London (TIP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie Johnson on December 9 announced the birth of a healthy baby girl, their second child born while they have been at 10 Downing Street in […]
Wellington (TIP): New Zealand on December 9 said it will ban young people from buying cigarettes for life, one of the toughest approaches in the world to curbing smoking deaths as part of a wider […]
Santiago (TIP): Both houses of Chile’s congress voted December 7 to approve a marriage equality bill that also includes authorization for adoptions by same-sex couples. The initiative was approved first by the Senate on a […]
Dubai (TIP): Saudi authorities have conducted their biggest-ever crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received Botox injections and other artificial touch-ups, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on December 8, with over 40 camels disqualified […]
NASHVILLE (TIP): The Tennessee chapter of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has raised $75,000 to help strengthen Nashville nonprofit Free for Life International’s (FFLI) efforts to end human trafficking in India. […]
SEATTLE (TIP): Eminent Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been jointly selected for the inaugural USD 5,000 Ciprian Foias Prize for the “highly original work” in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Along […]
By Lt Gen Pradeep Bali (retd) “Here was a Chief who would not hesitate to call a spade a spade and back the reforms needed for eradicating any wrong practices. While a high sense of […]
The India-Russia relationship stands deeply strained by larger geopolitical realities, but there is scope for improved ties In a sense, the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul and India’s relationship with Moscow have helped New Delhi to […]
The anguish over the Nagaland killings is inadequate, especially as there is no gesture to recommend the end of AFSPA The truth is that long decades of violent insurrections and draconian counterinsurgency laws, in particular […]
Scrap the law in states where it has outlived usefulness The 63-year-old Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which empowers security personnel to act with impunity, has come under sharp scrutiny after the killing of […]
India has lost a capable and experienced military leader in the tragic death of the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in the Nilgiris on […]
Moscow’s push for Delhi’s Afghanistan role commendable Old allies India and Russia managed to tick all the boxes during an in-person summit meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, the inaugural ‘2+2’ foreign […]
WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): Biden administration officials suggested that initiatives around corruption, election integrity and support for new and existing multilateral initiatives will emerge from the talks. U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off Day One of […]
The new Twitter CEO has already begun restructuring the company and two senior executives have already stepped down as part of the reorganization plan SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has said that […]
WASHINGTON, DC(TIP): A coalition of 22 human rights and faith-based organizations and 14 individuals have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over his refusal to designate India as a Country of […]
Republicans joined Democrats in preventing a filibuster of the measure, setting up final adoption of a fast-track process to raise the borrowing cap WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Senate on Thursday, December 9, adopted a bipartisan […]
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NEW DELHI (TIP) Full resumption of international flights stands postponed at least till January 31, 2022, according to an announcement by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday, December 9. Last week, days after […]
City Council overwhelmingly approved legislation granting the right to more than 800,000 legal residents I.S. Saluja NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City became the largest city in the country to allow noncitizens to vote […]
IAF has ordered a tri-service inquiry into the accident, Rajnath tells Parliament NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, December 9 evening paid last respects to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin […]
Yash Goyal JAIPUR/NEW YORK (TIP): Anonagenarian’s exemplary life that inspired many and his value system that shaped lives in the family and society has left for heavenly abode. The legacy of his vision guided all […]
The office of Asian Community Affairs, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Executive Director of External Affairs Farrah Mozawalla and Indian American Forum partnered for the impressive event MINEOLA, NY (TIP): The office of Asian Community […]
NEW YORK (TIP): “The tragic killings of 14 innocent civilians in Nagaland once again shows the abusive nature of the ‘armed forces special powers act,’ and we are calling upon the Modi administration to repeal […]
NEW DELHI(TIP): The Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 7, refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order granting default bail to advocate Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case, paving the way for her […]
Mumbai (TIP): The RBI on Thursday, Dec 2, filed an application for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against debt-ridden Reliance Capital at the Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The […]
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