India
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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 […]
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Nikki Haley Announces Re-Election Campaign
WASHINGTON (TIP): The much awaited announcement from Indian-American Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley has come at last. She announced August 13 that she would run for the post again. She will formally launch her […]
Business & Economics
Federation Of Indian Associations NY/NJ/CT (FIA) Is Not A Representative Organization Of Indian Americans
“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 […]
United States
Egypt Violence: World Leaders Concerned;UN Urges ‘Restraint’
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 […]
United States
Sanjay Gupta backs medical marijuana, apologizes for previous views
NEW YORK (TIP): One of America’s most prominent doctors says he has shifted his stance in support of medical marijuana. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent at CNN and a CBS News contributing medical correspondent, […]
United States
IAAC Celebrates 15 Years of Introducing NYC to Indian Performing, Visual, Folk and Literary Arts
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) turns 15 in the fall of 2013. This secular, non-profit, volunteer-driven arts organization has achieved scores of noteworthy milestones in the decade and a half of […]
Europe
US Drone Strikes In Pakistan Will End ‘Very Soon’: JOHN KERRY
ISLAMABAD (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry told Pakistanis on August 1 that Washington planned to end drone strikes in their country soon – a message aimed at removing a major source of anti-American […]
Europe
US, Pak Agree To Resume Stalled Strategic Dialogue
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Glossing over strained bilateral ties for over two years, the United States and Pakistan on August 1 agreed to resume the stalled strategic dialogue while Washington played down Islamabad’s concerns over continuing American […]
Europe
Japan’s Deputy PM Aso Says He Won’t Resign Over Nazi Comments
TOKYO (TIP): Japan’s deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Friday he has no intention of resigning over comments he made, but were later retracted, that were interpreted as praise for Germany’s Nazi regime and […]
United States
Man Forgotten In United States Prison To Get $4m In Damages
SAN DIEGO (TIP): A 25-year old college student has reached a $4.1 million settlement with the US government after he was abandoned in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) cell for more than four days […]
United States
Obama Calls Netanyahu And Abbas On Resumption Of Peace Talks
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on this week’s resumption of the final status negotiation of the peace talks, the White House said. […]
Featured
Indian Journalism At Ground Zero
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 […]
Business & Economics
Ford’s Project B562 To Make India A Compact Car Global Production Base
MUMBAI (TIP): US carmaker Ford Motor Company is making India as a compact car global production base once its Sanand plant in Gujarat comes on stream in 2014, under a project codenamed B562 that may […]
United States
Reconciliation Only Path For Afghanistan To Achieve Peace: United States
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States, July 20, said it believes that reconciliation is the only ultimate path forward for Afghanistan to achieve peace, as Washington asked Taliban to decide how it wants to move forward […]
United States
BJP President Criticized For Violating The Spirit Of India’s Constitution
NEW YORK (TIP): Juned Qazi, president of Madhya Pradesh unit of Indian National Overseas Congress (I), who is vigorously campaigning for a Congress (I) ticket from Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency, strongly criticized Rajnath Singh, BJP […]
Indian Americans
President Nominates Indian-American To Key Judiciary Post In California
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American legal luminary Vince Girdhari Chhabria has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to a key judiciary post in California. Chhabria, nominated to be US district judge for the Northern District of […]
Europe
Joe Biden Bats For More Skilled Visas
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 […]
Business & Economics
G20 Seeks To Chart Recovery Course Amid Choppy Markets
MOSCOW (TIP): The world’s economic crisis response team will grapple with the prospect of more market volatility as finance ministers and central bankers gather in Moscow to chart a course towards recovery. The Group of […]
United States
US Wants To Hasten Emergence Of An Asia-Pacific Order: Biden
WASHINGTON (TIP): US wants to hasten emergence of an Asia-Pacific order that delivers prosperity for all the nations involved, US Vice President Joe Biden has said. “For the past 60 years, the security we provided […]
United States
MoneyGram Hosts Iftar
MoneyGram Iftar Food Trucks hit New York, New Jersey and Chicago and serve free Iftar to the community NEW YORK (TIP): During the last two weekends in Ramadan, MoneyGram branded food trucks will give out […]
United States
A Harassed Indian Student’s Tale of Woe
The Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, says that the number of international […]
Featured
No Ground To Stand On
Race has once again torn a deep gash through the conscience of the United States. Protesters took to the streets across the U.S. this week after a Florida jury acquitted a gun-toting “neighborhood watch officer” […]
Featured
Petitions Supporting A Commemorative Diwali Stamp Presented To Deputy Postmaster General
WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ami Bera (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY) and representatives of the Indian- American community today presented Ron Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General, with petitions signed by thousands of supporters […]
Europe
‘Unprecedented Freedom’ In Tibet, Xinjiang: China To United States
WASHINGTON (TIP) : China said on July 11 that its Tibetan and Uighur minorities enjoyed happiness and “unprecedented” freedom as it hit back at US criticism by urging Washington to examine its own record. “China […]
United States
US Set To Deliver F-16s To Egypt: Officials
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is pressing ahead with plans to deliver four F-16 fighters to Egypt despite a military coup against President Mohammed Morsi, a US official said. “It’s still the status quo,” the […]