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Political takeaways from the Bihar campaign
Tejashwi Yadav’s campaign in Bihar is frustrating the ruling party as it is using that very powerful appeal against a 15-year-old regime by citing the absence of bread and butter issues and taking the […]
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Asia
Taliban confirm chief’s death, pick successor
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States and other stakeholders in Afghanistan are scrambling to organize a response to the sudden disclosure that Taliban chief Mullah Omar has been dead for sometime and a council of the […]
United States
Indian Woman With Tuberculosis Sets Off Scare in 3 US States
An Indian woman with a rare deadly form of tuberculosis has created a health scare in three states in the US where authorities are tracking down hundreds of people who may have been in her […]
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Europe
Business & Economics
NELSON MANDELA, FROM APARTHEID FIGHTER TO PRESIDENT AND UNIFIER
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world. Imprisoned for nearly three […]
Business & Economics
TULSI (HOLY BASIL )
Tirupathi, has established that the TULSI Plant exhales Ozone, the molecules of which contain three atoms of oxygen in place of ordinary atmospheric oxygen which has only two atoms in each molecule. According to reports […]
Europe
NELSON MANDELA’S health is showing great improvement, says ex-wife
ORLANDO (TIP: South Africa’s ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is showing “great improvement”, his former wife said on June 28 as his countrymen continued to pray for the speedy recovery of the 94-year-old former president. […]
Africa
Nelson Mandela ‘Recuperating’ South Africa President
LOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (TIP): South African President Jacob Zuma on Dec 13 honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend and who the president said is recovering from a lung infection. […]
India
Indians Now Live Longer, but in Poor Health in Old Age: Study
NEW DELHI (TIP): First the good news: Indians are living much longer than they did 40 years ago. The life expectancy (LE) at birth of an average Indian male has gone up by 15 years […]
Europe
China’s new first lady: A star in her own right
BEIJING (tip): She sports Tibetan costume or military uniform and regales Chinese audiences with folk and patriotic songs. Until recently,Peng Liyuan, a star singer, was a lot more popular than her politician husband, Xi Jinping, […]
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Rajat Gupta Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Leaking Boardroom Secrets
NEW YORK (TIP): Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs Director, one of the highest ranking Indian Americans, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, October 24 for leaking Goldman Sachs boardroom secrets to the […]