08 OCTOBER 1932 Indian Air Force was established. 1936 Famous Hindi writer and novelist Premchand died. 1998 India became a member of the Flight Safety Foundation. 2004 Monsanto’s patent on Indian wheat revoked. 2005 Thousands […]
Kabul (TIP): An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan on October 8, killing at least 46 persons and wounding more than 140 in the latest […]
Karachi (TIP): A powerful 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted a mountainous part of Pakistan’s Balochistan province early on October 7, resulting in the collapse of a coal mine and several mud houses that left at least 22 […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on October 8 expanded his Cabinet by inducting 17 ministers and two ministers of state from the five-party ruling alliance, three months after he assumed office. With […]
Islamabad (TIP): In a surprise military shake-up, the Pakistan Army on October 7 announced that the powerful spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed has been appointed as Peshawar Corps Commander — a crucial […]
Tokyo (TIP): Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is struggling to find his footing with voters just two days after he was voted into office and launched his new government, multiple polls by local media […]
Taipei (TIP): Military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Taiwan’s defence minister said on October 6, days after record numbers of Chinese aircraft flew into the island’s air defence […]
Seoul (TIP): The two Koreas on October 4 restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards […]
PARIS (TIP): France’s President Emmanuel Macron said the G20 summit, scheduled to be held at the end of the month, must send a clear message to Afghanistan’s Taliban on the conditions for international recognition. In […]
Oma (TIP): The toll due to cyclone Shaheen rose to 13 on October 6, while fishermen from Iran remained missing as the storm moved further into Oman and weakened. The authorities in Oman said they […]
London (TIP): Simplified international travel rules took effect on October 5 in the UK, easing quarantine and testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from more than 50 countries, and the Conservative government vowed it will […]
The high-profile Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) bust in the financial capital of the country has left a series of difficult conundrums for the public to understand, further deepening the mystery. The NCB has so far […]
New Delhi (TIP): The Indian and Chinese troops engaged in yet another face-off last week in which around 200 PLA soldiers were intercepted close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh. The […]
New Delhi (TIP): Amid increasing targeted attacks on civilians in the past few days in the Kashmir Valley the militants on October 7 gunned down two school teachers including a woman in the Eidgah area […]
BRAMPTON, CANADA / LONDON/ NEW YORK (TIP): More Punjab-origin MPs from Canada and UK have condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in UP where eight people, including, four farmers, were killed on Sunday, October 3. Canadian […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin Singaporean Sikh couple will be releasing online a 24-episode docuseries that chronicles the vast expanse of sites that were visited by Guru Nanak during his lifetime. Amardeep Singh and his wife […]
Indian American astronaut Sirisha Bandla joins Board of Advisers of the Kalpana Chawla Project NEW YORK (TIP): As UN celebrates “Women in Space” during World Space Week (Oct. 4-10), Indian American astronaut Sirisha Bandla has […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Little would have this NRI living in the US known that singing a Hindi song on a New York Street would get him so much fame. Gaurang Rakholia was randomly stopped by […]
HOUSTON (TIP):“Since my son was taken from our family in a senseless act of violence, we have received an outpouring of support and love from the greater Houston community.” These were the words of Pyara […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Consulate of India, Chicago collaborated with The Gandhi Memorial Foundation, Chicago to celebrate the auspicious day of Mahatma Gandhi’s 152nd birth anniversary on October 2nd, 2021, at Heritage Park in Skokie . The […]
Founder and President of the EFA Dr. Raju traveled to London to conduct the first ever meeting of the UK Board NEW YORK / LONDON (TIP): Dr. VK Raju, founder and president of the Eye […]
By Prakash Waghmare On September 18, “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA – EVF” hosted a day-long virtual ‘National Conference’ with 220 registrants from U.S., Canada and India. Although touted to be a national gathering, Ekal-India […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Gandhian Society in partnership with the Indian Consulate in NY hosted the Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations in the Indian Consulate on October 2nd to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi […]
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (TIP) – Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages (D – Lawrence) joined residents, advocates, and his colleagues in government to celebrate the dedication of “Senior Councilwoman Dorothy L. Goosby Plaza” at Hempstead Town Hall […]
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): Former President Donald Trump racked up more than $70 million in losses over a four-year period from his Washington, DC, hotel, while publicly claiming that the hotel was making more than tens […]
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