Having been involved in cases dealing with Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act, I have a thought or two for consideration. Nations should be wary of passing laws that have extra-territorial reach as […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain deployed Royal Marines on Thursday to help with devastating floods after what officials said was likely the worst winter rainfall in 250 years. Around 40 marines were helping reinforce flood defences near […]
DALLAS (TIP): American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (AACIO), at its Fall meeting December 4, honored Greg Behar, President and CEO of Boehringer lngelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Joseph M. Chalil, Associate Director, Health Science […]
Texas, the second most populous (after California) and the second -largest state (after Alaska) in the United States of America, has had a checkered history which all residents need to know. A state of immigrants, […]
PUNE (TIP):India is the only country outside of the US to be making the new bike, which is built on the completely new “Street” platform. Also, it will be the first Harley Davidson product to […]
TORONTO (TIP): More than 300 people, including teachers, coaches and doctors, have been arrested worldwide on child pornography charges after a Canadianled investigation. Toronto police said on Thursday the arrest of 348 people, including 108 […]
Social safety net for jobless and sick needed Even if GDP growth rises, there will be growing inequalities unless there are strong policies aimed at the uplift of the vulnerable sections and the rich are […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India and China are set to sign an agreement for cooperation in the road and transport sector when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Beijing in October. One of the areas would be […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Deeply concerned about the increasing number of acts of violence worldwide based on ethnicity and religion, a senior United Nations official has called for addressing the root causes of such violence and […]
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (TIP): A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN (TIP): Leave it to me, he says. I want to take this to the last over. Me against one man. One on one. I know I am better than the last man the other […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The US would support India in its much-awaited Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) slated for lift off from Sriharikota in October-November 2013. “Nasa is providing the deep space navigation and tracking support […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): European leaders agreed on new steps to fight youth unemployment and promote lending to credit-starved small business on Thursday after deals on banking resolution and the long-term EU budget gave their summit a […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “Should Society Accept Homosexuality?” A global Pew Research Centre survey was released June 4, finding a wide variety of regional opinion on the question. Pew found that generally more positive attitudes were […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Rajasthan government Minister for Urban Development and Housing Shanti Dhariwal inaugurated on May 25 Rajasthan chapter of Indian National Overseas Congress (I) at Mint Restaurant in Long Island, New York. Inaugurating the […]
DHAKA (TIP): The death toll from the past week’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh passed 500 on May 3 as the country’s prime minister said Western retailers had to share some of […]
DHAKA (TIP): The search for survivors from Bangladesh’s worst industrial accident stretched into a third day with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made lowcost garments […]
SAO PAULO (TIP): Spain’s Rafael Nadal scored an easy two-set victory in his singles debut at the Brazil Open late Thursday. The former world number one needed only 78 minutes to prevail over Brazilian Joao […]
Throughout the tournament, Spain were tagged of being ‘boring’ but they silenced the critics as they defeated Italy 4-0 in the final, which was the biggest victory margin in any World Cup or European championship […]
MADRID (TIP): Spain announced on Thursday it had seized 28 million euros ($37 million) in financial products, luxury cars and buildings linked to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Egypt requested Spain’s help under UN anti-corruption […]
NEW YORK (TIP): He missed out on a third US Open men’s doubles title but Indian tennis star Leander Paes was far from dejected as he insisted that he and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek […]
LONDON (TIP): Just one decade after the European single currency was launched amid fanfare and fireworks, its future looks uncertain as the debt crisis that engulfed Greece, Ireland and Portugal threatens the entire bloc — […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Leander Paes put himself in contention for a third US Open men’s doubles title after the Indian and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek entered the final following their rivals’ injury-forced exit from […]
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