Opinions
2020’s biggest headlines
The year 2020 will go down in history as the year that saw more misery than cheer. Lives were lost, disrupted and brought to a standstill as the world grappled with a deadly pandemic. Millions […]
United States
Indian Americans
Indian American Bharat Ramamurti named to Biden-Harris economic team
WASHINGTON (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have added another Indian American to their economic team to “lift all Americans out of the current economic crisis” caused by covid-19 pandemic. Bharat Ramamurti, […]
Indian Americans
10 Indian Americans in Houston honored for their services to community, promoting Hindu culture
HOUSTON (TIP): Ten Indian American youths here have been honored for their services to the community and promoting Hindu culture. According to the Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH), a non-profit organization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Perspective
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR & CHURCHILL ARE NEEDED IN 2021
The world has not seen a weapon that without a bomb launched or a bullet fired could devastate economies of all nations on earth in one fell swoop, and render their citizenry dead or fearing […]
Indian Americans
Indian Americans Gautam Raghavan and Vinay Reddy named in Biden team
NEW YORK (TIP): US president-elect Joe Biden has named two more Indian Americans to plum appointments in the post-Trump world: Gautam Raghavan is coming in as Deputy Director in the Office of Presidential Personnel and […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Aisha Shah named to Biden-Harris digital strategy team
WASHINGTON (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named yet another Indian American to their team as a member of the White House Office of Digital Strategy. Born in Kashmir and raised […]
Indian Americans
Indian- Origin Man Run Over by Train in New Jersey
NEW JERSEY (TIP): The incident took place when Praveen Desini, a pharma sector employee, was on his way to work in New York. It was not immediately clear as to how he got on the […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Suyash Mehta named full- time NBA’s referee
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian Americans have been making their mark in the National Basketball Association (NBA) scene lately. Now Suyash Mehta has become the first Indian American official to be named a full-time NBA referee. […]
Indian Americans
Indian American physicians publicly take COVID-19 vaccine, encourage others to get it
NEW YORK : (TIP) Several Indian-American physicians, in the frontline of the fight against the pandemic, are publicly taking the coronavirus vaccine and encouraging others to get the shots, emphasizing that the vaccine is the […]
Indian Americans
Indian American led researchers offer new view of origin of life
NEW YORK (TIP): Chemists at Scripps Research led by an Indian American professor, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, have made a discovery that addresses the age-old question of how life on Earth first arose. In a study published […]
Indian Americans
Indian American chief economist SP Kothari to leave SEC
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American SP Kothari, who played a key role in raising the profile of Securities and Exchange Commission as its chief economist and director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), would […]
Coronavirus
Readers Comment on How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected the World
The present-day world is passing through a very challenging period when a raging pandemic during the past 10 months or so has snuffed out 1.79 million lives and infected close to 82 million the world […]
Entertainment
Spider-Man 3 to bring back Dr Octopus from Sam Raimi’s franchise
Veteran actor Alfred Molina is set to reprise his role as the antagonist Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 3, with Tom Holland in the title role. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter, Molina has joined the cast […]
Coronavirus
US pandemic death toll mounts as danger season approaches
US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have surged past 2,000 for two days in a row as the most dangerous season of the year approached, taxing an overwhelmed healthcare system with US political leadership in […]
United States
US Senate passes bill eliminating per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas
The legislation eliminates the 7 pc cap for employment-based immigrant visas, a provision that will facilitate removal of the massive backlog of Indian IT professionals in the US WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has unanimously […]
Americas
Interest rates remain the same for the first quarter of 2021
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Internal Revenue Service today, December 2, announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning Jan. 1, 2021. The rates will be: Three (3) percent for overpayments [two […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Ajit Pai announces his intent to leave as FCC chair on January 20
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American Ajit Pai has announced his intent to leave Federal Communications Commission on January 20, the day Joe Biden takes oath as the 46th President of the US. As Chairman of FCC, Pai […]
World
South Korea agency says North Korea executed people, shut Pyongyang
Seoul (TIP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down capital Pyongyang as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and […]
Opinions
“A Light Has Gone Out”
Eminent Physician, community leader and a gem of a person Ajay Lodha passes away at 58 Ajay Lodha is survived by wife Smita, son Amit , daughter Shweta, and daughter-in-law Priyanka I.S. Saluja LONG ISLAND, […]
Comments
Turn to Guru Nanak to end the world’s woes
As the Sikhs across the world get ready to celebrate the 551st birth anniversary of their First Master Guru Nanak Dev Ji, it is pertinent to ask if the Great Master’s message is kept in […]
Frontpage News
President-elect Joe Biden unveils first cabinet picks
Nominates first woman to lead intelligence and first Latino to head homeland security WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): President-elect Joe Biden on Monday, November 23, unveiled a slate of top foreign policy and national security picks, including […]
Frontpage News
Over 100 mn doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to be produced in India
Requests for more than 1.2 billion doses of Sputnik V vaccine have come from over 50 countries DELHI / MOSCOW/ NEW YORK (TIP): Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and pharma firm Hetero have agreed to […]
Indian Americans
Indian Americans have come a long way in politics
GOPIO, IMPACT celebrate community’s record success in 2020 elections. STAMFORD, CT (TIP): Indian Americans have come a long way in politics since the early ’80s, says Dr. Thomas Abraham, head of a leading community organization, […]
Indian Americans
Indian-Origin Students Win Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020
Winners were declared from a “staggering” 13,000 entries across the 58 Commonwealth nations LONDON (TIP): Aditya Choudhury, a 14-year-old Indian-origin student from Singapore, was on Friday named the winner in the Senior category of the Queen’s […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Kash Patel leads transition at Pentagon
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Kashyap “Kash” Patel, a Trump loyalist who was installed at the Pentagon two weeks ago, has been put in charge of the Defense Department’s transition to the new Joe Biden-Kamala Harris […]