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A tech whiz no more
A tech whiz no more “Whom the gods love, die young.” Karan (Kay) Beri was President of RIC Technology & Services Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, and Founder of Opinio Media Inc. as well as a Director of The Indian […]
India
India
PM Modi in Lanka to re-emphasise traditional Buddhist connect
PM Modi in Lanka to re-emphasise traditional Buddhist connect NEW DELHI/COLOMBO (TIP):Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on May 11 on a two-day visit which is mainly aimed at reinforcing the traditional connect between India and Sri Lanka at […]
India
IF TRIPLE TALAQ INVALID, SUGGEST WAY OUT: SC
IF TRIPLE TALAQ INVALID, SUGGEST WAY OUT: SC NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on May 11 asked the Centre and Muslim women petitioners who have challenged the validity of triple talaq to suggest a possible way out if the […]
Americas
Donald Trump: Not against legal immigration
Donald Trump: Not against legal immigration WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump has said that he wants to stop illegal immigration into the US and called for a merit-based immigration system that could benefit high-tech professionals from countries like India. “I want to […]
Americas
Anti-immigrant rhetoric to hit US universities financially
Anti-immigrant rhetoric to hit US universities financially WASHINGTON (TIP): Some of the popular US universities may be hit by “Trump effect” —the antiimmigrant rhetoric that is building in the country. According to DrEducation, a US-based research and consulting firm […]
Misc
Nawaz Sharif briefs General Bajwa about Jindal visit
Nawaz Sharif briefs General Bajwa about Jindal visit: Report ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s civilian leadership informed the military top brass that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian steel magnate Sajjan Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy, BBC’s Urdu service […]
Asia
Sri Lanka refuses permission for Chinese submarine to dock at Colombo port: Sources
Sri Lanka refuses permission for Chinese submarine to dock at Colombo port: Sources COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has rejected China’s request to dock one of its submarines in Colombo this month, two senior government officials said on Thursday as Prime Minister […]
Americas
Trump dumps FBI chief
Trump dumps FBI chief: A shadow cast over US Presidency Just when the world was getting used to the idea that perhaps the weight and responsibility of the Oval Office had sobered up Donald Trump, the American President has defied […]
Asia
Indian-American children wrongfully retained by mother in Singapore, court rules
Indian-American children wrongfully retained by mother in Singapore, court rules NEW DELHI (TIP): The apex court has ruled that two Indian-American children were wrongfully retained in Singapore by their mother who had found work here, according to a report by […]
India
Direct AI flights between Colombo and Varanasi from August
Direct AI flights between Colombo and Varanasi from August: Modi COLOMBO (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced, May 12, that India’s flag carrier Air India would begin direct flights between Colombo and the holy city of […]
India
The Indian Panorama Director Passes Away
The Indian Panorama Director Karan Beri Passes Away BENGALURU, INDIA (TIP): Karan Beri, a director of The Indian Panorama, passed away in early hours of 6th May, 2017 in Bengaluru. The 37- year-old”tech genius” was killed in a road […]
India
Hizbul Mujahideen behind army officer’s killing
Hizbul Mujahideen behind army officer’s killing: Police SRINAGAR (TIP): The Jammu and Kashmir police have held a local module of the Hizbul Mujahideen responsible for the killing of a 22-year-old Army officer in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on May […]
India
India
Actor-politician Gurpreet Singh Waraich ‘Ghuggi’ resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party
Ghuggi quits AAP after Bhagwant Mann’s elevation as party’s Punjab chief CHANDIGARH (TIP): “I cannot work under the leadership of a person who has been appointed on the condition that he will not drink (liquor),” said actor-politician Gurpreet Singh Waraich ‘Ghuggi’ as […]
Pakistan
INDIA
US spymaster says Pak terror groups plan to attack India, Afghanistan NEW DELHI (TIP):Pakistan-based terrorist groups are planning to attack both India and Afghanistan, a top US spymaster has said. “Islamabad has failed to curb militants and terrorists in Pakistan,” Daniel Coats, director of […]
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India
Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV to launch on Hotstar, first for a news channel
The much anticipated launch on May 6? NEW DELHI (TIP): Star India’s online streaming service Hotstar has announced that news channel Republic TV will be made available on its platform, a first of its kind […]
Americas
CANADIAN PM’S PRESENCE AT EVENT WITH KHALISTANI FLAGS UPSETS INDIA
NEW DELHI/ TORONTO (TIP): While vitriolic attacks on Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh at the annual nagar kirtan in Vancouver riled the Indian government, there is consternation over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s presence […]
Europe
Pro-Khalistan groups to be reined in: UK
NEW DELHI (TIP): Britain on May 4 assured India that it would make efforts to rein in pro-Khalistan elements operating on its soil and also agreed to share information relating to them with Indian agencies. […]
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND MANKIND: A LITERARY INTERFACE
A tribute to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his 156th birth anniversary which falls on Sunday, May 7, 2017 Rabindra Nath Tagore exists as one of most prominent figures in the literary and the philosophical world. […]
Education
Missouri State University Announces $5,000 Scholarship for Indian Students
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Missouri State University (MSU) in the US announced $5,000 scholarship for Indian students. The university will grant the scholarship on the basis of GPA scores — the students’ cumulative scores in […]
India
1% of Indians own 53% of country’s wealth, says UN report
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indicating that inequality in India is increasing, a UN report released on Thursday said that the richest 1% own 53% of the country’s wealth. It also said that unlike other countries, development […]
India
US reaffirms India’s designation as major defence partner as Modi meets US NSA
NEW DELHI (TIP): US National Security Adviser HR McMaster and Indian NSA held a two-hour long meeting in New Delhi today. According to sources from the government – the issue of terrorism and Indo-US Cooperation […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
10 held for IS link, one from Jalandhar
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nine police teams of five states have arrested four suspected terrorists belonging to the ISIS Khorasan module for plotting a strike and detained six more. They were looking for potential recruits in […]
Asia
INDIA REFUSES CHINESE NAMES FOR ARUNACHAL SITES
NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Thursday dismissed China’s recent move to rename six places in Arunachal Pradesh and thus, to tacitly assert its claim on the state. New Delhi reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh was an […]