UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka took the oath of office as the Executive Director of UN Women during a ceremony on August 19 at UN Headquarters, presided over by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. She is […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Consul General of India in New York Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay hosted on August 15, a Reception at the Consulate to celebrate the 66th anniversary of India’s Independence. About 250 guests […]
What is it about India, that its tryst with destiny is still on-going? Why does India keep moving forward despite the doers and the naysayers, the empire builders and the colonized? The answer, I submit, […]
HATFIELD, PA (TIP): Yuva Hindi Sansthan, a New Jersey based educational organization concluded a two-week summer Hindi program in Hatfield, PA on August 16. The program designed under the strict guidelines of STARTALK, a United […]
Famous Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha was born on 30 October 1909 in Mumbai. Bhabha played a key role in the development of the Indian atomic energy program. Widely referred to as the father […]
India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country, the world’s most-populous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies. With the world’s seventh largest military expenditure, […]
“The organization that claims to organize the India Day Parade is far from being Indian in character. Look at the people in FIA Trust and Executive. See the list of Trustees and Executive Members on […]
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations celebrated the 67th Independence Day of India. H.E. Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji, Permanent Representative of India to UN hoisted the national flag at the Permanent Mission premises […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The ever increasing violence in Egypt which has claimed hundreds of lives and is threatening a bloody civil war in the country has shaken world leaders and the United Nations. The Argentine […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate easily confirmed President Barack Obama’s selection for ambassador to the United Nations on August 1. The Irish-born Samantha Power, a former Obama foreign policy adviser and outspoken human rights advocate, […]
Those opposing Justice Katju’s suggestion of minimum qualifications for journalists are out of touch with reality, argues the author. Some years ago, the journalism entrance test at a career development institute in Mumbai had this […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will participate in the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in New York in the month of September but the highlight of his visit will be his bilateral meeting with […]
Need for a preventive remedy. “I am more disturbed by the second judgment holding valid Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which prohibits any person from voting if he is confined […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Deeply concerned about the increasing number of acts of violence worldwide based on ethnicity and religion, a senior United Nations official has called for addressing the root causes of such violence and […]
MUMBAI (TIP): US is considering increasing the number of temporary visas and availability of Green Cards to highly skilled Indians, Joe Biden, the first US vice-president to visit India in three decades, said in his […]
KABUL (TIP): Insurgents pulled over a minivan with eight young laborers on their way to work at a US base in eastern Afghanistan on july 18, forced them out and then shot them dead, officials […]
On Friday, July 12, the United Nations Assembly listened spellbound to 16-year-old Malala, who was shot by the Talibans in Pakistan for attending school. Malala urged the governments to ensure free and compulsory education. Excerpts […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): UN Women is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media on a global study to analyze the depiction and representation of female characters in family films. The Geena […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “Should Society Accept Homosexuality?” A global Pew Research Centre survey was released June 4, finding a wide variety of regional opinion on the question. Pew found that generally more positive attitudes were […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the UN Security Council on June 20 over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their porous border as the United Nations described increased tensions between the […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations organized on May 29, a function to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. It was […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), in collaboration with several community organizations and groups in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area, held a well attended and highly successful […]
Q. Can you tell us a few high and low points of your career in Foreign Service so far? I joined the Indian Foreign Service 35 years ago. We were young then. We didn’t realize […]
CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]
RAWALPINDI (TIP): The sight of children, the disabled and disadvantaged begging at all hours of the day and night in Pakistan is a grim, constant reminder of the millions who live in abject poverty. Yet […]
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