“Hysteria and groupthink prevail over professionalism in covering non-western countries”, says the author. The observation that wealth, power and influence are shifting from the West to some key emerging actors among the rest has become […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A ceremony to launch teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai’s book at a Pakistan university has been scrapped on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government’s intervention on the grounds that it could not provide security for the […]
VATICAN (TIP): It may sometimes be a breeding ground for pornographers, bullies and hateful extremists, but the Internet received an official blessing Thursday, January 23 from Pope Francis, who called it a “gift from God.” […]
HANGU, PAKISTAN (TIP) : A 14- year-old boy is being hailed as a hero in Pakistan for tackling a suicide bomber — dying at the main gate of his school and saving schoolmates gathered for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “Cinema that does not entertain is boring. I find parallel cinema boring,” said veteran actor Rishi Kapoor at the promotional campaign of his upcoming film Besharam. He said it in response to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Credibility is currency, when it comes to the media, and a witch-hunt cannot substitute investigative journalism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. Speaking at the inauguration of the National Media Centre here, the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As a security alert kept millions on edge throughout the Muslim world, suspected U.S. drone attacks in Yemen killed 12 alleged militants Thursday, August 8, and Saudi security forces arrested two foreign […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Brazil on June 20, as a protest movement over the quality of public services and the high cost of staging the World Cup gathered […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily assured the Non- Resident Indians that the Congress government headed by Chief Minister K Siddaramiah in Karnataka will put the state back again on the global map […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today questioned the government’s decision to provide state security to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani. The government had agreed to provide Mukesh Ambani with toplevel security cover following threats to […]
KOLKATA (TIP): The chit-fund mess threatens to blow up in the face of Trinamool Congress even as it battles public outrage over the murder of a police officer in Garden Reach and the vandalism of […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh‘s prime minister has ruled out a new blasphemy law despite a mass campaign by Islamists to introduce the death penalty for bloggers whom they accuse of insulting the Prophet Mohammed. As part […]
She is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you’d want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh haslaunched a crackdown onInternet sites for “hurtingreligious feelings” in themajority Muslim nation amidprotests by Islamic groupsagainst bloggers seen as anti-Islamic, officials said onThursday.Giasuddin Ahmed, vicechairman of the country’stelecommunications regulator,told AFP at least […]
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