NEW DELHI / NEW YORK (TIP): Almost six weeks after the US restricted travel from India, it has decided to start taking appointments for students seeking visas from June 14. These appointments will be for […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American trade expert Arun Venkataraman to a key position in his administration related to foreign commercial service. Arun Venkataraman is the nominee for […]
“It may be pointed out that Lloyd Austin is the Secretary of Defense, and within the US set up, matters such as human rights and democracy overseas do not come under his domain. However, while […]
The survey — “How Do Indian Americans View India?” — was conducted in collaboration between the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Johns Hopkins-SAIS and the University of Pennsylvania. The Indian diaspora in the United States […]
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women called for increasing women’s participation and leadership in decision-making to solve global challenges. NEW YORK (TIP): The […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Shanti Bhavan Children’s Program has decided to launch a High School Chapter program in the US in view of the recent considerable interest from students wishing to bring about social change […]
The Biden administration has informed some suppliers to China’s Huawei Technologies Co. of tighter conditions on previously approved export licenses, prohibiting items for use in or with 5G devices, according to people familiar with the […]
Rule of law not a concession given by State to citizens Young activist Disha Ravi’s arrest in Bengaluru in the ‘toolkit case’ and the subsequent order of a Delhi court sending her to five-day police […]
Valentine’s Day (or Saint Valentine’s Day) is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in […]
London (TIP): The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing COVID-19, the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance […]
By Dr A. Adityanjee The Arctic region is home to almost four million inhabitants, of which approximately one-tenth are indigenous people. The United States Geological Survey estimates that up to 25-30% of the world’s remaining […]
There must be no room for suspicion that agencies are being used for curbing dissent Ordinarily, searches and seizures are the legitimate starting point of an investigation, done on the basis of prior information. But […]
London (TIP): The UK Government has announced its plans to deploy a new Carrier Strike Group led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth later this year as part of its “renewed focus” on the Indo-Pacific […]
Istanbul (TIP): President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his government would not allow month-long demonstrations at a Turkish university to grow into anti-government protests similar to those in 2013, calling the protesters “terrorists”. Defying a […]
Apple is reportedly planning to launch iPhone 13 line-up next year and now a new report has claimed that the upcoming series may come with an optical in-display fingerprint sensor as the secondary biometric option […]
While it could be a curate’s egg for New Delhi, for the world, a return to Obama-era policies may prove inadequate “India’s pious hope is that the Biden Administration will prove even more favorable to […]
Damascus/Jerusalem (TIP): Syrian air defences confronted “an Israeli aggression” in the region of Hama on Friday that killed four people from the same family, state media said, in what would be the first such action […]
Baghdad (TIP): Twin suicide blasts ripped through a busy market in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 32 persons and wounding over 110, officials said. The rare suicide attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area […]
Thousands of Indian IT professionals to benefit WASHINGTON (TIP): Keeping his campaign trail promise, US President Joe Biden on the first day of his presidency, January 20, sent a comprehensive immigration Bill to Congress. The […]
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton attend inauguration Washington (TIP)- Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from […]
Says it will take months to defeat the pandemic, but America will ‘get through this “if people stand together” WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Joe Biden has unveiled his “wartime” national strategy to boost the fight […]
Obama administration staffer Sonal Shah as well as Amit Jani, who worked on the Biden campaign team have so far been excluded NEW YORK (TIP): As strategists parse the nearly 20 Indian-Americans appointed in the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Senate on Friday, January 22, confirmed Lloyd J. Austin III as defense secretary, filling a critical national security position in President Biden’s cabinet and elevating him as the first Black Pentagon chief. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, January 22, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will deliver an article of impeachment against former president Donald Trump on Monday, Jan 25, clearing the […]
The overall global coronavirus caseload has topped 93 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.99 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center […]
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