lanka on May 31 as the death toll from the island’s worst floods and landslides in well over a decade climbed to 202. Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said 16 countries […]
BEIJING (TIP): India and Pakistan’s admission to the Beijing-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be formalised at the grouping’s summit in Kazakhstan next week, China said on June 1. “The members states of the SCO are accelerating the […]
KABUL/ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Afghan intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), said on Thursday that early findings showed the Haqqani network with the assistance of Pakistan’s ISI carried out the attack in Kabul that killed at least 90 people. “These terrorists […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed Kulbhushan Jadhav+ ‘s death sentence, Pakistan on June 1 said that the Indian national would not be executed until he has exhausted his mercy appeals. Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria+ released a statement which […]
“This is a direct infringement of the fundamental right of the people as to what to consume, and this order may even have usurped the State rights in deciding vital issues that impact its citizens. The federal structure that stood the test of time since Independence may also be in the crosshairs. The socio-economic consequences from […]
Putting up a brave face, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has downplayed concerns over growth slowdown. Experts commenting on the economy growing at 6.1 per cent in the January-March quarter unanimously pin the blame on demonetization. While India has lost the […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP):It was a great gathering. Nearly 500 people from all walks of life gathered at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck to recognize 45 men from Nassau and Suffolk Counties for their exemplary work in business and […]
QUEENS, NY (TIP): More than 400 people showed up at New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Asian American and Pacific Islander event to show grassroots’ support for Indian community leader Harish Thakkar who was only Indian honoree amongst other honorees, being honored for his work in the community and got awarded […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Nine artists from tribal regions of India are currently touring the U.S. for five months as part of a dazzling stage presentation, titled – ‘Ekal Sur, Ekal Taal’ for “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation”. It is a musical splendor […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): An Indian American Vinay Dube has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, according to an official press release. Dube is the Senior Vice President (Asia Pacific) with Delta Air Lines and has been associated with the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): TWO Indian- American high school athletes Malika Jain and Puneet Kaur were among 20 athletes nationwide named as 2016-2017 ‘Foot Locker Scholar Athletes’. Both have earned a USD 20,000 scholarship each. The 20 winners were selected from among 37,000 […]
ARLINGTON, VA (TIP): The Office of Naval Research’s Science and Technology Organization honored recently 34 young investigators nationwide with the 2017 Young Investigator Award.; four of them are Indian American researchers. They are: Dr. Dhruv Batra, Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar, Dr. Padmini Rangamani […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The spiritual legacy of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj continues in North America with the pending arrival of His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj in Atlanta, GA on June 22, 2017. Over the next three months, […]
Ashok Ojha EDISON, NJ (TIP): Phil Murphy, the democratic candidate for this year’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey, was praised as a friend of South Asian population of the state. New jersey’s only Assemblyman of South Asian origin Raj Mukherjee […]
Modi to meet Trump on June 26 ST PETERSBURG (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on June 1 and the two countries concluded a much awaited agreement to build the last two […]
Congress leader Chidambaram says figures prove Cong right on note ban NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, June 1, the new GDP growth figures had proved the Congress and the opposition right about the consequences of demonetization with the […]
● Speaks of negotiations to re-enter green pact on terms fair to US ● Many States and Cities pledge to abide by Paris climate accord Donald Trump on Thursday, June 1, withdrew the US from the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump’s top adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, on the firing line for his reported attempt to set up a “back-channel” with Russia, has received support from US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley who was […]
VIENNA (TIP): OPEC decided on May 25 (Thursday) to extend cuts in oil output by nine months to March 2018, OPEC delegates said, as the producer group battles a global glut of crude after seeing prices halve and revenues drop […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): International credit ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service today downgraded state-owned IDBI Bank’s rating citing asset quality concerns and extremely weak capitalisation. The rating actions reflect the significant deterioration in IDBI’s financial profile, driven by asset quality […]
ZOOMS 448 POINTS TO 30,750 ? The BSE benchmark trumped all closing records by hitting 30,750 with a jump of 448 points — its biggest single-day gain in over two months ? Today’s rally was the biggest since March 14 when it surged […]
NEW STRATEGY ? Infosys is the largest employer of workers under the US H1-B visa programme for skilled workers . ? H1-B visa programme has been under fire as the Trump Administration moves to tighten a range […]
LONDON (TIP): Oxford scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can create fake videos of a person by using their still image and an audio clip. The system works by first identifying facial features using face-recognition […]
Keep it at the center of the house This is one of the easiest ways to improve Wi-Fi coverage.Most users prefer to keep their routers in a corner of the house (usually near a window). While this […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Astronomers have created the first map of the large scale structure of the universe based entirely on the positions of quasars. Quasars are the incredibly bright and distant points of light powered by supermassive black holes. “Because quasars are […]
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