United States
Month: January 2013
Business & Economics
Rupee Down 11 Paise vs Dollar In Early Trade
MUMBAI (TIP): The rupee today fell by 11 paise to 53.78 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange due to fresh demand for the US currency from importers and some banks. […]
Business & Economics
Flight Tickets To Get Cheaper, SC Stops Transaction Fee
NEW DELHI (TIP): Flight tickets booked online or through agents will soon get cheaper as the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained them from charging transaction fee ranging between Rs 200 and Rs 350 per passengers. […]
Politics
Us Stands With You, Clinton Assures India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Greeting the people of India on its Republic Day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the US-India strategic partnership is making the world more united, prosperous, and secure. “Together we are […]
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Cooling Down Of Universe Follows Big Bang Theory
MELBOURNE (TIP): Astronomers have made the most precise measurement ever of how the universe has cooled down during its 13.77 billion year history just as predicted in Big Bang theory. They studied molecules in clouds […]
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North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea said Thursday it planned to carry out a nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its “arch-enemy” the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions, but offered no timeframe. […]
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Digital Storage: Shakespeare’s Sonnets Encoded In Dna
LONDON (TIP): A genetic storage device has been used to ‘download’ all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets on to strands of synthetic DNA, in a breakthrough which could solve the problem of storing the ever-growing mountain […]
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Stress Makes Women Look Oldest At 3.30pm Every Wednesday
LONDON (TIP): Women look their oldest at 3.30pm every Wednesday because it’s the day when energy levels plummet, work stress is at a peak and the effects of any weekend late nights finally kick in, […]
United States
US researchers tracking flu through Twitter
WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers and computer scientists at Johns Hopkins University have devised a way to track cases of influenza across the United States using the microblogging site Twitter. Twitter is full of tweets about the […]
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Raina, Rohit Lead India To Series Triumph
MOHALI (TIP): As Virat Kohli had promised before the match, the Indian team didn’t leave anything to chance and sealed the one-day series right here with a comprehensive five-wicket win over England. With this win, […]
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Andhra Pradesh is Leader in IT in India and USA, says Ponnala Lakshmaiah
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The Indian National Overseas Congress (I) along with New Jersey Telugu Community organized and hosted a reception in honor of visiting Information and Technology Minister of Andhra Pradesh Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Jan […]
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Obama Vows To Take America Forward
WASHINGTON (TIP): The second inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place in a private swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Blue Room of the White […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks-US Court Sentences David Headley to 35 Years in Jail
CHICAGO (TIP): Exactly seven days after his accomplice Tahawwur Rana was sentenced to 14 years in jail, Pakistani- American LeT terrorist David Headley was on Thursday, January 24, sentenced to 35 years in jail by […]
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President Obama Unveils Sweeping Plan to Curb Gun Violence
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Obama’s January 16 plan to curb gun violence in America has met with a mixed reaction, from a cautious endorsement to an outright rejection. Obama is asking Congress to implement mandatory background […]
India
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013- A Miscellany
KOCHI(TIP): An annual jamboree, the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas brings together a thousand to a thousand five hundred persons of Indian origin from across the world together for three days. It is an interactive event which […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Tahawwur Rana, Linked To 26/11 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Sentenced To 14 Years In Jail
CHICAGO (TIP): Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley, was sentenced January 17 to 14 years in jail followed by five years of supervised release by a US court for providing material support […]
Business & Economics
A Tale Of Two Tragedies The Different Ways In Which The Us And India Have Reacted To Horrific Incidents Is Telling
As2012 made its exit, it left two horrific tragedies in its wake: the massacre of 26 students and teachers in my country of residence, the US, and the gang rape of a medical student in […]
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Pakistan’s Crisis Could End In A Military Coup
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Experts are not ruling out the possibility of a military takeover in Pakistan after the country’s top court ordered the arrest of the PM. Antigovernment protesters continue with their sit-in outside parliament. An […]
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