
South Africa



Indian-Origin Toddler Youngest Karate Champion in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: Indian-origin toddler Khiyara Seedat has become South Africa’s youngest ever national karate champion, just a day after her third birthday last week. Sedate Khiyara, the daughter of karate instructor Sensei Ahmed Shaheen Seedat – from […]

HAB Bank Felicitates Muhammad Habib and Customers
NEW YORK CITY, NY (TIP): HAB Bank invited some key clients to a business lunch with Mr. Muhammad Habib (Owner of Habib Bank) on October 13th, 2015 at Junoon Restaurant in Manhattan. Mr. Saleem Iqbal, President […]

Small plane with 2 foreigners on board goes missing in Nepal
KATHMANDU (TIP): An ultra-light aircraft with two foreigners on board that took off from Pokhara went missing today during a sightseeing flight of the country’s snow-capped peaks. The aircraft, owned by Pokhara ultralight company, had […]


Indian American NY lawyer shortlisted for TrustLaw Award
Indian American attorney Richa Naujoks nee Gautam has been shortlisted for Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw Lawyer of the Year award. Celebrating groundbreaking pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams with NGOs and social enterprises around […]

Indian team for Zimbabwe announced; Ajinkya Rahane named captain
New Delhi: Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh staged a comeback to the ODI squad after a gap of four years as a second-string team was on Monday named for next month’s tour of Zimbabwe with the […]

Business leaders urge G20 to push digital economy, e-commerce
ISTANBUL (TIP): An influential group of business leaders have urged the G20 to improve the global trade system for the emerging digital economy as well as focus on reforms to ensure strong and sustainable growth. […]




Indian-origin grandpa kills grandson, self in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): In a bizarre incident, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man took his four -year-old grandson to a car and set it ablaze with them both in it in South Africa in a murder-suicide that has […]

Rally in demand of Hindu Holidays on Friday 10 April
In demand for Hindu Holidays in NYC schools, multiple Hindu groups in NYC will hold a ‘Grand Rally’ in front of City Hall on Friday, 10th April 2015 at 12 noon. The organizers are mostly Bangladeshi […]





WORLD CUP: CHRISTCHURCH WELCOMES THE WORLD
CHRISTCHURCH (TIP): The traffic stopped all around the city and everyone on the streets looked up at the night sky which was bathed in a riot of colours. As fireworks lit the skyline, the Kiwi […]

TOO MANY HOLES IN 2015 ODI WORLD CUP FORMAT
NEW DELHI (TIP): A close look at the format of the 2015 ODI World Cup shows a series of lacunae. Much of the tournament will be played for largely inconsequential games. That apart, the teams […]



Leander Paes wins the Bhupathi battle in Chennai
CHENNAI (TIP): Chest thumps are back. This time though, it’s with partner No. 99, South Africa’s Raven Klaasen. Leander Paes and Klaasen enjoyed a good chemistry as they sent Mahesh Bhupathi and Saketh Myneni packing […]

South Africa to sign fuel deals to tackle power crisis
CAPE TOWN (TIP): South Africa will increase diesel and gas imports and sign a private sector coal-fired power plant deal as it seeks to stem chronic electricity shortages, the cabinet said on December 12. South […]

ESCORTS’ NOVEAU TRACTORS TO HAVE PORSCHE’S TOUCH
CHENNAI (TIP): The Porsche brand is no stranger to Indian roads but is commonly associated with luxury cars and SUVs. Now an Indian tractor major – Escorts – will roll out a range of top-ofthe- […]