The year 2024 has seen a horrifying variety of natural disasters resulting in tragic deaths and destruction that have shocked the world. Events, including everything from earthquakes to hurricanes and landslides, have left in their […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Four people survived and two are unaccounted for after a Russian plane crashed in mountainous northeastern Afghanistan, the air transport agency Rosaviatsia said. The Falcon 10 business jet was believed to be […]
“The ideals of Diwali are the ideals of UN Charter” : Chair of Diwali Foundation USA Ranju Batra UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and three veteran diplomats were honored with the […]
On International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (September 7), there is urgent need to address risks posed by pollution By Benno Boer, Srishti Kumar, Neha Midha “The world is not just grappling with […]
Bangkok (TIP): A former policeman killed 37 persons, including 22 children, in a knife-and-gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand on October 6. He later shot dead his wife and child at their home […]
BANGKOK (TIP): The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidies scheme. The court scheduled the hearing for September 27 and issued […]
Lodged in 86 jails abroad, at least 50 are women NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 7,620 Indian nationals are lodged in foreign jails, with the highest number in Saudi Arabia. Of them, at least […]
BANGKOK (TIP): A Thai court found dozens of people guilty of human trafficking offences today in a mass trial exploring links between corrupt officials, including a senior army general, and the grim but lucrative trade in Rohingya and Bangladeshi […]
NEW YORK (TIP): On July 4, Ravinder K. Bansal, a retired entrepreneur of Indian origin, will embark on a solo flight around the world in a single-engine Cessna 400 to raise money for a hospital […]
TRIBUTE TO MOTHER Mothers are everything for us when we are small…our lives revolve around her. For everything that we need we call mother. To protect us from all perceivable dangers we want her around us. To […]
BANGKOK (TIP): He’s a mercurial army general known for penning saccharine ballads and angry tirades against his critics. Now Thailand’s junta chief has launched a new eye-catching project: trimming the waistlines of the kingdom’s civil […]
PARIS (TIP): Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy advanced to the second round with straight-game wins but it was curtains for Ajay Jayaram in the$300,000 French Open Super Series badminton tournament on Wednesday. […]
BEIJING/WASHINGTON: Soaked in patriotism, hundreds of Indians today proudly marked the country’s 70th Independence Day, as the national flag fluttered and the national anthem reverberated at Indian missions across the world. Indians in countries like […]
It’s queer but true – women have a longer lifespan compared to men. Researchers Steven Austad and Kathleen Fischer of the University of Alabama explored this riddle in their latest perspective piece. “Humans are the […]
Dream to Open Hotels in Nashville, Dallas, Palm Springs, Times Square, Long Island City and Doha, Qatar NEW YORK, NY (TIP) : Renowned hotel brand and management company Dream Hotel Group LLC signed, May 3, […]
WASHINGTON: Two Indians in the United States have been charged with allegedly smuggling people from India into America and could face up to 20 years of imprisonment. Nilesh Kumar Patel, 41, and Harsad Mehta, 66, appeared […]
BANGKOK: Add aging western bridge players to the list of desperadoes in Thailand’s seaside resort of Pattaya, a sin city rife with prostitution, corruption and foreign and home-grown gangsters. The bridge players, mostly British but […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A former journalist & social worker S Balakrishnan bought underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s Mumbai restaurant for Rupees 4.28 crores in an auction of the property on December 9. The government auctioned the restaurant […]
LONDON (TIP): A high-flying businessman has quit his job, taking a 90% pay cut, so he can show his terminally ill daughter around the world. John Silk, from Croydon, South London, who successfully managed his […]
The major focus during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Manila, Philippines on November 18th and 19th would be on the Paris terror attacks though it is a trade promotion group that does not delve […]
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