NEW YORK (TIP): For the first time in more than four decades of surveys in the United States on marijuana use, a majority of Americans have lent support to legalizing the drug that has been […]
Eliminates Paper Forms, Streamlines Admission Process WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced March 21 that it has submitted to the Federal Register a rule that will automate Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record to streamline […]
NEW YORK (TIP): NYC Comptroller John C. Liu presented a set of plans that will help the small time business ventures gain more tax breaks and expand further. The proposals were made in his keynote […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Acting Consul General Dr. Devyani Khobragade arranged a one-on-one meeting at the Indian Consulate in New York to welcome any inputs and suggestions that the Indian businesses set up in New York […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Indian-born, New York-based designer Naeem Khan said he is looking to open a store in Mumbai and to work with Bollywood celebrities. The designer, who launched his eponymous brand Naeem Khan in 2003 […]
Revisions include new user-friendly instructions for completing Form I-9 WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations celebrated Holi at the permanent mission here on Wednesday, March 27, in style and with great enthusiasm. Colors and flower petals expressed the […]
TEHRAN (TIP): Iran will “annihilate” the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa if it comes under attack by the Jewish state, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on March 21. “Every now and then […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is poised to turn the so-called outsourcing visa into a skill importing programme. American lawmakers are on the verge of overhauling immigration laws, including the infamous H-1B visa, which critics […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): President Obama’s whole visit to Israel can be summed up in one Hebrew phrase he uttered to a packed auditorium of Israeli students: You are not alone. Acknowledging the deep insecurity of a […]
The new Pope’s personal, proven and life-long humility and simplicity will attract the unbelievers and retain the faithful as we re-enter the Great Gatsby era anew as 2020 approaches. I’m blessed, for I learned first […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): When India’s Human Development Index is adjusted for gender inequality, it becomes south Asia’s worst performing country after Afghanistan, new numbers in the UNDP’s Human Development Report 2013 show. Pakistan, Nepal and […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): US President Barack Obama said on Thursday his forthcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was to “listen” to both sides and hear their views on how to move forward after over […]
NEW YORK (TIP): National Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs’ (NACSAA’s) “Thomas Jefferson’s Eternal Vigilance” Awards were presented to Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon and Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri on March 8, 2013, at the Roosevelt […]
Why China’s military shouldn’t scare the United States. On March 5, at the opening of the National People’s Congress, Beijing announced its official 2013 defense budget: roughly $114.3 billion, a 10.7 percent increase over the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Against the backdrop of demands by Tamil parties that India should vote against Sri Lanka at the UN on human rights, government on Wednesday, March 6 remained evasive on the stand it […]
NAME: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías OCCUPATION: World Leader BIRTH DATE: July 28, 1954 DEATH DATE: March 05, 2013 EDUCATION: Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences CARACAS (TIP): Venezuela president Hugo Chavez died on 6th March, 2013. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The 2016 US election might be a full three and a half years away, but that is not stopping pollsters from asking voters who has the early presidential edge. And the advantage goes […]
ALBANY (NEW YORK) (TIP): A woman accused of cheating an Indian servant out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay and keeping her a virtual prisoner at a mansion said on Thursday that a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A top Al Qaeda spokesman who is the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has been captured overseas and charged in the United States with conspiracy to kill Americans, according to an indictment […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Joe Crowley, the cochairman of Congressional group on India and Indian-Americans, the India Caucus, has come up with an initiative to track the hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arab Americans. He […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center officially launched its upcoming exhibition, “Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation” at the Indian Consulate in New York, February 28. The event also marked […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A man who has been deeply loved and admired for his gentle and polite ways and for his readiness to help the Indian American community, Ambassador Prabhu Dayal hung up his gloves, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A retired American General has expressed the view that the United States is “diplomatically paralyzed” in dealing effectively with Pakistan on the issue of Afghanistan’s future since Islamabad remains paranoid about closer Afghan-India […]
Q. In your time as the Consul General ofIndia in New York, what were the mostsignificant highs and lows that youexperienced? Well, New York is the center of theUniverse. Although I have served in manyother […]
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