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There has always been tension between India, Pak; they’ll get it figured out: Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, April 25, 2025 said there has always been tensions between India and Pakistan and the two countries will figure it out between themselves “one way or […]
Indian Americans
Indian-origin diversity chief Neela Rajendra sacked after Trump’s executive order
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): NASA has sacked Neela Rajendra, former head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in compliance with a recent executive order issued by US President Donald Trump. […]
United States
US Markets Down Upon Global Tariff Announcement
Energy, technology, and consumer discretionary sectors took the hardest hits, with losses around 7 percent. Industrials and financials fell by about 5 percent NEW YORK (TIP): U.S. stocks saw a sharp decline on April 3 […]
United States
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): […]
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Trump pulls security clearances for Biden, Harris and Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday , March 21, 2025, took away security clearances for former U.S. President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others […]
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Trump creates task force to prepare for 2026 World Cup
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Donald Trump created a task force on Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when his […]
World
Tariff war: Nothing “American” in Canada and vice versa?
Groups supporting “Made in Canada”; while in Canada “Buy Canada”; “Donald Trump Canada is no US Dump”; and “Canada First” have been gaining both popularity and acceptability as more than 3600 American brands of alcohol […]
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Trump fires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Pentagon
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, February 21, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as […]
Indian Americans
United States
Trump admn plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs
The plan will leave fewer than 300 staffers on the job out of what are currently 8,000 direct-hires and contractors WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Trump administration presented a plan on Thursday, February 6, to dramatically […]
Perspective
What will Trump 2.0 mean for the global world order?
“The policy test, however, is still to come. If the new administration is serious about avoiding catastrophic wars, without exposing core US interests to great power predation, it will make a determined, sustained diplomatic effort […]
Editorial Comment
Following the law of the jungle
Donald Trump’s vicious assault on the international criminal court is no surprise. His last administration slapped sanctions on it over its investigations into potential war crimes in Afghanistan, including by the US, and into the […]
United States
Trump says he wants to send ‘repeat offenders’ in U.S. legally to foreign countries
DORAL, Fla (TIP): President Donald Trump said Monday, January 27, that he doesn’t just want to deport undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions, but also hopes to remove violent, repeat offenders — in the United States […]
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Will Canada be represented at Donald Trump’s coronation?
OTTAWA (TIP): Notwithstanding recent visits of federal ministers, political delegations, and premiers of the provinces to Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the question of whether Canada would be represented at Donald Trump’s coronation on January 20 continues […]
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Donald Trump’s imperial bullying must be nipped in the bud
Countries that cherish democratic values need to take a stand against the president-elect’s throwback to unabashed American expansionism “The crass activities of Trump’s sycophantic office boy, businessman Elon Musk, are all of a piece with […]
World
The ghost of no-confidence motions continues to haunt Justin Trudeau, the minority Liberal government
For Justin Trudeau and his minority Liberal government, there has been no running away from the ignominy of no-confidence motions. The House of Commons that broke for the holidays from December 18 till January 27 […]
Perspective
Trump’s threats portend turbulence
US President-elect’s stand on tariffs has caused consternation among friends and foes “The assumption that the Trump administration will not be a problem for India needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, especially […]
Indian Americans
Trump appoints Indian American entrepreneur as policy advisor on AI
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday, December 22, named Indian American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence. “Sriram Krishnan will serve as […]
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Trump says he’s ‘believer in H-1B’ visas; Quashes opposition to program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a “believer in H-1B” visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted the right-wing fringe […]
United States
Trump says India charges a lot of tariff, threatens to impose reciprocal tax
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): US President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to impose reciprocal tariffs in retaliation for the high tariff imposed by India on import of certain American products. Trump made these remarks on […]